As I mentioned in an earlier post today, there is a jazz festival in the Chicago are. This is known as the JVC Jazz Festival and they apparently do festivals all over the country. I also appears to be performances at a whole variety of very cool Chicago jazz clubs.
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As I was posting the activites for the weekend yesterday, I couldn’t help but notice that the information about what was happening at The Velvet Lounge indicated that it was happening at its “new location.” Now, I have known that the Velvet Lounge was moving because it was all over the website for the pre-eminent […]
Well, you couldn’t have asked for a more perfect weekend as far as the weather is concerned for the 29th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival. It took place over Labor Day Weekend, really starting last Thursday and running through Sunday. The area that also hosts the Taste of Chicago was the location and it had three […]
Well, it is finally here. The 29th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival is officially here. Techincally, it kicked off last night, but really, the festival doesn’t get swinging until tonight. There is plenty of music in Grant Park tonight and you can find my articles about the festival and schedule throughout this blog. You can also […]
The flute is not nearly appreciated enough, at least in my opinion, as a jazz instrument. I know many people who have played the intstrument and most of them seem convinced the instrutment is meant to be played for classical music purposes only. This is too bad because the flute can be a great jazz […]
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