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Grammy winner Kurt Elling returns home to the Green Mill, March 12th & 13th Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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Kurt Elling © Andea Canter


Kurt Elling was award his first GRAMMY: the Best Vocal Jazz Album for his last release Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman. This was Kurt's ninth nomination -- each and every Elling album has been nominated. Laurence Hobgood was also nominated this year for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for the title tune, "Dedicated to You." Join Kurt Elling with Laurence Hobgood on piano, John McLean on guitar, John Patitucci on bass and Kobie Watkins on drums  at the Green Mill on Friday, March 12th starting at 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 13 from  8:00 p.m. until midnight .
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Kahil El'Zabar and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble return to Chicago Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Friday, 05 March 2010

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Kahil El'Zabar, Corey Wilkes, Ernest Kahbeer Dawkins

The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble will perform a homecoming concert at the Ascension Loft, 319 N. Albany, on Sunday, March 7th at 4:30 p.m. with a suggested Donation is $15.00. They are concluding a world tour that in the last month in a half that included a week in Paris, a week in Tel Aviv, a few nights in Toronto, Montreal, D.C., Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Ottawa, and Erie. The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble includes Kahil El ‘Zabar on percussion, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins on saxophone, and Corey Wilkes on trumpet.  Internationally renowned percussionist and composer Kahil El'Zabar is considered one of the most prolific jazz innovators of his generation.

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Hiromi – A Solitary Volcano Erupts in the Midwest Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Sunday, 28 February 2010

“She is not simply interested in flaunting her technique; the art of improvisation nestles comfortably within her theme of movement, space, and "the place to be." –Jeff Winbush, All About Jazz 

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Hiromi©Andrea Canter

One of the most daring and creative voices of her generation, or perhaps of any working generation in jazz today, Hiromi Uehara (known professional as just Hiromi) has been rewriting the canon of modern jazz piano since her first recording and accumulating a list of awards on both sides of the Pacific, from Record and Artist of the Year honors from Swing Magazine to similar accolades from the Boston Music Society and Guinness Jazz Festival. Her latest recordings, Beyond Standard with Sonicbloom, Duet with Chick Corea, and Jazz in the Garden with the Stanley Clarke Trio confirm her star trajectory. And finally, Hiromi has pared down her partners to just one—the piano, with the January release of her first solo recording, Place to Be. And the place to be in the coming week is Chicago at the Jazz Showcase (March 4-7) or Minneapolis at the Dakota (March 8-9). 

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Chicago Saxophone Sessions - The Dave Schumacher/Kevin O'Connell Quartet + Ari Brown & Pat Mallinger Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Friday, 26 February 2010

"...the school that jumps into the pure forcefulness of the bari's remarkable sound...This includes Schumacher, who mines the bari's low strength and exploits the blatant, raspy blaaat that puts an edge on each note..." - Neil Tesser, Critic's Choice - Chicago Reader

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Dave Schumacher photo by Adam Wissing

The Jazz Showcase in Chicago will present The Dave Schumacher/Kevin O'Connell Quartet with guests in a program called Chicago Saxophone Sessions through Sunday, February 28th. The ensemble features Dave Schumacher on Baritone Sax, Kevin O'Connell on Piano, Eric Hochberg on Bass, and Y.L. Douglas on Drums with Special Guests Ari Brown on February 26th and 27th and Pat Mallinger on February 28th. As a freelance musician, Chicago native Dave Schumacher has been active on the New York scene for more than the 25 years. As member of Lionel Hampton's Orchestra from 1983 to 1987 he toured the Americas and Europe. He again toured with Hamp in 1988 and 1989. A highlight in Dave's career was traveling with the Art Blakey Big Band to Japan in 1987 to perform at the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival.

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