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News: Performance / Tour

Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet at MCA on Saturday, December 1

November 24, 2007

Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet Saturday, December 1, 2007, 9 pm $20, MCA members $16 Chicago Tentet, the leading, free-improvised jazz ensemble, performs this 10th anniversary concert. Led by the internationally acclaimed reeds player Peter Brotzmann, the group includes five musicians with Chicago ties: Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ken Vandermark, and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA): Magical Musical Showcase, December 4, 6:30-8pm

November 19, 2007

Magical Musical Showcase Tuesday, December 4, 6:30 - 8 pm Free, Cash bar and snacks available for purchase 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 312.280.2660 Some of Chicago's most renowned music clubs present their favorite local singer-songwriters. This hour long set provides an opportunity for emerging musical artists to present their ...

News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Complaints Choir Performance Set for Saturday, November 3rd

October 16, 2007

Complaints Choir Museum of Contemporary Art, Theater 220 E. Chicago Ave. Saturday, November 3, 2007 1 pm and 3 pm Free with suggested general admission, reservations required, 312.494.9509 Complaints of all shapes and sizes, submitted by Chicagoans, are crafted into a musical composition and sung by ...

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News: Recording

Further Than You've Gone Before - Explore the Outer Realms of Music with Random Touch

October 14, 2007

Experimental Music Troupe Random Touch Release A True Conductor Wears A Man Algonquin, IL - Last year's pioneering effort from American experimental ensemble Random Touch, aptly titled Alchemy, was a journey inward to that place where the music controls the artist. Now Random Touch has gone further than they've gone before with the release of A ...

News: Performance / Tour

Diamanda Galas at MCA in Chicago October 25

October 8, 2007

Songs of Exile, Thursday, October 25, 7:30 pm Tickets $24, MCA members $19 Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Saturday, October 27, 7:30 pm Tickets $28, MCA members $24 Legendary chanteuse and popular cult icon Diamanda Gals' passion and presence are undeniably intense. In Songs of Exile, Gals sets poems by exiled artists ...

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News: Education

PlayJazzNow.com Releases Innovative Tracks for Jazz Vocalists

September 28, 2007

CHICAGO, IL -- In its desire to provide jazz educators and students the kind of materials they can really use, PlayJazzNow.com announces a new series of sing-along tracks. “I've been hearing from a lot of jazz vocalists who want what instrumentalists have had for years," says PlayJazzNow “trackmeister" Bill Harrison, a professional jazz bassist who has ...

News: Event

Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967

September 10, 2007

September 29, 2007 - January 6, 2008 The first major exhibition devoted to the convergence of contemporary art and rock music over the past forty years incorporates visual art, music, and film. The exhibition is loosely arranged in six geographical sections: New York, West Coast/Los Angeles, Midwest, United Kingdom, Europe, and “The World." Featured artists include ...

News: Award / Grant

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble Celebrates Chicago Sinfonietta's 21st Season in First-Ever Collaboration

September 10, 2007

Concerts to Showcase Contrasts of Classical and Jazz Music featuring works by Edvard Grieg, Russell Peck, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington September 16 & 17, 2007 The Chicago Sinfonietta marks the start of its 21st season in tribute to Edward Kennedy “Duke" Ellington in a first time ever collaboration with The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, under the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Tuesdays on the Terrace: Corey Wilkes Trio

September 7, 2007

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails and “lawn boxes" with cheese, crackers, and fruit or full dinner while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. Dinner reservations at Puck's are recommended, call ...

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News: Event

Clarinetist Perry Robinson in Chicago with Drummer Jimmy Bennington

August 17, 2007

Chicago based drummer/bandleader Jimmy Bennington brings legendary clarinetist Perry Robinson to the city for three very rare performances. Perry has played and recorded with many jazz greats including Henry Grimes, Archie Shepp, The Brubeck Family, Bill Dixon, and Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra. His father was the great American composer Earl Robinson. The master clarinetist and composer ...