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Jason Ajemian's Smokeless Heat - CD release party, April 30th at Heaven Gallery Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Thursday, 17 April 2008

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Smokeless Heat: The Art of Dying
Former Chicagoans Jason Ajemian and Nori Tanaka back in Chicago for special rare performance! Jason Ajemian's Smokeless Heat Delmark CD release party for The Art of Dying, Wednesday. April 30, Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor, Chicago's Wicker Park, http://www.heavengallery.com

Chicago/NYC bassist and composer Jason Ajemian and his group Smokeless Heat will be celebrating their brand new release on Delmark, The Art of Dying (DE 581) This new release is a wonderful example of a recording that will appeal to both avant-garde and straight ahead jazz lovers. This will be a special welcome back to Chicago gig for drummer Nori Tanaka from Japan. At the turn of the millenium, Jason Ajemian was an active part of the underground music scene in Chicago, playing a variety of creative improvised experimental music.  Ajemian studied with bassist Rufus Reid and percussionist Kevin Norton  graduated from the William Patterson College in New Jersey. 

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Pat Mallinger Quartet With Bill Carrothers at the Green Mill Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Monday, 14 April 2008

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Pat Mallinger©Andrea Canter

"The daring of Mallinger's compositions, ingenuity of his arrangements, and ferocity of his solos are startling to hear” -- Chicago Tribune

A good wind blows through the Windy City this weekend as Chicago resident and alto saxman Pat Mallinger and his quartet perform at the Green Mill (April 25-26). Joining the band will be internationally acclaimed pianist Bill Carrothers.

As a youngster in St. Paul, Pat Mallinger was inspired by the Grass Junior High Jazz Band and recordings of Paul Desmond, and decided jazz rather than dentistry was his destiny. He played in the Sibley High School band, studied with his uncle Tommy Bauer and Brian Grivna, and often heard the great Eddie Berger perform around town. In addition to Desmond, Pat cites such early jazz influences as Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, and Miles Davis. After high school, Mallinger earned a degree in jazz studies from North Texas State (where he was part of the famed One O’Clock Jazz Band) and, in 1986, moved to Boston where he played with the Artie Shaw Orchestra and the Matt Wilson Quartet. Relocating to his current home in Chicago in 1990, Mallinger has played with Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Harry Connick, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.; he’s toured with Charles Earland, Woody Herman, and Cab Calloway, and appears in concerts and festivals around the world. In Chicago, he regularly performs with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Kurt Elling, Howard Levy, and the 911 Mambo Orchestra; he co-leads the ensemble Sabertooth which has performed regularly at the Green Mill for the past 15 years. Pat is also a committed jazz educator whose efforts include inspiring inner city students to pursue jazz as a member of the Ravinia Jazz Mentors Sextet. He also teaches at Columbia College and in the Chicago Public Schools. (Click here for an exclusive Jazz Police interview with Pat Mallinger.)

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Bob Mintzer Quartet at the Green Mill April 18-19, 2008 Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Sunday, 13 April 2008
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Bob Mintzer © Andea Canter


The Green Mill, in Chicago will present the Bob Mintzer Quartet on Friday, April 18 from 9pm until 1am and Saturday, April 19 from 8pm until midnight. The quartet will feature Bob Mintzer on sax, Phil Markowitz on piano, Jay Anderson on bass, and John Riley on drums.

Arranger and saxophonist Bob Mintzer has made his mark merging a traditional jazz approach with an all encompassing modernism that embraces lyricism, a strong sense of swing, and arrangements that take the listener on an unpredictable and vibrant journey. Besides leading his own New York-based big band since the early 1980s, Bob leads a jazz quartet, is a 15 year member of the Yellowjackets, and is active in music education. In addition to his busy schedule playing and teaching others, Bob still manages to find time to write saxophone quartets, symphony music, big band arrangements, music for the 'Jackets, and etude books.
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Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Lew Soloff and Terell Stafford join Jon Faddis and the CJE 4/11 Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Saturday, 05 April 2008

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Randy Brecker

In celebration of JAM! (Jazz Appreciation Month), the Chicago Jazz Ensemble with Artistic Director Jon Faddis will present A Triumph of Trumpets on Friday, April 11, at 8:00 pm at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 East Randolph on the southeast corner of Chicago’s Millennium Park. The fourth concert in the CJE’s Ninth American Heritage Jazz Series, the evening features stellar trumpeters Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Lew Soloff and Terell Stafford, all showcasing a variety of styles in Jazz as well as how the trumpet’s role in Jazz has evolved over the past century. You can also join Jon as he moderates a Master Class featuring the CJE’s guest artists Randy, Tom, Lew and Terell at the Concert Hall of the Music Department, 1014 S. Michigan Avenue, at Columbia College Chicago on Thursday, April 10, from Noon - 2:30 pm. The Master Class is free and open to the public.

Randy Brecker has been shaping the sound of Jazz, R & B and Rock for more than three decades. In addition to his own recordings (including the recent “Some Skunk Funk” in collaboration with his late brother, saxophonist Michael Brecker), Randy’s 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.

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