jazzandbluesnews

Well, the weekend is here.  That means it’s time to go and check out a live jazz or blues show here in Chicago.  It is hot as hell here in Chicago and there is no cooler place to hang out than a dark, air conditioned jazz or blues club. 

This information is from the radio station WDCB and you should check them out and tell them how great they are too.

JAZZ

Happy Hour with Chris Foreman on Hammond B-3 Organ
June 26, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago
Green Mill Quartet Jam Session
June 26, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago
Music by the Lake - Ramsey Lewis Trio
June 27, 2009
The Ferro Pavilion, Williams Bay
After Hours Jazz Party with Sabertooth
June 27, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago
Brixie’s presents the BMR4
June 27, 2009
Brixie’s, Brookfield
Dan Effland Trio @ Braxton Seafood Grill
June 27, 2009
Braxton Seafood Grill, Oak Brook
CheckerJAZZ - Skinny Williams
June 28, 2009
Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio
June 28, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago

BLUES

Sonny Landreth
June 27, 2009 - June 28, 2009
Clearwater Theater, West Dundee

Hello again.  It’s a Tuesday and that means new releases and reissues.  So, print this off, get the albums for your favorite jazz fan.  This is from the website AllAboutJazz.com. 

NEW RELEASES

Bossa Nova Mesmo (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Cool Jazz Essential Collection (Avid Records/Tradition Alive )
Baby It’s Cold Outside (Abc Music Aus/Zoom )
Ahmad Jamal - But Not For Me: Live At Pershing Lounge 1958 (Jazz Track )
Alexander Zonjic - Upcoming Release (Heads Up )
Alexander Zonjic - Doin’ The D (Heads Up )
Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch )
Allyn Ferguson - Borderland (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Andrew Hill - Grass Roots (Blue Note )
Andy Narell - Upcoming Release (Heads Up )
Andy Narell - University Of Calypso (Heads Up )
Arbors All Stars - Pizzarelli Party (Arbors )
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Moanin’ (Disconforme )
Baden Powell & Vini - Os Afro:Samba De Baden E Vinicius (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Baptiste Trotignon - Share (Sunny Side )
Barbara Raimondi - Accoppiamenti Giudiziosi (Phantom )
Barney Wilen - Sanctuary (Ida Records (import - France) )
Barney Wilen - Talisman (Disconforme )
Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Billevans (Phantom )
Billie Holiday - Her Finest Studio Recordings (Proper )
Billy Vaughn - Melody Of Love: Best Of (Jasmine Music )
Blkyn (Bastard Jazz Presents) - Blkyn (Bastard Jazz Presents) (Phantom )
Bob Baldwin - Lookin’ Back (Warlock )
Bob Brookmeyer - Traditionalism Revisited (Disconforme )
Bob Brookmeyer - Street Swingers (Disconforme )
Bobby Selvaggio - Modern Times (Arabesque Jazz)
Bossa Nova Mesmo - Bossa Nova Mesmo (Phantom )
Browne Hayw Stevens - Sudden In A Shaft Of Sunlight (Indies Aus/Zoom )
Browne Haywood Stevens - Sudden In A Shaft Of Sunlight (Ais )
Buddy Collette - His West Coast Friends (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Buddy Collette - Calm Cool & Collette (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Buddy Collette - Original Westcoaster (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Caetano Veloso - Domingo (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Calambre - Same (Phantom )
Charles Mingus - Jazz Workshop 1957-1958 (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Charlie Parker - Jazz At Massey Hall (Disconforme )
Cindy Bradley - Bloom (Trippin & Rhyth )
Composer?s Wor / Warren Smith - Old News Borrowed Blues (Egr )
Count Basie - Plays Hefti (Disconforme )
Dado Moroni - Solo Dado (Phantom )
Daryl Sherman - Johnny Mercer: Centennial Tribute (Arbors )
Daryl Sherman - Johnny Mercer: A Centennial Tribute (Arbors )
David Gibson - Litt’L Somethin (Positone Records )
Del Re Giuseppe - Sings Cole Porter (Phantom )
Dizzy Gillespie - All Star Sessions:3 Classic Albums Wi (Avid Records/Tradition Alive )
Don Cherry / Sonny Rollins - New York 1962 Stockholm 1963 (Rare Live Recordings )
Duke Jordan - I Should Care (Disconforme )
Egyptian Lover - Electro Pharoah/ Keep It Hot Remixcolored Vinyl (Egyptian Empire )
Elis Regina - In London (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Elis Regina - Como & Porque (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Elis Regina - Elis & Tom (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Elisabetta Antonini - Un Minuto Dopo (Phantom )
Ettore Montanaro - Songs Earth D’Abruzzo (Phantom )
Fedele Fenaroli - Stabat Mater Domine Deus (Phantom )
Federica Zammarchi - Fires’N Pyres (Phantom )
Federico Casagrande - Spirit Of The Mountains (Phantom )
Francis Boland / Kenny Clarke - Now Hear Our Meanin: The Complete 1963 Recordings (Jazz Lips )
Franco Fabi - Fabi,Franco Vol. 1-Circus (Phantom )
Franco Fabi - Circus, Vol.1 (Phantom )
Franco Mezzena & Maria Conti Gall - Violin Virtuoso Collect. (Phantom )
Fred Anderson - Staying In The Game (Egr )
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (Phantom )
Gato Barbieri - In Search Of The Mystery (Esp Disk LTD. )
Gato Barbieri - Third World (BMG Int’L )
Giovanni Mazzarino - Light (Phantom )
J.J. Johnson - Complete Recordings (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Java Quartet - Slumber For Nordic Wonder (Phantom )
Java Quartet - Dark Garden (Phantom )
Java Quartet - Glow (Rufus )
Java Quartet - Passages (Phantom )
Johnny Hodges - Buenos Aires Blues (Disconforme )
Junior Mance - Junior Mance Touch (Disconforme )
Kenny Dorham - Una Mas (Blue Note )
Kurt Elling - Live Album (Concord )
Kurt Elling - Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman (Concord )
Larry Young - Into Something (Blue Note )
Larry Young - Unity (Blue Note )
Louis Armstrong - Recorded Together For The First Time (Classic )
Louis Armstrong - Live In Japan (Disconforme )
Mangiaracina Sade Quartet - Philosophy (Phantom )
Manny Albam / Bill Russo - Something New Something Blue (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Massimo Urbani & Giovanni Ceccareli - Night Of The Buescher (Phantom )
Matteo Negrin - Jouer Sans Frontieres (Phantom )
Matthew Halsall - Sending My Love (Gondwana )
Michele Mascitti - Four Concertos For Opera7 (Phantom )
Mike DiRubbo - Repercussion (Positone Records )
Miles Davis - Cookin (Disconforme )
Miles Davis - Relaxin (Disconforme )
Miles Davis - Milesin’ (Phantom )
Milonga Quintet - Romance (Phantom )
Monday Nights At Birdland - Monday Nights At Birdland (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Monnette Sudler - Where Have All The Legends Gone? (Heavenly Sweetness Records )
Nara Leao - Meu Primeiro Amor (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Nat “King” Cole - Absolutely Essential Collection (Phantom Sound & Vision )
Nat Birchall - Akhenaten (Gondwana )
National Tostian Institute - Tosti’s Greatest Songs (Phantom )
Nicola Zambello Quintet - A Concord Dream (Phantom )
Norberto Tamburrino - Reflection(S) On Monk (Phantom )
Odwalla - Medusa (Phantom )
Ost - Garota De Ipanema (Universal Japan/Zoom )
Paolo Tosti Francesco - III Internat.Competition (Phantom )
Paolo Tosti Francesco - Romance (Phantom )
Partido Latino - Latino-Italiano (Phantom )
Picotage - Je N’Irai Plus Aux Champs (Phantom )
Pierluigi Balducci - Stupor Mundi (Phantom )
Pitocco M & R.Mastroserio - Etoile Pour Astor (Phantom )
Pizzarellis - Pizzarelli Party (Arbors )
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Preservation Vol. 1 (Preservation Hall )
Ralph Bowen - Dedicated (Positone Records )
Ray Baudec / Nappy Lamare - Dixieland Generation (Jasmine Music )
Renzo Giuliani - Recital (Phantom )
Ron Horton - It’s A Gadget World (Phantom )
Scott Hamilton - Race Point (Disconforme )
Sean Nowell - Seeker (Positone Records )
Siddik Rasul & The Now!Artet - House Of Art (Phantom )
Small Band (M.Contardi/P.Villani) - First Flight (Phantom )
Sonny Stitt - Burnin (Fresh Sounds Spain )
Stefano Giavazzi & Franco Mezzena - Beethoven Comp.Piano & VI (Phantom )
Stefano Giavazzi & Franco Mezzena - Beethoven Piano&Viol (Phantom )
Stefano Savini - Cortile (Phantom )
Steve Lacy / Mal Waldron - Let’s Call This Esteem (Phantom )
Sun Ra - Medicine For Nightmare (Phantom )
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis - Complete Live In Poland 1976 & 1978 (Gambit Spain )
Tom Abbs / Frequency Response - Lost & Found (Egr )
Tom Abbs Response & Frequency - Lost & Found (Engine Studios )
Tommy Flanagan / Coleman Hawkins - At The London House 1963 (Gambit Spain )
Tony Gould / Barry Tuckwell - Very Thought Of You (Phantom )
Ventures - Play Kayama Yuzo (Phantom )
Ventures - Play Southern All Stars (Phantom )
Warren Smith - Old News Borrowed Blues (Engine Studios )

REISSUES

Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions (Pid )
Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods (RCA Music Group)
Freddie Hubbard - First Light (Sbme Special MKTS. )
Joao GIlberto - Brasil (Universal)
Nara Leao - Dez Anos Depois (Universal)
Wayne Shorter - Soothsayer (Blue Note Records (USA) )

The weekend is here.  I am going to be doing my uncle-y duties by taking my niece to the zoo on Saturday.  So, I might be missing some of the live jazz this weekend.  That does not mean the rest of you should slack off!  Get out there and go twice, once for me.

This is from radio station WDCB’s website.  Please check out their site and listen to them and donate to make sure they stay on the air.

JAZZ

Happy Hour with Chris Foreman on Hammond B-3 Organ
June 19, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago
Green Mill Quartet Jam Session
June 19, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago
The Elaine Dame Trio
June 19, 2009
Philander’s, Oak Park
After Hours Jazz Party with Sabertooth
June 20, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago
Dan Effland Trio @ Braxton Seafood Grill
June 20, 2009
Braxton Seafood Grill, Oak Brook
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio
June 21, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago
CheckerJAZZ - Brienn Perry
June 21, 2009
Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago
Chicago Jazz Composers Collective Matinee
June 21, 2009
Green Mill, Chicago

Well, Tuesday is here again.  That means it’s time for new releases and reissues for this week.  I got this list from the website AllAboutJazz.com and you should check them out and tell them you heard about them from me.

NEW RELEASES

Al DiMeola - Cielo E Terra/Soaring Through A Dream/Tirami Su (BGO - Beat Goes On )
Barney Wilen - Dreamtime (Disconforme )
Bill Heid - Air Mobile (Doodlin Records )
Bill Heid - Asian Persuasion (Doodlin Records )
Bobby Broom - Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin )
Bobby Broom - Plays For Monk (Origin )
Bobby Pierce - Long Road Back (Doodlin Records )
Bobby Pierce - The Long Road Back (Doodlin Records/City Hall )
Bourne - Lost Something
Branford Marsalis - Citi Movement (Disconforme )
Brass Ecstasy - Spirit Moves (Gre )
Carl Riseley - Stillest Hour (Phantom )
Chad Mccullough - Dark Wood Dark Water (Origin )
Chad Mccullough - Dark Wood, Dark Water (Origin )
Charlie Parker - Bird At St. Nick’s (Original Jazz Classics )
Christian McBride - Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue )
Christian Mcbride & Inside Straight - Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue )
Coleman Hawkins & Tommy Flanagan Quartet - At The London House 1963 (Disconforme )
Dave Glenn - National Pastime (Origin )
Dave Quin Stapleton - House Always Wins (Red Eye Music/City Hall )
Dave Quin Stapleton - When Life Was In Black & White (Edition Records/City Hall )
Dave Quin Stapleton - The House Always Win (Edition Records/City Hall )
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Nutcracker Suite (Pure Pleasure )
Edward Simon - Poesia (Phantom )
Eileen Simon - The Visit (Tapestry )
Eileen Simon - Visit (Tapestry )
Fast Three - 3′S Company A Tribute To Grant Green (Doodlin Records )
Fast Three - 3′S Company:Tribute To Grant Green (Doodlin Records/City Hall )
Franck Avitabile - Paris Sketches (Dreyfus Jazz )
Geoff Eales Trio - Master Of The Game (Edition Records/City Hall )
Gerry Mulligan - I Want To Live (Disconforme )
Gilles Peterson - Shibuya Jazz Ishin (Phantom )
Glenn Miller Orchestra - Reunions In 1948, 1954, 1959 (Sounds Of Yesteryear )
Glenn Singer Miller - Reunions In 1948, 1954, 1959 (Sounds Of Yesteryear )
Gloria Coleman - Sweet Missy (Doodlin Records )
Grant Stewart - Plays Duke Ellington And Billy Strayh (Sharp Nine )
Grant Stewart - Plays the Music of Duke Ellington and Bill Strayhorn (Sharp Nine )
Grant Stewart - Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Sharp Nine )
Hand Big Band - Wizard Of Jazz: A Tribute To Harold Arlen (Savant Records (Jazz) )
Hank Jones - Bop Redux (Muse Records )
Hoagy Carmichael - First Of The Singer Songwriters 1924-1946 (Jsp )
Hot Club Sandwich - Enjoy Yourself Or Get Out (Phantom )
Hot Club Sandwich - Toasted! (Phantom )
J.D. Allen - Shine (Sunny Side )
J.D. Allen - Shine! (Sunny Side )
Jack Wilkins - Until It’s Time (Max Jazz )
Jalala - The Old Mercer Magic! (Dare Records/Ada )
Jalala - Old Mercer Magic! (Dare )
James Quar Annesley - Idle Hands Do The Devil’s Work (Indies Aus/Zoom )
Jane Bunnett - Embracing Voices (Pid )
JD Allen Trio - Shine! (Sunny Side )
Jerry Bergonzi - Simply Put (Ryko )
Joe Locke - Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine )
Joey Defrancesco - Finger Poppin’ Celebrating The Music Of Horace Sil (Doodlin Records )
Joey Defrancesco - Finger Poppin Celebrating Music Horac (Doodlin Records/City Hall )
Joey Defrancesco - Finger Poppin’: Celebrating the Music of Horace Silver (Doodlin Records/City Hall )
Johnny Mandel - I Want To Live (Disconforme )
Josef Locke - Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine )
Joshua Redman - Captured Live 1994 (Jazz Door )
Keali’I Reichel - Kamalei:Collection Two (JVC Japan/Zoom )
Keith Tapes Tippett - Live At Le Mans (Red Eye Music/City Hall )
Keith Tippett - Live At Le Mans (Edition )
Ken Colyer - Sunset At Sandbay (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland Big Band - Now Haer Our Meanin’. The Complete 1963 Recordings (Disconforme )
Kevin Deitz - Skylines (Origin )
Kevin Figes - Circular Motion (Edition Records/City Hall )
Lemongrass - Pearl Diver (Mole Listening Pearl )
Lonnie Gasperini - North Beach Blues (Doodlin Records )
Lonnie Gasperini Organ Trio - North Beach Blues (Doodlin )
Lonnie Or Gasperini - North Beach Blues (Doodlin Records/City Hall )
Louis Armstrong - Great Reunion (Classic )
Louis Armstrong - Recorded Together For The First Time (Classic )
Martin / Medeski / Wood - Medeski/Martin/Wood Vol. 2-Viva La Evolution The Radiolarian S (Phantom )
Masada - Stolas: The Book Of Angels Vol. 12 (Tzadik )
Masada Quintet - Stolas: Book Of Angels Volume 12 (Tzadik )
Matthew Bourne - Lost Something (Edition Records/City Hall )
Matthew Bourne - Dismantling The Water Fall The Mill Sessions, Vol.1 (Edition )
Mauro Ottolini - Sousaphonix (Phantom )
Miles Davis - Agharta (Phantom )
Monty Sunshine’s Jazz Band - At The Jazz Band Ball Vol. 1 (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Monty Sunshine’s Jazz Band - At the Jazz Band Ball (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Nicola Conte - Rituals (Pid )
Norio Maeda - Enraku No Playboy Kouza 12shou (Phantom )
Oscar Peterson - Songbooks (Verve )
Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Fifteen Years On (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Paul Meyers - World On A String (Miles High Productions/City Ha )
Paula Atherton - Groove With Me (Dream On Records)
Paula Gardner - Hot Lament (Edition )
Paula Gardner Trio - Hot Lament (Edition Records/City Hall )
Peter Big Band Hand - Wizard Of Jazz: A Tribute (Ryko )
Peter Hand / Houston Person - Wizard Of Jazz: Tribute To Harold Arlen (Savant )
Peter Hand / Houston Person - The Wizard Of Jazz: A Tribute To Harold Arlen (Savant )
Pretty Things ‘n Mates - Rockin’ the Garage (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Profound Sound Trio - Opus De Life (Porter Records/City Hall )
Ray Anthony & His O - Let’s Go To Town (Sounds Of Yesteryear )
Ray Anthony & His O - Let’s Got To Town (Sounds Of Yesteryear )
Ray Davies & Crouch End Festival Chorus - Kinks Choral Collection By Ray Davies (Uni Classics Jazz Uk )
Rene Lussier / Martin Tetreault / Otomo Yoshihide - Elektrik Toboggan (Victo )
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior (Phantom )
Rhoda Scott - From C To Shining C (Doodlin Records )
Sam Charters - Sam Charters Washboard Jazz Band:New (Merry Makers )
Sam Charters - Sam Charter’s Washboard Jazz Band-New Orleans Jazz (Merry Makers )
Sara Wasserman - Solid Ground (Video Music, Inc. )
Saya - Comme Une Femme (Phantom )
Sebasti Cornelissen - U Turn (Abstract Logix/City Hall )
Sebasti Cornelissen - U-Turn (Abstract Logix/City Hall )
Sebastian Cornelissen - U-Turn (Abstract Logix )
Simakdialog - Demi Masa (Moonjune Records/City Hall )
Smoma - Unconventional Glam Music (Belmondo Ent. )
Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry Quartet - New York 1962. Stockholm 1963 (Disconforme )
Sonny Stitt - Last Stitt Sessions Vol.1 & 2 (Muse )
Sounds Of Jazz FM 2009 - Sounds Of Jazz FM 2009 Vol. 1-Sounds Of Jazz FM 2009 (Phantom )
Stapleton Dave - Dismantling Waterfall:Mill Session V1 (Edition Records/City Hall )
Stapleton Dave - Catching Sunlight:Music For An Imagin (Edition Records/City Hall )
Stapleton Dave - Dismantling The Water Fall The Mill Sessions, Vol.1 (Edition Records/City Hall )
Stapleton Dave - Catching Sunlight-Music For An Imaginary Film (Edition Records/City Hall )
Stapleton Dave - When Life Was In Black & White (Edition )
Stapleton Dave - House Always Win (Edition )
Steve Lacy - Duets: Associates (Felmay )
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - Complete Live In Poland 1976 & 1978 (Disconforme )
Thing - Bag It (Smalltown )
Tim Sparks - Little Princess - Tim Sparks Plays Naftule Brandwein (Tzadik )
Tommy - 4000 Years (Phantom )
Tommy - Tomorrow I Might Go (Phantom )
Trijntje Oosterhuis - Ken Je Mij? (Phantom )
Trio 3 With Geri Allen - At This Time (Phantom )
Trudy Pitts - Live At The Great American Music Hall (Doodlin Records )
Trudy Pitts Trio - Live At The Great American Music Hall (Doodlin Records/City Hall )
Twinset - Flavour Country (Phantom )
Una Mas Trio - Ritmo Del Futura (Phantom )
Very Best Of Prestige Records - Very Best Of Prestige Records (Prestige )
Vic Lewis’ New York Jazzmen - Jam Session (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Weekend Nu-Jazz - Weekend Nu-Jazz Vol. 3-Weekend Nu-Jazz (Phantom )
Wil Blades - Sketchy (Doodlin Records )
Will Downing - Classique (Concord )
Xu Fengxia - Black Lotos (Phantom )
Yalloppin’ Hounds - Great Recession (Chambermusik )
Yearling - Yearling (Indies Japan/Zoom )

REISSUES

John Coltrane - John Coltrane (Fantasy Records (USA) )
Miles Davis - Cookin’ (Universal)
Wynton Marsalis - Citi Movement (Wounded Bird Records )

Some of you are probably still coming down from the high of spending the weekend enjoying the Chicago Blues Festival.  It was a great weekend.  To my surprise the skies cleared up and, for Sunday, it even got warm.  Of course, being down by the lake, there was a nice, relatively steady, breeze that made things much more bearable as well.  All in all, it was a great weekend.

If you went to the blues festival, please let us know around here.  I would like to get more legit comments from people.  Did you enjoy it?  Who was your favorite performer?  Leave a comment and let me know.  I will try to wade through the nine billion fake spam comments that I get on a daily basis and get your approved.

There are still live jazz shows going on around town this weekend.  My person pick was the one below which I got from radio station WDCB’s website.  I like it because it is at a place called Adelle’s and that’s my mom’s name.  So, if I had one show to see during the week this week, it would be this one and maybe I would even take my mom with me.

WDCB Jazz Thursdays at Adelle’s
Bruce Oscar 

General Event Information

Event Category:

Jazz Calendar

Price:

No cover  

Dates and Times:

June 18, 7:00PM

Add to my calendar

Artist/Group:

Bruce Oscar

Venue Information

Venue:

Adelle’s  

Address:

1060 College Avenue  

City:

Wheaton 

State:

IL 

Zip Code:

60187 

Country:

United States 

Telephone:

(630) 784-8015 

Venue Map:

Presenting Organization

Name:

WDCB Public Radio

Telephone:

(630) 942-4200

Email Address:

WDCBMktg@cod.edu

Here is the schedule for the last day of the Chicago Blues Festival.  Be sure to leave comments and links if you attend in the comments section.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

“Every Day and Night” 

(schedule is subject to change)

Front Porch (12:00-8:00 pm)
• 12:00-1:00 pm - Lee Boys
• 1:30-2:30 pm - Christland Singers

• 3:00-4:15 pm - Lou Pride and the Blues Disciples
• 4:45-6:00 pm - Rabbit Factory Soul Revue
• 6:30-8:00 pm - Vernon Harrington and the Atomic Blues Band

Gibson Guitar Crossroads (12:00-5:00 pm)
• 12:00-1:15 pm - Tre’ and the BlueKnights with Lady Kat
• 1:45-3:00 pm - Ernest Lane and the Kings of Rhythm
• 3:30-5:00 pm - Lee Boys
 

Zone Perfect Route 66 Roadhouse (12:30-8:00 pm)
• 12:30-2:00 pm - Charles Wsir Johnson
• 2:30-4:00 pm - Eden and John’s East River String Band with special guests Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton and Dom Flemons
• 4:30-6:00 pm - Change Blues Films to Record Collecting through the Ages

• 6:30-8:00 pm - East of the Edens Soul Express

Mississippi Juke Joint (12:30-8:00 pm)
• 12:30-1:30 pm - Ben Payton
• 2:00-3:00 pm - Big Jack Johnson
• 3:30-4:30 pm - David Honeyboy Edwards and with Devil in a Woodpile
• 5:00-6:00 pm - Grady Champion
• 6:30-8:00 pm - Blues Festival Pro Blues Jam-Gary Gand
 

Petrillo Band Shell (5:00-9:30 pm)
• 5:00-6:00 pm - Johnny Drummer and the Starlighters

• 6:10-7:10 pm - Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers
• 7:20-8:20 pm - Jeremy Spencer
• 8:30-9:30 pm - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

I know I posted the entire Blues Festival lineup the other day, but I want to keep posting what’s going on for the rest of the weekend.  It’s a great festival and you should really try to attend if you can.  There are some great musical acts despite the fact that the festival is now only three days instead of four.

Chicago does festivals right.  It opens this weekend with the Blues Festival and then there is Lollapalooza in the middle and it ends with the Jazz Festival at the end of the season. 

So, here’s the lineup, from the website linked above, for Saturday and Sunday:

Saturday, June 13 - “Sweet Black Angel”

Front Porch
• 12:00-1:30 pm - Earwig Record’s Tribute to Sunnyland featuring Aaron Moore, Allen Batts and Dennis Binder

• 2:00-3:00 pm - Holle Thee Maxwell

• 3:30-4:30 pm - Ray Allison

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials
• 6:30-8:00 pm - Nolan Struck with King Edward and special guests

Gibson Crossroads Stage

• 12:00-1:15 pm - Lurrie Bell
• 1:45-3:00 pm - Cyrus Hayes and Lady Lee

• 3:30-5:00 pm - Travis Haddix

Zone Perfect Route 66 Roadhouse
• 12:30-2:00 pm - Charles Wsir Johnson

• 2:30-4:00 pm - The Art of the Slide Workshop: Elmore James Jr., Jeremy Spencer, Lil’ Ed, and John Primer

• 4:30-5:30 pm - Samuel James

• 6:30-8:00 pm - East of the Edens Soul Express

Mississippi Juke Joint

• 12:30-1:30 pm - Terry Harmonica Bean

• 2:00-3:00 pm - Eden Brent

• 3:30-4:30 pm - Little Dave Thompson

• 5:00-6:00 pm - John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band

• 6:30-8:00 pm - Festival Jam Session-hosted by Demetria Taylor

Petrillo Band Shell

• 5:00-6:30 pm - Walter Scott hosts Southside Angels featuring Miss Peaches, Claudette, and Miss Jessie

• 6:40-8:10 pm - Trudy Lynn with the Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings featuring “Daddy G”

• 8:20-9:30 pm - Bettye LaVette

Sunday, June 14 - “Every Day and Night”

Front Porch Stage
• 12:00-1:00 pm - Lee Boys

• 1:30-2:30 pm - Christland Singers

• 3:00-4:15 pm - Lou Pride and the Blues Disciples

• 4:45-6:00 pm - Rabbit Factory Soul Revue

• 6:30-8:00 pm - Vernon Harrington and the Atomic Blues Band

Gibson Crossroads Stage
• 12:00-1:15 pm - Tre’ and the BlueKnights with Lady Kat

• 1:45-3:00 pm - Ernest Lane and the Kings of Rhythm

• 3:30-5:00 pm - Lee Boys

Zone Perfect Route 66 Roadhouse
• 12:30-2:00 pm - Charles Wsir Johnson

• 2:30-4:00 pm - Eden and John’s East River Band with special guests Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton and Dom Flemons

• 4:30-6:00 pm - Change Blues Films to Record Collecting through the Ages

• 6:30-8:00 pm - East of the Edens Soul Express

Mississippi Juke Joint

• 12:30-1:30 pm - Ben Payton

• 2:00-3:00 pm - Big Jack Johnson

• 3:30-4:30 pm - David Honeyboy Edwards with Devil in a Woodpile

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Grady Champion

• 6:30-8:00 pm - Blues Festival Pro Blues Jam-Gary Gand

Petrillo Band Shell

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Johnny Drummer and the Starlighters

• 6:10-7:10 pm - Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers  

• 7:20-8:20 pm - Jeremy Spencer

• 8:30-9:30 pm - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

I bet you thought I forgot that the Chicago Blues Festival was this weekend.  Well, considering it’s my birthday on Monday and I have been busy writing a new book you’d be right about that.  This year the festival is only three days, but it still looks packed with acts.  This list is from the website linked above which is called “Chicagofestivals.net.”

So, if you don’t mind bringing an umbrella (we are apparently in monsoon season here) and can stand mud and wet grass, then you should enjoy the festival.  If anyone goes and would like to talk about it here, let me know.

Friday, June 12 - “Prowling Nighthawk”

Front Porch

*12:00-1:00 pm - Blues in the Schools

• 1:30-2:30 pm - Gloria Thompson Rogers

• 3:00-4:30 pm - Big Bill and Mud Morganfield with special guests Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Andrew Jr. Boy Jones
• 6:30-8:00 pm - Charlie Musselwhite Band

Gibson Crossroads Stage

• 1:00-2:00 pm - Chicago Blues Experience featuring Vince Agwada and Russ Green

• 2:30-3:30 pm - Mary Lane’s Blues All Stars

• 4:00-5:30 pm - Sherman Moody Thomas and the Lee’s Unleaded Revue

• 6:00-7:00 pm - Grana’ Louise

Zone Perfect Route 66 Roadhouse

• 12:30-2:00 pm - Charles Wsir Johnson

• 2:30-3:30 pm - Donna Herula

• 4:00-5:00 pm - Remembering Nighthawk

• 5:30-6:30 pm - Beginning Blue Progression Workshop

• 7:00-8:00 pm - East of the Edens Soul Express

Mississippi Juke Joint

• 12:30-1:30 pm - Eddie Taylor Jr. with Harmonica Hinds

• 2:00-3:00 pm - Maxwell Street Revisited: featuring Dancin’ Perkins, Iceman Robinson, Smilin’ Bobby, Bobby Too Tough and Frank “Lil Sonny” Scott Jr.

• 3:30-4:30 pm - Sam Lay

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Fernando Jones and the Columbia College Blues Ensemble

• 6:30-8:00 pm - Festival Jam Session

Petrillo Band Shell

• 7:00-8:10 pm - Shirley Johnson

• 8:20-9:30 pm - Eddie C. Campbell-70th Birthday Celebration

Saturday, June 13 - “Sweet Black Angel”

Front Porch
• 12:00-1:30 pm - Earwig Record’s Tribute to Sunnyland featuring Aaron Moore, Allen Batts and Dennis Binder

• 2:00-3:00 pm - Holle Thee Maxwell

• 3:30-4:30 pm - Ray Allison

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials
• 6:30-8:00 pm - Nolan Struck with King Edward and special guests

Gibson Crossroads Stage

• 12:00-1:15 pm - Lurrie Bell
• 1:45-3:00 pm - Cyrus Hayes and Lady Lee

• 3:30-5:00 pm - Travis Haddix

Zone Perfect Route 66 Roadhouse
• 12:30-2:00 pm - Charles Wsir Johnson

• 2:30-4:00 pm - The Art of the Slide Workshop: Elmore James Jr., Jeremy Spencer, Lil’ Ed, and John Primer

• 4:30-5:30 pm - Samuel James

• 6:30-8:00 pm - East of the Edens Soul Express

Mississippi Juke Joint

• 12:30-1:30 pm - Terry Harmonica Bean

• 2:00-3:00 pm - Eden Brent

• 3:30-4:30 pm - Little Dave Thompson

• 5:00-6:00 pm - John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band

• 6:30-8:00 pm - Festival Jam Session-hosted by Demetria Taylor

Petrillo Band Shell

• 5:00-6:30 pm - Walter Scott hosts Southside Angels featuring Miss Peaches, Claudette, and Miss Jessie

• 6:40-8:10 pm - Trudy Lynn with the Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings featuring “Daddy G”

• 8:20-9:30 pm - Bettye LaVette

Sunday, June 14 - “Every Day and Night”

Front Porch Stage
• 12:00-1:00 pm - Lee Boys

• 1:30-2:30 pm - Christland Singers

• 3:00-4:15 pm - Lou Pride and the Blues Disciples

• 4:45-6:00 pm - Rabbit Factory Soul Revue

• 6:30-8:00 pm - Vernon Harrington and the Atomic Blues Band

Gibson Crossroads Stage
• 12:00-1:15 pm - Tre’ and the BlueKnights with Lady Kat

• 1:45-3:00 pm - Ernest Lane and the Kings of Rhythm

• 3:30-5:00 pm - Lee Boys

Zone Perfect Route 66 Roadhouse
• 12:30-2:00 pm - Charles Wsir Johnson

• 2:30-4:00 pm - Eden and John’s East River Band with special guests Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton and Dom Flemons

• 4:30-6:00 pm - Change Blues Films to Record Collecting through the Ages

• 6:30-8:00 pm - East of the Edens Soul Express

Mississippi Juke Joint

• 12:30-1:30 pm - Ben Payton

• 2:00-3:00 pm - Big Jack Johnson

• 3:30-4:30 pm - David Honeyboy Edwards with Devil in a Woodpile

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Grady Champion

• 6:30-8:00 pm - Blues Festival Pro Blues Jam-Gary Gand

Petrillo Band Shell

• 5:00-6:00 pm - Johnny Drummer and the Starlighters

• 6:10-7:10 pm - Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers  

• 7:20-8:20 pm - Jeremy Spencer

• 8:30-9:30 pm - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

Jazz.com is a great website if you love jazz as I do.  They have a huge collection of articles about all kinds of things.  The cool thing is that they look at the classic jazz performers that I love so much, but they keep their eye on the newer jazz performers out there right now.

One of the most prominent of jazz instruments is the sax.  Some of the greatest classic jazz musicians played that instrument.  Charlie Parker was a saxophonist.  So was Coltrane.  There are still young musicians out there blowing that horn and Jazz.com has an article entitled “Hot young altoists: ten future stars to watch.”

I am not saying these are names you are going to know.  In fact, more than likely, you will not know them.  But it’s an interesting list of musicians for you to add to your listening list.  With the prominence of musical downloads, you can sampel their wares without having to buy an entire album. 

Some of the names?  Francesco Cafiso, Joris Roelofs, Loren Stillman, Jaleel Shaw and more.  Like I said, none of those names is known outside of the most dedicated jazz fan, but perhaps they should be.  These could be the future of jazz and their names may go down in history along with Bird and Trane.  No one knew them at one point too.

So, check out the article and then give these young musicians a listen.  If you want to, tell me about them here in the comments section.  Are you familiar with any of these guys?  Which artists do you recommend?

As I write this it is a Tuesday and it’s raining.  I have also been thinking about the death of Queen of the Blues KoKo Taylor last week.  It reminded me that our other living blues legend, Buddy Guy, is no spring chicken these days.  I am a huge fan of Buddy Guy.  He plays like he’s a teenager, but he is a man getting up there in years.  I think he is in fine health, but you just never know.

Not to bring everyone down, of course.  Sorry about that, but it just got me thinking.  How many musical legends do you have living in your town?  If you have any, you may want to appreciate them a bit while you still can is all.

So, I found this clip on YouTube.  I think I may have posted this one before, but it’s a great clip.  One of Buddy’s most famous and popular tunes “It Looks Like Rain.”  Considering when I look out the window to my left, it does indeed look like rain to me, and it is raining, it just seemed like the perfect song. 

Here is Buddy playing with John Mayer.  I actually like John even though I resent the fact he gets hot actresses like Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Aniston.  Still, you kind of have to admire that at the same time, you know?