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"I don't care what kind of style a group plays as long as they settle into a groove where the rhythm keeps building instead of changing around. It's like the way an African hits a drum. He hits it a certain way, and after a period of time, you feel it more than you did when he first started. He's playing the same thing, but the quality is different -- it's settled into a groove. It's like settin' tobacco in a pipe. You put some heat on it and make it expand. After a while, it's there. It's tight." - Lou Donaldson
 
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Corey Wilkes and Black Slang, Nov 20-21 at Andy's in Chicago Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Monday, 16 November 2009
"... a brilliant player, young yet wise beyond his years, and while scratching the surface, displays plenty of grit, street smarts, and a serious fun attitude, marking him as one of the most promising trumpet players in the 2000s."  -Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic.com

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Corey Wilkes © Andrea Canter
Corey Wilkes and Black Slang will appear at Andy's jazz club on Friday, November 20th and Saturday, November 21st. Black SLang features (trumpet/flugel/efx), Kevin Nabors (tenor sax), YaW (vocals), Phenom (mc), Will Kurk (keys), Frankie Blaze (guitar), Junius Paul (bass), Anthony Capers (drums/mpc), Mashaune Wilkes (African Dance), Tosha Alston (African Dance), and Imania Detry (African Dance). Recently touring with the James Carter Quintet, Corey Wilkes first burst onto the music scene in 2002 and landed in the soul of the Chicago Jazz Club scene. He then filled Lester Bowie's vacant trumpet seat in the the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Big shoes to fill for a new musician but Corey isn't an ordinary musician.
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Jazz Master Cedar Walton with Dmitry Baevsky at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Nov. 12-15 Print E-mail
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Monday, 09 November 2009
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Cedar Walton

Jazz legend Cedar Walton will be joined by saxophonist Dmitry Baevsky at the Jazz Standard at Dearborn Station in Chicago for four nights from Thursday, November 12th through Sunday, November 15th. One of the great hard bop pianists, Cedar Walton was recently named an NEA Jazz Master. Walton is also known for his compositions, some of which have become jazz standards, such as "Bolivia," "Clockwise," and "Firm Roots." In 2005 Dmitry Baevsky released his first CD as a leader on the Lineage Records label called Introducing Dmitry Baevsky, which features Cedar Walton on piano. Dmitry Baevsky achieved wide national acclaim in Russia by the age of fifteen, When he was twenty Dmitry moved to New York City, the Mecca of jazz. His tasteful, swinging and virtuosic playing has commanded the respect of the most established musicians in New York.
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Stefon Harris and Blackout at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago 11/5-8 Print E-mail
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Sunday, 01 November 2009

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Stefon Harris © Andea Canter

Vibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris is heralded as “one of the most important young artists in jazz” (The Los Angeles Times), he is unquestionably developing what will be a long and extraordinary career. Vibraphonist, composer and bandleader Stefon Harris is touring in support of his new disc, Urbanus, his 7th CD as a leader.  Blackout displays a deeper group rapport as well as a more expansive sonic palette as Marc Cary complements the acoustic piano with Fender Rhodes and alto saxophonist Casey Benjamin lends his captivating vocoder work to the proceeding. The group also features Terreon Gully on drums and Ben Williams on bass.  Stefon Harris' "Blackout" quintet appears at the Jazz Showcase at Dearborn Station in Chicago on Thursday, November 5th through Sunday, November 8th

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Brad Goode / Curtis Fuller Quintet at the Green Mill in Chicago, October 30-31 Print E-mail
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Monday, 26 October 2009

 

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Curtis Fuller Curtis Fuller and Brad Goode

The Brad Goode / Curtis Fuller quintet features Brad Goode on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Adrean Farrugia on piano, Dennis Carroll on bass, and Dana Hall on drums. Curtis Fuller gained noteriety founding member of The Jazztet with Benny Golson and Art Farmer and a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messaengers. He is also well known for playing with John Coltrane on the immensely popular hard-bop album Blue Trane album, which can be considered Coltrane's first solo album, as it is the first he recorded featuring musicians and songs entirely of his choosing. Curtis Fuller was awarded a Jazz Master Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2007. The Brad Goode / Curtis Fuller Quintet will perform at the Green Mill in Chicago on Friday, October 30th at 9 p.m. and Saturday, October 31st at 8 p.m. with a $12 cover each night.

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