The Frank Russell Band and Special Guests to Salute Miles Davis: The Electric Years for Jazz Appreciation Month at Mayne Stage, April 27th 8 PM With Dede Sampaio, Dee Alexander and Corey Wilkes CHICAGO – Jazz it up tonight with The Frank Russell Band and special guests as they salute jazz master impresario Miles […]
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Electrifying Jazz with The Frank Russell Band: Miles Davis Tribute with Dede Sampaio, Dee Alexander and Corey Wilkes The Frank Russell Band and special guests salute jazz master impresario Miles Davis in concert: A Tribute to Miles Davis: The Electric Years, on Saturday, April 27th, 8:00pm at Chicago’s boutique venue The Mayne Stage. “Miles Davis […]
A Day For Grace Indie Gogo Campaign Send Sammy to Broadway! Help roots rock legend Sam Llanas promote suicide awareness with the critically-acclaimed drama A Day for Grace. Theater – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Campaign Home Updates / 4 Comments / 3 Funders / 7 Gallery / 7 Share This Campaign: Follow A Day for Grace is a […]
For Immediate Release April 5, 2013 The Frank Russell Band and Special Guests to Salute Miles Davis: The Electric Years for Jazz Appreciation Month at Mayne Stage, April 27th 8 PM With Dede Sampaio, Dee Alexander and Corey Wilkes CHICAGO – Jazz it up this April with The Frank Russell Band and special […]
Its Music in Our Schools Month and it is up to us to advocate for keeping music education a part of every school’s curriculum, despite existing and threatening anew budget cuts. The National Association for Music Education offers several ways to learn more on how to get involved. Music programs nationwide are in danger. State […]
Chicago Blues Mamas cordially invites you to attend APAP Showcases You are cordially invited to attend APAP Showcases featuring the Royalty of the Blues RED HOT! Holle THEE Maxwell & Nellie TIGER Travis a Salute to Women in The Blues including Koko Taylor & Billie Holiday Saturday, January 12th, 55 BAR, […]
George Lepauw makes Beethoven belong to Chicago. Chicago pianist George Lepauw. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune / December 27, 2012) John von RheinClassical music critic 4:22 p.m. CST, December 27, 2012 George Lepauw lives his life according to a precept he picked up as a very young child studying piano with Aida Barenboim, mother of former CSO music director Daniel Barenboim, […]
Music to My Ears… So elequently stated by Chicago Tribune arts critic Howard Reich, I felt compelled to share this story/plea and put an added spin on it. Three music genres — Blues, Jazz and Rock ‘n Roll — play such an important role in our history on a multitude of levels, we must continue to share […]
1Scrooge&Marley_MR_ Music Box Premiere_ASFinal 11-14-12 ‘Scrooge & Marley’ Chicago Red Carpet Premiere at Music Box Theatre November 29 *Bruce Vilanch and Other Chicago-born Stars to Walk Red Carpet* CHICAGO, November 14 — Chicago Indie Film “Scrooge & Marley,” a modern-day variation on Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story “A Christmas Carol,” will have its Chicago Red […]
Blues News: Sugar Blue Featured
Sugar Blue a soaring voice for the blues By Howard Reich, Arts critic, Chicago Tribune, October 23, 2012 Last May, during a conference on “Race, Gender & the Blues” at Dominican University, the master harmonica player Sugar Blue addressed the theme in an impassioned, unforgettable soliloquy. Lamenting that blues increasingly has been expropriated by white […]