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Solitaire Miles "Born to be Blue" CD Release Party at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago
Please join us as we celebrate the release of vocalist Solitaire Miles's Born to Be Blue on July 13th at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago 8-12 pm. The band will include a long list of Chicago greats including Willie Pickens on piano, Art Davis on trumpet, Neal Alger on guitar, Marlene Rosenberg on bass and Robert ...
Take Five With Solitaire Miles
by AAJ Staff
Meet Solitaire Miles“Solitaire Miles captivates an audience with mesmeric tone, playful, conversational phrasing, and a sinuous sense of swing. Miles has a voice that grabs you, and demands to be listened to. Her natural, unaffected delivery never draws attention to itself, allowing the craft of the song writers to shine through." Tamara Dailey, Chicago ...
JazzSpirit, Volumes 1 & 2
Label: Southport Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Volume I: Let Us Break Bread Together; Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love;
Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive; A Mighty Fortress; Piedad; Doxology; O My Soul Bless
Your Redeemer; Here I Am Lord; Jesus Loves Me; My God IS So High.
Volume II: Fairest Lord Jesus; O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How...;
Down By The Riverside; O Lord You Are My God And King; We Are Marching In The
Light Of God; Wade In The Water; God Of Grace And God Of Glory; When Peace Like A
River; Lord, Whose Love Through Humble...; My God Is So High.
JazzSpirit Volume 1 and Volume 2
by Jerry D'Souza
The Lord blesses many. Among them is Willie Pickens, now a spry 75, who brings vitality and spirit to this collection of sacred hymns. Pickens, a deacon at the Hyde Park Union Church on Chicago's South Side, has been musically active with a Christmas show that turned into an annual event in 1995. In ...
Willie Pickens: JazzSpirit, Volumes 1 & 2
by Mark Corroto
My neighbor, one of those “born again" types, told me that Jesus hates jazz. I asked her which Jesus she was referring to. When I received no response, I suggested to her it might be the neo-con Jesus who, quite frankly, can't dance. After a bit of research, I've found there are multiple Jesuses ...
Willie Pickens: Jazz Spirit, Volume 1 & 2
by Jim Santella
Veteran Chicago pianist Willie Pickens began his professional career with Eddie Harris when they recorded Exodus to Jazz and etched a message for several generations to remember with smiles all around. Since then, he's worked with Clark Terry, Elvin Jones, Louie Bellson, and has issued several albums of his own. Pickens has a conservative piano style ...
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