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Three very hot clarinetists celebrate Benny Goodman
On Jan. 16, 1938, clarinetist Benny Goodman shook up the music world by bringing jazz unapologetically into a shrine of highbrow culture: Carnegie Hall. That concert, with its spectacular solos and thrilling ensemble playing, has long since acquired...
Tags: Columbus Park, Plymouth, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gramercy, Arts and Culture
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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: Human Interest, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Christianity, Roman Catholicism
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Dana Hall Quintet unveils new music steeped in the culture of Africa
Four years ago, Chicago drummer Dana Hall made a stunning recording debut as bandleader, earning wide critical acclaim for his album "Into the Light" (Origin Records). Though jazz listeners already knew that Hall was a powerhouse drummer with intellect to...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Concerts, Music Industry, Music
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Singer Karrin Allyson fares better at the microphone than the piano
The pleasant, thoroughly intelligent, often-engaging, sometimes frustrating show set that Karrin Allyson played Friday night at the Green Mill Jazz Club started out strongly and ended that way, too. In between, it lost some steam when Allyson headed...
Tags: Entertainment, Concerts, Music
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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, Howard Reich, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Entertainment
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A tempest of new music from Brotzmann, McPhee and Mitchell
Three of the world's leading jazz experimenters – each with ties to Chicago – returned here over the weekend, playing for audiences that listened intently to their work. The music-making proved tumultuous and intensely challenging at some...
Tags: Entertainment, Music Industry, Fred Anderson, Music Theater, Theater
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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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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: South Loop, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Fred Anderson
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Flutist Nicole Mitchell's welcome return to Chicago
The great flutist-composer Nicole Mitchell moved to Chicago – and launched her international career here – in 1990. More than two decades later, in August of 2011, she left the city for California, yet it's still impossible to think of...
Tags: Buddy Guy, Arts and Culture, Heart Attack, Education, University of California, Irvine
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Jazz, Israeli style, sweeps into Chicago
What does Israeli jazz sound like? It's experimental and traditional, edgy and relaxed, forward-looking and retrospective. The music of this cosmopolitan culture, in other words, proves as stylistically wide-ranging as you might hope of a Middle...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Theater, Science and Technology
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A rich holiday weekend for jazz in Chicago
Though Memorial Day obviously stands as a solemn occasion, the holiday weekend surely offer listeners a chance to catch up on concert-going. Among the highlights: Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic: The nearly ubiquitous Chicago trumpeter leads his...
Tags: DeKalb, South Loop, Robin Williams, Plymouth, Memorial Day
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Israeli Jazz Festival brings Middle Eastern sounds to Chicago
Though its population hovers at just 8 million, Israel has become a powerhouse in nurturing high-caliber jazz talent. Chicago concertgoers are well acquainted with Anat Cohen, the uncommonly versatile Israeli clarinetist who's based in New York and...
Tags: Plymouth, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
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