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Jazz fiddler Zach Brock plays it smart and subtle
If there were ever any doubt that violinist Zach Brock stands poised for a major career, it was obliterated Friday night at the Green Mill Jazz Club. Not that Brock's performance was particularly dramatic or flamboyant. Quite the contrary, the...
Tags: Thelonious Monk, Music, Entertainment
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Naperville Central honors notable alumni
When Dave Linne graduated from Naperville Central High School he couldn't wait to leave the western suburbs. But years later looking back at his career writing ads for McDonald's, Kraft, Disney, Pepsi, Nintendo, Hallmark and more, he realized the impact...Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Army, Students, Colleges and Universities, Armed Forces
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Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets ready for his close-up
When singer-pianist Diane Schuur headlined at the Jazz Showcase last week, she wasn't the most commanding player on stage. At leat not whenever Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger stepped up to solo. Each time he brought the mouthpiece to his lips,...
Tags: Plymouth, Theater, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Music Industry
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Israeli Jazz Fest coming in May
Israel long has been a significant nurturer of jazz, and to underscore the point, the Israeli Jazz Fest will make its debut May 19 through 23 at various Chicago venues. The event will be presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, which...Tags: Mayne Stage, Old Town School of Folk Music, Israel
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Is it jazz, classical, Western, Eastern? Simon Shaheen defies labels
For more than three decades, the Palestinian oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen has relentlessly championed his soft-spoken instrument across America and beyond. He has penned solo works, pieces for oud with wind quintet and string quartet and compositions...
Tags: Columbia University, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Theater, Northwestern University
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Symphony Center jazz season: Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis and Mavis Staples
In 1994, Orchestra Hall — home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra — took a gamble. The grand old institution for the first time launched a jazz subscription series, betting that Chicagoans would commit to a season of such events, albeit a short...
Tags: Branford Marsalis, Mavis Staples, Arts and Culture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ray Anderson
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Jazz meets tango in Pablo Aslan's grand experiment
In 1959, Astor Piazzolla – a genius of tango composition and performance – released "Take Me Dancing," an album he later deemed an artistic "sin." The jazz-inspired recording, which Piazzolla had hoped would enable him to break through to...Tags: Plymouth, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Chicago Park District, Arts and Culture, Music Industry
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Jampacked weekend will run gamut from avant-garde to boogie-woogie
We're about to begin a remarkably lively jazz weekend, even by Chicago standards. Among the highlights: The Engines: This enterprising ensemble has been offering a stylistically free-ranging music for nearly a decade, but this weekend's engagement...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Irving Park, Music Industry, Michigan Avenue, Germany
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Geography lesson: Vandermark's Midwest School and Monterey's 55th
The brawny, brainy music that Ken Vandermark presented over the weekend at the Green Mill Jazz Club appealed to many sensibilities. For starters, the very sight of nine instrumentalists crowded onto the tiny stage of the Mill — each a force in his...
Tags: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arts and Culture, Music, Entertainment, Christian McBride
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Ken Vandermark celebrates the sounds of the Midwest
Last June, Chicago reedist-bandleader Ken Vandermark convened a high-powered band for a specific and daunting purpose. Colleague Dave Rempis had asked Vandermark to think of something special he wanted to do to celebrate innovative programming by...
Tags: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arts and Culture, Music, Melba Liston, Entertainment
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Accompanist extraordinaire puts on a show all her own
Twenty-five years ago, a talented young musician ventured here from Fort Wayne, Ind., to try her luck in the big city. Today, Beckie Menzie stands at the center of Chicago cabaret, her work as accompanist indispensable to uncounted singers, her...
Tags: Carnegie Hall, Holidays, Music, Entertainment, Old Town School of Folk Music
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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: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Pitchfork Music Festival, Artists
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