Showing posts with label Real Jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Real Jazz. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Experience Real Jazz with The Terry Sullivan Trio in Hyde Park: Sunday January 22nd at 3PM

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terry sullivan trio in concert  -  fine jazz up close Sunday, January 22, 2017, 3:00 pm First Unitarian Church of Chicago  ...
Friday, February 15, 2013

John Coltrane's Son- Isaiah Collier of Chicago High School for Arts

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One of my early morning stops is Bronzeville, where I pick up three Leo students Johnny, Joe and Daylon.  Daylon is a 6'4" fres...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Catch 'Something Cool' at Katerina's - Gayle Kolb Sings June Christy

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The lovely Gayle Kolb, a south side girl with the pipes of a  sexy angel pays tribute to the great June Christy at Katerina's on Irvi...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Two Southside Guys . . .Mel Torme Sings Steve Allen

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Steve Allen was a south side Irish kid who got kicked out of Mount Carmel in his freshman year; Mel Torme was a Jewish Kid whose folks l...
Saturday, October 06, 2012

Moonlight - What it Can do? It Can Serenade

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Image:Ken Williams,  Shadow and Stone  :" The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

This Song Has a Singer - All The Things You Are

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This Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein tune is brutal -beautiful lyrics and musical path that requires real talent. Here is the great Ton...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Alfonso Ponticelli at the Green Mill Every Wednesday Night

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Please.  Let me never hear another Chicagoan beef -"There's nothin' ta due." Green Mill of Chicago 4802 North ...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Brass 'Bone -For True

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Trombone Shorty - All the Squares Go Home! Again, " course, didn't nobody know what Porgy was." OSF- or as they sa...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Terry Sullivan and the Chicago Jazz Caravan May 20th at 12 West Elm

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During the NATO Summit, occupy yourselves with the American Songbook presented by jazz vocalist Miss Terry Sullivan and the Chicago Ja...
Sunday, February 05, 2012

Real Jazz - The Lost Tapes: Monica Zetterlund

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Monica Zetterlund had the tone of Ella Fitzgerald and an ability to create a real sense intimacy in the artificial setting of a studio. This...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Real Jazz for a Very Nice Day in Chicago.

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ALLOW ME TO LEAD OFF WITH THIS - "I'll Remember April" Jason Crawford: 8-string guitar Errol Garner's "Misty" by...
Sunday, January 08, 2012

Real Jazz "The End of An Affair" by Nick from New Jersey and Julie London

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Here are two wonderful interpretations of a beautiful song - one by Jazz guitarist Nick from New Jersey* ( click my post title for more of t...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Mark Madsen and Chicago's Jazz Soul - Ubi Sunt

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Chicago used to be a great town for jazz. Politics and policy in Chicago chased great music out to the suburbs and odd enforcements and ord...
Saturday, September 03, 2011

The Voice of Truth - The Great Joe Williams

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Human Beings are the only creatures on earth who engage in companion conversation, posses intellect, and are graced with volition. Max...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

My Jazz Man Crush on Guitarist Peter Bernstein is Gee Whiz Tops!

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I developed my Jazz Man Crush on guitar master Peter Bernstein at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase three years ago when the woman I love and I ...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Nancy Wilson - The Midnight Sun

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Composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 this became most linked to Ella Fitzgerald with Tasty lyrics by Johnny Mercer, but Nancy ...
Saturday, January 01, 2011

Frank Sinatra & Keely Smith - How Are Ya' Fixed For Love

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Friday, November 26, 2010

Roberta Gambriani - Real Jazz

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2010 Grammy Nominee - Roberta Gambarini - "So In Love" Documentary from doug yoel on Vimeo . Roberta Gambarini is an Italian jaz...
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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Chicago's Best Vocalist - Marc Pompe and Guitarist Genius Andy Brown

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Chicago Jazz Magazine • “Pompe Is Still On Fire” By Randy Freedman • September-October 2009 Veteran Chicago vocalist/pianist/songwriter Marc...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Michael Moriarty Fights PC Jazz Goofs & Erroll Garner - I'll Remember April

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Progressive Jazz: How the Left’s ‘Teachable Moments’ Killed Bradley’s Michael Moriarty's poignant and on-target essay on the Progressiv...