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Chicago jazz vocalists

And the REST of the Jazz GRAMMYs go to . . . .

By the time you read this second installment of my predictions for the jazz categories in the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®, you won’t have...
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Montreux Confidential: backstage with 1st-place vocalist Sarah Marie Young

Last week I reported the news that Sarah Marie Young, the superb Chicago jazz singer, had taken top honors in the international Shure Vocal...
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The brilliant audacity of vocalist René Marie, on disc and onstage Wednesday

René Marie arrives at Mayne Stage on Wednesday night. For anyone who’s heard her sing, that’s all you need to know: see you at the gig...
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Chicago vocalist wins Montreux Jazz Vocal contest in Switzerland

This just in: Chicago vocalist Sarah Marie Young has won the Montreux Jazz Festival’s Shure Vocal Competition, beating out an international...
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Jenna Mammina, Chicago favorite, channels friends and funds to honor a mentor

A few weeks ago I received a Kickstarter invitation for a worthy project: a new recording by the iconoclastic, genre-bending Jenna Mammina,...
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Jazz by twos and threes (and some foursomes) on tap this week

Most of them aren’t making much money, but that’s hardly stopped Chicago’s jazz artists from keeping busy with new projects at...
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Last chance tonight to catch jazz singer Ron Cooper's life on film

  • jazz
  • February 28, 2011
You don’t have to extol the jazz life – you don’t even have to love jazz – to appreciate the limited-release film...
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Jazz odds & ends: Ravi and Rene, James and Joe

  • jazz
  • December 22, 2010
A few items that have been rattling around both my organic and artificial memory banks the last few days: Those of us who attended the Joe Vito...
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Jazz to Chicago II: Only six listening days until Christmas

  • jazz
  • December 18, 2010
The holidaze continues, and you can power through it with a jazz soundtrack. Hark: a few more opportunities to get in the spirit (or get the...
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For Halloween, the children of the night make beautiful (and swinging) music

  • jazz
  • October 29, 2010
This week’s Halloween Jazz Playlist offered one way to get into the spirit(s) of the season. Another is to simply spend your dark-hallowed...
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