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Jazz meets tango in Pablo Aslan's grand experiment
In 1959, Astor Piazzolla – a genius of tango composition and performance – released "Take Me Dancing," an album he later deemed an artistic "sin." The jazz-inspired recording, which Piazzolla had hoped would enable him to break through to...Tags: Argentina, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Concerts, Music, Music Industry
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Jampacked weekend will run gamut from avant-garde to boogie-woogie
We're about to begin a remarkably lively jazz weekend, even by Chicago standards. Among the highlights: The Engines: This enterprising ensemble has been offering a stylistically free-ranging music for nearly a decade, but this weekend's engagement...
Tags: Concerts, Old Town School of Folk Music, Culture, Music, Irving Park
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Geography lesson: Vandermark's Midwest School and Monterey's 55th
The brawny, brainy music that Ken Vandermark presented over the weekend at the Green Mill Jazz Club appealed to many sensibilities. For starters, the very sight of nine instrumentalists crowded onto the tiny stage of the Mill — each a force in his...
Tags: Christian McBride, Geography, Music, Music Industry, Arts and Culture
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Ken Vandermark celebrates the sounds of the Midwest
Last June, Chicago reedist-bandleader Ken Vandermark convened a high-powered band for a specific and daunting purpose. Colleague Dave Rempis had asked Vandermark to think of something special he wanted to do to celebrate innovative programming by...
Tags: Christian McBride, Old Town School of Folk Music, Music, Music Industry, Arts and Culture
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Victor Garcia: A chameleon on trumpet
During the past year, Chicago listeners have heard trumpeter Victor Garcia in more musical contexts than any single player could be expected to master. He hit hard in drummer Dana Hall's band at the Green Mill last month; debuted his own feisty, full-...
Tags: Old Town School of Folk Music, Music, Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Melba Liston
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New Constellation in city's entertainment galaxy
In less than a month, a new performing arts center will open its doors in Chicago. Or perhaps it's best to call it a new/old venue, its novel concept taking root in a familiar building. Come April 1, the noted Chicago jazz drummer and impresario...
Tags: Concerts, Fred Anderson, Pitchfork Music Festival, Melvin van Peebles, Artists
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Trumpeter Brad Goode makes an impressive homecoming
Though trumpeter Brad Goode left Chicago in 1997 for Cincinnati and then Boulder, where he now teaches at the University of Colorado, his identity remains tied to this city. He titled his newest album "Chicago Red" (Origin Records) and over the...
Tags: Music, Entertainment
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A Chicago jazz festival that fights hunger
Imagine a jazz festival in which all the musicians and venues donate their services, and all the proceeds go to feed the hungry. In Chicago, that's not a dream but a reality, thanks to the efforts of Father John Moulder, a Catholic priest who also...
Tags: Culture, Music, Music Industry, Social Issues, Arts and Culture
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Accompanist extraordinaire puts on a show all her own
Twenty-five years ago, a talented young musician ventured here from Fort Wayne, Ind., to try her luck in the big city. Today, Beckie Menzie stands at the center of Chicago cabaret, her work as accompanist indispensable to uncounted singers, her...
Tags: Old Town School of Folk Music, Carnegie Hall, Music, Music Industry, Holidays
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Dana Hall's spring blows gusts of fresh air into the Green Mill
Chicago drummer Dana Hall calls his jazz quartet "spring," but Friday night at the Green Mill it turned out to be more than a single ensemble. The core lineup sometimes expanded to a quintet or sextet, sometimes returned to its core identity, defying...
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Dana Hall re-emerges with a new band and a fresh approach
Last year was a volatile one for the inimitable Chicago drummer-bandleader-composer Dana Hall. With the considerable help of ace arts administrator Kate Dumbleton, Hall had rejuvenated the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, which William Russo had created at...
Tags: Artists, Music, Music Industry, Tony Williams, Elmhurst College
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Remembering Ken Chaney with a major tribute
The death of esteemed Chicago pianist Ken Chaney in December, at age 73, caught his fans by surprise and left a hole in the city's musical life. As bandleader, he presided over such distinctive ensembles as the funk-tinged Ken Chaney Xperience, which...
Tags: Concerts, Culture, Music, Music Industry, Arts and Culture
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Green Mill (club) Photos
Gilad Hekselman talks with the audience in between song...
(May 21, 2013)
As Engines saxophonist Dave Rempis observes on the albu...
(April 3, 2013)
John Moulder's fourth annual event, in which musicians...
(March 13, 2013)