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“Every tune that I’ve written so far has a meaning and a story within it that I want the whole group to capture ... A lot of guys, when they play, are not thinking about what they’re actually playing; they’re just thinking about maybe the chords, or how the rhythm changes, or something like that, but I really try to tell a story and I want the group that plays my tunes to try to see what I saw when I wrote them.” - Grachan Moncur III |
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 |
Chicago Live Jazz Travel guides and travel resources for Chicago: Guides to live music (musicians, jazz clubs, etc.) in Chicago, IL:
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
"Bill Carrothers expresses himself best while streaming intricate concepts into long, elegant lines of melody through a harmonic topography that varies between crowded and open stretches..." --Robert Doerschuk, Downbeat  L-R, Nicolas Thys, Bill Carrothers, Dre Pallemaerts Edina, MN native and internationally acclaimed pianist Bill Carrothers and his European trio make a rare American tour this month with stops in St. Paul (July 9th at the Artists Quarter) Chicago (July 10-11 at the Green Mill) and New York (July 14-19 at the Village Vanguard). Bill’s Belgian compatriots include bassist Nicolas Thys and drummer Dre Pallemaerts, who appeared with him on his 2005 recording, I Love Paris (Pirouet). The trio continues to perform together throughout Europe. |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
 Deep Blue Organ Trio at the Green Mill © Don Berryman The solid soulful team of Chris Foreman, Greg Rockingham and Bobby Broom together as The Deep Blue Organ Trio continue to expolre the classic soul-jazz combo configuration of the Hammond B3 organ, guitar and drums. They have just released a DVD,Deep Blue Organ Trio - Goin' to Town, Live at the Green Mill . Their last CD was called "Folk Music",and blended jazz with soul, R&B, blues, gospel. The Tuesday night gig at the Green Mill continues, now it its' sixth year. The Deep Blue Organ Trio began its journey in 1992 playing engagements at Chicago 's Cotton Club and Back Room. At the Cotton Club, a weekly gig which lasted for two years, the group began to develop its sound and musical connection. A connection which in large part began in the 1970s, when as teenagers Chris, Greg and Bobby were studying the organ jazz sounds which would soon become classic. |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
 Vanermark 5 © Joel Wanek Kev Vandermark will be leading a special, expanded edition of Vandermark 5 for two nights of live recordings for a new album at the Green Mill in CHicago on Friday, June 20th and Saturday, June 21st. Vandermark was selected as a MacArthur Fellow (a.k.a. the "genius award") in 1999. And in 1998 2was elected as one of the "25 For The Future," the most significant improvising musicians under the age of 40 by Down Beat Magazine. For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe, both as a performer and organizer. After several years of Vandermark 5 performances of Vandermark's arrangements of works by Sonny Rollins, Joe McPhee, Cecil Taylor, and others, they stared to focus exclusivly on Vandermarks own compositions. For this live recording Vandermark 5 will be featuring Ken Vandermark on reeds, Magnus Broo on trumpet, Dave Rempis on saxophone, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Haavard Wiik on piano, Kent Kessler on bass, and Tim Daisy on drums. For only a $12 cover you can be a part of this exciting recording project. |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Monday, 08 June 2009 |
 Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues performs at the Jazz Showcase on Wednesday, June 10th through Sunday, June 14th. Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues blends classical and blues styles in a chamber music setting. Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues features Corky Siegel on harmonica & piano, Frank Donaldson on percussion, Jeff Yang & ChiHsuan Yang on violins, Jill Kaeding oncello, and Doyle Armbrust on viola. On his website (www.chamberblues.com) Corky Siegel explains, "Chamber Blues is a juxtaposition of classical and blues flavors. A meeting of the two of the most important and diverse music forms. The juxtaposition is not just about the instrumentation of string quartet, east Indian tabla, and blues harmonica and piano (with a vocal thrown in now and again). It is a 'compositional' juxtaposition. I call this 'cross-under.' The written music is Chamber Blues. It can be played on 6 saxophones and it would still be Chamber Blues. It also is not exactly a 'blend.' I consider jazz to be a blend of classical and blues and I think George Gershwin certainly blended the forms in a beautiful way. With jazz for instance the blues seems to disappear into the classical and visa versa turning up a third form - called jazz. Chamber Blues is two forms working together. Blues and Classical. Each form's personality is maintained. You can hear them working together. That's Chamber Blues". |
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