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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: Music, Plymouth, Ramsey Lewis, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities
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CJO plays a lively, imperfect tribute to Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa probably would have been intrigued. The Chicago Jazz Orchestra's brave, often brilliant, sometimes thrilling, somewhat flawed Zappa tribute at the Park West on Saturday night gave his music a spotlight it does not routinely receive in the...
Tags: Count Basie, Music Theater, Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, Music
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'Battle of the Saxes' raises the curtain
For years, the "Battle of the Saxes" that played the Green Mill Jazz Club each New Year's Eve was less a contest than a lively exchange of ideas between Chicago tenor saxophone icon Von Freeman and former Chicago tenorist Edward Petersen. The...
Tags: Music, New Year's Day, Irving Park, Entertainment, Music Industry
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Jason Adasiewicz makes beautiful vibes
Chicago has a way of producing fabulously eccentric, fiercely individualistic jazz stars. From the free-ranging tenor sax solos of Von Freeman and Fred Anderson to the quirky songwriting of Patricia Barber to the explosive reed work of Ken Vandermark,...
Tags: Led Zeppelin (music group), Jimi Hendrix, Concerts, Music, Fred Anderson
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moe. again kicks off summer concert season
Since 2001, the unofficial kickoff of the summer concert season in the Chicago area has been the Summer Camp Music Festival at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Ill. In each of those 11 years, including this weekend, the headliner has been moe., a...
Tags: Summer Camp (music group), Primus (music group), Tourism and Leisure, Festive Events, Science and Technology
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3 no-good propositions
Here's how difficult it is to put something in the U.S. Constitution: You need the approval of two-thirds of Congress and three-quarters of the states. This is why the Constitution only has 27 amendments, and nearly half of those came with the original...Tags: Referenda, Voting, Juvenile Delinquency, Steve Cooley, George Runner
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Dr. John diverts praise for new disc with Black Keys guitarist, Grammy, Rock Hall to others
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGEven after a solo recording career that this year marks 45 years, even after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, even after winning his sixth Grammy Award in February for his newest album, “Locked Down,” famed...... -
Ray Collins dies: Collaborated with Frank Zappa in Mothers of Invention
Pop2itRay Collins, a musician who collaborated with Frank Zappa in the 1960s, died of a heart attack on Monday, Dec. 24 at the age of 75... -
Berks Jazz Fest to feature mixed-genre shows, but headliner is hot jazz singer
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe 23rd annual Berks Jazz Fest will be all about highlighting jazz music’s effects on other styles, with programs that offer jazz mixed with programs featuring rock, funk, blues, Latin, pop and gospel. There will be salutes to artists such...... -
Grammy, Pulitzer winners, TV star among highlights of upcoming Zoellner season
Lehigh Valley MusicA Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, the world premiere of a song cycle based on poems by Carl Reiner’s daughter, dazzling international dance ensembles, circus arts and perhaps America’s premier storyteller will highlight the 16th season of... -
Channel Guide interviews Leif Garrett!
Channel Guide MagazineIn the interest of full disclosure, I was one of the approximately 40 bazillion teenage girls who plastered their bedroom walls with posters of Leif Garrett throughout the ’70s and ’80s. In fact, I had it so bad for the sleepy-eyed, flaxen-... -
Bethlehem rock festival has sold out, but after-party will have free performance
Lehigh Valley MusicA once-popular Bethlehem music festival being revived for a final year sold out all its tickets in just over an hour, organizers say. But you can still catch a related performance – and it’s free. NEARFest, a popular international progressive....
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