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 Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues at the Jazz Showcase 6/10-14 |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Monday, 08 June 2009 |
 Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues 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".
 Corky Siegel
Corky has 18 recordings and numerous reissues. His recordings from 1965 to date are all currently on the market. He has recordings on : Vanguard, RCA, Varese Sarabande, Alligator (the exclusively Blues label) and Gadfly Records, and two album projects for the prestigious classical label Deutsche Grammophon (DG). The DG release of William Russo's Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra featuring Corky's blues band, Siegel-Schwall (for whom the work was written) with Seiji Ozawa and the San Francisco Symphony, was a block-buster in sales and had "an unprecedented inter-generational impact on the American music scene. " - Music Critic - David Sckolnik. In fact, one movement of "Three Pieces" became a successful "single" which scored very high on the Billboard Pop and Classical charts.
Mr. Siegel's partnership in the renowned Siegel-Schwall Band, his performances as soloist with orchestras world-wide, and his collaborations with conductor Seiji Ozawa in bringing a ground-breaking blues-classical sound to national attention are all a reflection of Mr. Siegel's prodigious talent. Mr. Siegel continues to perform as guest soloist with symphony orchestras world-wide, which have included the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Metropolitana De Lisboa in Portugal, and most recently the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, the NHK Symphony in Japan, and the Philadelphia Orchestra with Maestro Charles Dutoit. In addition to his performances with Maestro Dutoit, Corky has continued to perform numerous symphonic collaborations through the years with Doc Severinsen. Corky has also recorded on Sony International by touring globally from time to time through the invitation of Dr. Subramaniam, India's greatest Eastern classical violin virtuoso.
The Jazz Showcase is located at 806 S. Plymouth Court in the historic Dearborn Station building in the south Loop. Shows at 8 and 10 pm, 4 pm matinee on Sundays. Call for ticket information, 312-360-0234; www.jazzshowcase.com
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