Jazz & Blues Lounge

It is, at last, the weekend. Most of the city of Chicago is caught up in the infamous “Crosstown Classic” which is when the Chicago White Sox baseball team and the Chicago Cubs bseball team face off in inter-league play. I am a White Sox fan, but this weekend the Sox are in Cubs territory at Wrigley Field. As such, this may be a really good weekend to visit Chicago and check out a great live jazz show without running into too many actual Chicagoans. They may be in bars or busy getting in fist-fights somewhere.
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Chicago is an interesting town.  It is a city that seems to be slowly expanding and expanding.  I guess that is not particularly new.  Most places call that “urban sprawl.”  Considering the number of independent cities that have officialy become suburbs and, therefore, part of the “Chicago Metro Area” I call it “significant improvement.”  Then again, I am biased.  I grew up within the city limits.
What this means is that there is great music even out in the ‘burbs.  When you visit Chicago, you are probably very tempted to stay downtown and just walk everywhere.  This is a pretty good …read more

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This weekend is going to be quite a whopper for those in the Chicago area.  If you don’t like the cold, then Chicago may not be the place for you.  Today, the predicted high is supposed to be about 6 degrees, with wind chills well below zero.  The weather people on the news keep talking about how human skin can freeze in 10 – 15 minutes in weather like this.
I do know one place where you can go and get warmed up with some great blues music.  I know this because I used to live directly across the street from …read more

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The weather for the Chicago area calls for the coldest weekend of the winter so far.  When I last saw a weather man talking about Saturday the guy was saying that the high temperature will be 6 degrees.  Yes, that is a six and not a 16. 
It’s tough during this time of year, especially in the Chicago area and other Midwestern towns.  The warm and fuzzy feelings of the holidays are over  and now it’s just cold and gray.  Personally, I love winter, so it doesn’t bother me, but even I have my limits.
It’s the perfect time to try and get …read more

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