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Saxophonist John Wojciechowski, of whom the Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich wrote: “…technically accomplished, musically profound and harmonically daring” is originally from Detroit and has spent the last 18 years performing and teaching in Chicago. In addition to leading his own groups, he has performed or recorded with The Chicago Jazz Orchestra, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The Woody Herman Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Clark Terry, Charlie Haden, and Kurt Elling among many others. John was also a third place finalist in the 1996 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition

Album

WaBaSH

By Clark Sommers

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Points of Reduction; Close the Loop; Bass Intro I; Kasbah; Group Solitude; Contemplation; In Your Own Sweet Way; Bass Intro II; That Was Then; Ornette-Type-Tune.

Article: Album Review

Clark Sommers: WaBaSH

by Jack Bowers
August 7, 2026

Wabash is the name of a river in Indiana and Illinois, an avenue in Chicago and, what is most relevant to this recording, the name of the quartet that performs on the avenue, a respectable group led by bassist Clark Sommers. Sommers' WaBaSH ensemble varies from the quartet norm in that two of its ...

Article: Album Review

Clark Sommers: WaBaSH

by Troy Dostert
July 30, 2026

An integral component of the Chicago-based jazz community, bassist Clark Sommers has honed his craft as a sideman with everyone from Kurt Elling to Jon Irabagon, with a multifaceted fluency that extends from mainstream jazz to more adventurous projects. And from time to time he also gets to flex as a leader, starting with his debut ...

News: Recording

Clark Sommers Releases Wabash On Calligram Records

July 28, 2026

Clark Sommers WaBaSH is the debut recording from a quartet that has, in various configurations, been one of Chicago’s most celebrated working bands for nearly two decades. Bassist Sommerstraces his connections with the other members back to the late 1990s when he met tenor saxophonist Geof Bradfield and drummer Dana Hall, building relationships that have encompassed ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Marinaro: Mood Ellington

Read "Mood Ellington" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
February 8, 2026

Paul Marinaro's Mood Ellington is an ambitious, carefully crafted double CD that regards Duke Ellington's vocal repertoire not as a fixed monument but as a living collection of work capable of endless renewal. Instead of relying on a single arranging perspective, Marinaro commissioned thirteen renowned composers, allowing Ellington's songs to be explored through multiple aesthetic lenses ...

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Mood Ellington

By Paul Marinaro

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: I'm Beginning to See the Light; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; I'm Just a Lucky So and So; Love You Madly; Sophisticated Lady; I Like the Sunrise; Just Squeeze Me; It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream; In a Mellow Tone; Mood Indigo; Azure; Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know); I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good); (In My) Solitude; All Too Soon; Lush Life; (I Want) Something to Live For; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Take Love Easy; Day Dream; I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues; Caravan; I Didn't Know About You; In a Sentimental Mood; Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me.