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Chicago 2008 Jazz Fair, January 25th and 26th, Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008

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Dee Alexander

To celebrate the Chicago Jazz Institute's 40th Birthday, they are presenting this is free event at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington in Chicago on the evening Friday, January 25th and continuing in the morning on Saturday, January 26th. This jazz fair will feature Jazz Sings the Blues with Billy Branch and Dee Alexander, the Edwin Sanchez Latin Jazz Project, the Chuck Hedges Swingtet, New Directions with Nicole Mitchell and Jim Baker, the Von Freeman Quintet, the Jazz Links Ensemble, an All Star Jam Session, jazz cinema and much more.

Jazz Sings the Blues with Billy Branch and Dee Alexander
The roots of the tree of jazz are the blues, and harpist Billy Branch has always had an ear tuned to both art forms. For this project he invited bassist Yosef Ben Israel, drummer Avreeayl Ra to accompany the embodiment of where the soulful part of jazz was born: Miss Dee Alexander.

 

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Sabertooth CD Release at the Green Mill January 4th Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Monday, 31 December 2007
“Mallinger's partnership in Sabertooth with tenor saxist Cameron Pfiffner recalls the fabled duo of Zoot Sims and Al Cohn, tenorists who decades earlier battled against each other one moment, traded silken ballad phrases the next. Add the terrific organist Pete Benson and drummer Ted Sirota into the mix, and you understand why this engagement has thrived for so many years." -Chicago Tribune Dec. 2007

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Sabertooth: Dr. Midnight, Live at the Green Mill
Sabertooth celebrates 15 years of steady Saturday night gigs with the the release of Dr. Midnight, Live at the Green Mill on Friday, January 4, 2008, 9pm at The Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown. This is the second CD and the Delmark Records debut from this wildly popular quartet who hosts the Green Mill "After Hours Jazz Party" every Saturday night from midnight until 4 am. This will also be the first weekend in its' 100 year history that the Green Mill will be smoke free (Chicago's smoking ban goes into effect on January 1st). So if you turn into a pumpkin at midnight - this is your chance to hear Sabertooth at 9 pm - 'prime-time'. However, If you're a night owl and can't get up that early, their "After Hours Jazz Party" continues on its' regular 12-4 am schedule the next day.
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Von and Ed's "Battle of the Saxes" this Weekend and New Years Eve at the Green Mill Print E-mail
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Sunday, 23 December 2007

"People ask me why I didn't leave Chicago? It's because I love Chicago and it loves me." - Von Freeman

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Von Freeman © Anddrea Canter
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Ed Peterson

Two Chicago tenor titans face off at the Green Mill for a battle of the saxes on Friday, December 28; 9pm-1am, Saturday, December 29; 8pm-1am, Monday, December 31, 8:30-12:30. Von Freeman, the jazz legend who never left Chicago, and the returing Ed Petersen, who left to teach Applied Saxophon and Jazz Improvisation at the University New Orleans, will meet with battle it out backed by ta solid trio featuring Willie Pickens on piano, Brian Sandstrom on bass, and Robert Shy on drums.

Von Freeman turned 85 this year. The iconic Chicago saxophonist created a unique and captivating tenor style in the 1940s and 50s but didn't lead his first recording in 1972 at the age of 49. When Freeman was in his 70s and playing better and stronger than ever, he began a series of albums that have made him a cover story in major jazz magazines, a much-demanded performer at festivals the world over, and the recipient of a mayoral proclamation (with a street named for him), as well as a doctorate from Northwestern University, at the age of 80.

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Randy Brecker, December 15-16 at Andy's Print E-mail
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Saturday, 15 December 2007
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Randy Brecker © Rusty Bell

Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago presents trumpet legend Randy Brecker on Saturday, December 15th and Sunday, December 16th with shows at 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM. Randy Brecker has been shaping the sound of Jazz, R and B and Rock for more than three decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Chaka Khan, George Benson and Parliament-Funkadelics to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, David Sanborn, Horace Silver, Jaco Pastorius and Frank Zappa.

After performing with Blood Sweat and Tears, the Horace Silver, Larry Coyell and Billy Cobhan - Randy joined his brother Michael Brecker to create the highly innovative and influencial group 'The Brecker Brothers'.
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