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Chicago Jazz Philharmonic: From Ella to Mandela - March 11, 2010
Dates: March 11, 2010
Times: 7:30pm
Price: $65, $50, $40, $30
The 55-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic returns to the Auditorium! From Ella to Mandela: A Celebration of the African and American Spirit presents both a musical exploration of the contributions of female vocalists to the jazz genre and a Nelson Mandela inspired suite, Hope in Action.
Chicago Artist Nikki Lynette New Vid - Don't Say No
Great Black Music Radio Podcast with DJ Big Will
The Great Black Music Project has begun a monthly radio podcast hosted by Chicago DJ Big Will. Every month GBMP will present a program of music by Chicago and Illinois artists. Listen to the radio podcast here
Freedom, Rhythm and Sound Album and Book
Freedom, Rhythm and Sound ALBUM & BOOK
Revolutionary Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement 1963-82
Soul Jazz Records
This book is OUT NOW on Soul Jazz Records is available to buy HERE!
A seriously deep selection of Jazz record covers in a superb new deluxe 200-plus page book by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker. Featuring Tribe, ESP, Art Ensemble, Sun Ra, Coltrane - it's all here!
This album features the work of revolutionary jazz artists who created new radical music infused with the values of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Self-determination, economic power and musical freedoms explode as the avant-garde collided with Black Power and Afro-centricity.
**URGENT** Thomas "Olatunji" White wrongful incarceration
I am writing this statement on behalf of my family and loved one.
University of Illinois Press publishing "BluesSpeak" by Chicago Beau
The Best of the Original Chicago Blues Annual
EDITED BY LINCOLN T. BEAUCHAMP JR.
This incomparable anthology collects articles, interviews, fi ction, and poetry
from the Original Chicago Blues Annual, one of music history’s most
Save Chicago Music - You Can Help!!!!
Music, arts and cultural programs presented by the city of Chicago are threatened by severe budget cuts. We can't let this happen-our city is known around the world for its free music programming that not only brings enjoyment to hundreds of thousands of fans and adds to the richness of our civic culture, but also generates jobs and income for local businesses.
AACM at Umbria Jazz
http://uhjazzjebell.myblog.it/archive/2009/07/18/umbria-jazz-presenta-una-“sezione-sperimentale”-con-il-colle.html
Nearly opposite to the billboard pop (Simply Red, Steely Dan), Umbria Jazz presents this year a "experimental section" which is perhaps the most ambitious of all the long history of the event.
Serendipity - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble NY Times Article - by Sasha Frere-Jones
Serendipity
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble’s sturdy family business.
by Sasha Frere-Jones June 8, 2009
The music that Hypnotic Brass Ensemble plays might best be described as highly composed instrumental hip-hop: accomplished, energetic songs designed for dancing.
Muhal Richard Abrams honored by the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters
Nation's highest honor in jazz is bestowed on eight living legends