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Jazz and Blues Lounge

July 12th, 2008

Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble Performance

Jazz in Chicago (JIC) is an organization I was busy raving about just yesterday. It’s an organization dedicated to promoting jazz and jazz music in and around Chicago. They sponsors and put together and promote all kinds of jazz performances and jazz education programs. They are a very cool organization and they […]

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April 27th, 2008

Chicago’s JazzCity Latin Jazz Festival

I am still trying to keep an eye out for various festivals and things in and around the Chicago area.  Thankfully, there are a lot of those, especially when you consider the suburbs as well.  Of course, many of them are still a long ways off, but it never hurts to plan ahead.  Thanks to WDCB for […]

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March 22nd, 2008

Saying Good-Bye to the Mambo King

A man by the name of Israel “Cachao” López has passed away.  He often just went by the name of Cachao (Ka-chow) and he was a bassist.  However, that would be like saying John Lennon was just a singer or Mozart was just a guy who can play piano.  Cachao was the man who pretty […]

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