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The best jazz concerts of 2012
2012 was a characteristically plentiful year in jazz performance, Chicagoans hearing a tremendous range of music. The best concerts, in chronological order: March 1: Tammy McCann at the Jazz Showcase. The majestic Chicago singer designed her four-...
Tags: Vocal Music (genre), Spider (music group), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Culture, Concerts
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Best jazz concerts of 2012
2012 was a characteristically plentiful year in jazz performance, Chicagoans hearing a tremendous range of music. The best concerts, in chronological order: March 1: Tammy McCann at the Jazz Showcase. The majestic Chicago singer designed her four-...Tags: Vocal Music (genre), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Spider (music group), Culture, Concerts
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Fall music preview: Chicago jazz greats coming home
Chicago always has produced jazz giants, larger-than-life figures whose art towers over that of mere mortals. Who are today's Chicago jazz giants? Following is an annotated guide to some of the titans who will be performing during the fall season: Art...
Tags: University of Chicago, Lincoln Center, Lionel Hampton, Green Mill (club), Festive Events
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Englewood turns its hopes to jazz
This has been a bloody summer in Englewood, on the city's South Side. But that hasn't stopped resident Ernest Dawkins, who also happens to be one of Chicago's most widely respected musicians, from putting on the 13th annual Englewood Jazz Festival....
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Festive Events, Culture, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Victor Garcia trumpets a new septet at emerging Logan Center
When Chicago trumpeter Victor Garcia picks up his horn on Friday night, he'll be making news in at least two ways. He'll be leading a new septet, and he'll be introducing listeners to a potentially major new room: the performance hall at the University...
Tags: Plymouth, Hyde Park, University of Chicago, Green Mill (club), Festive Events
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Big band sound
A concert featuring the Hagerstown Municipal Band “Big Band,” under the direction of Joel Guyton, will be held Sunday, starting at 7:30 p.m. at Hagerstown City Park’s band shell. The musical group will perform a variety of oldies and...Tags: Preschools, Education, Emergency Health Procedures, Schools
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From the desk of: God bless America from San Diego
This year the Del Mar race season is from July 20 to Sept. 7. For the past 20 years my son Steve has made it a point to be there on opening day. Since he lived in Solana Beach most of that time he would just ride his bike to the track.
He no longer lives...Tags: Vehicles, Wrestling, Hamburgers, Building Material, Onions
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Like a Spirit in the Night
Or at least that is how the story goes when a still struggling rock and roll band met The Big Man, and the change was made uptown. It was a stormy night along the Jersey Shore – the wind was howling, the lightening was flashing – and then,...Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Soul (genre), Building Material, The E Street Band (music group)
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Jazz lovers join forces to help a friend
HealthThe health of a renowned local Jazz trumpet player and educator has grown flat, but his friends and musicians are gathering tunes to harmonize in his name.... -
Lawrence Welk returning to WUCF; ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ set for Jan. 1
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelLarence Welk, left, with accordionist Myron Floren. Sentinel Archives On PBS, you can find everything from Lawrence Welk to the Beatles. How do you like that variety? “The Lawrence Welk Show” will return to the WUCF TV lineup this week.... -
Allentown's Miller Symphony Hall takes 50 percent off a dozen shows for Cyber Monday
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGMiller Symphony Hall in Allentown is getting in on the Cyber Monday shopping, offering a whopping 50 percent off more than a dozen shows all day today. But you’ll have to be online to take part. Since you already must...... -
Play on Mingus Big Band, oh yeah!
Lehigh Valley MusicAs the Mingus Big Band rallied the stage of Lafayette College's WIlliams Center for the Arts Friday, you couln't help but to think of the composer that created the musical atmosphere upon which these masterful musicians improvised....
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