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Singer Frank D'Rone hits a high note late in his career
As his old friend Frank Sinatra might have put it, it was a very good year for Chicago singer Frank D'Rone. In April, D'Rone turned 80, and in June he overcame a series of health challenges to play a triumphant comeback engagement at the Jazz Showcase....
Tags: Frank Sinatra, Jazz (genre), Chicago Jazz Fest, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Corky Siegel still building bridges with his Chamber Blues
Twenty-five years ago, Chicago bluesman Corky Siegel unveiled a project that continues to obsess him. He called it Chamber Blues, and since its Midwest premiere in 1988 at the Paramount Arts Centre in Aurora, the project has blossomed into an ongoing...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Genres, George Gershwin, Dave Brubeck, Plymouth
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Patricia Barber delivers a most delicate 'Smash'
Very few musicians can bring the rambunctious Green Mill Jazz Club to a near hush, but Patricia Barber did it through most of her first set Friday night. Granted, the overflow audience clearly knew the significance of the occasion: Barber's debut...
Tags: Poetry, Entertainment, Music Industry, Music
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Patricia Barber: A reluctant star
At exactly two minutes before show time, Patricia Barber whisks into the Green Mill Jazz Club, says a quick hello to the guys on the bandstand, stretches the joints in her hands, places her iPad inside the grand piano, noodles on the keyboard for a...
Tags: Travel, Music Industry, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Music, Breast Cancer
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New Constellation in city's entertainment galaxy
In less than a month, a new performing arts center will open its doors in Chicago. Or perhaps it's best to call it a new/old venue, its novel concept taking root in a familiar building. Come April 1, the noted Chicago jazz drummer and impresario...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Loop, Pitchfork Music Festival, South Loop, Music Industry
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Victor Garcia: A chameleon on trumpet
During the past year, Chicago listeners have heard trumpeter Victor Garcia in more musical contexts than any single player could be expected to master. He hit hard in drummer Dana Hall's band at the Green Mill last month; debuted his own feisty, full-...
Tags: Melba Liston, Arts and Culture, Columbia College Chicago, Plymouth, Music Industry
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Trumpeter Brad Goode makes an impressive homecoming
Though trumpeter Brad Goode left Chicago in 1997 for Cincinnati and then Boulder, where he now teaches at the University of Colorado, his identity remains tied to this city. He titled his newest album "Chicago Red" (Origin Records) and over the...
Tags: Entertainment, Music
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A Chicago jazz festival that fights hunger
Imagine a jazz festival in which all the musicians and venues donate their services, and all the proceeds go to feed the hungry. In Chicago, that's not a dream but a reality, thanks to the efforts of Father John Moulder, a Catholic priest who also...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Roman Catholicism, Social Issues, Michigan Avenue, Music Industry
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Dana Hall's spring blows gusts of fresh air into the Green Mill
Chicago drummer Dana Hall calls his jazz quartet "spring," but Friday night at the Green Mill it turned out to be more than a single ensemble. The core lineup sometimes expanded to a quintet or sextet, sometimes returned to its core identity, defying...
Tags: Entertainment, Music
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Dana Hall re-emerges with a new band and a fresh approach
Last year was a volatile one for the inimitable Chicago drummer-bandleader-composer Dana Hall. With the considerable help of ace arts administrator Kate Dumbleton, Hall had rejuvenated the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, which William Russo had created at...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Education, Colleges and Universities, Columbia College Chicago, Plymouth
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Remembering Ken Chaney with a major tribute
The death of esteemed Chicago pianist Ken Chaney in December, at age 73, caught his fans by surprise and left a hole in the city's musical life. As bandleader, he presided over such distinctive ensembles as the funk-tinged Ken Chaney Xperience, which...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Ray Charles, Colleges and Universities, Plymouth, Music Industry
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Chi-Town Jazz Fest lineup out
Trumpeter Bobby Lewis, singer Tammy McCann, saxophonist Eric Schneider and guitarist John Moulder will headline the Fourth Annual Chi-Town Jazz Festival, running March 12-22. As always, the event will support hunger relief in Chicago, with musicians and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Brad Williams, Human Interest
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