http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250 en-us (C) Graffiti Photographic graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:13:04 GMT Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:06:46 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/img/s11/v34/p336410719-10.jpg http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250 120 80 http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e140D385F

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e140D385F Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:48 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eD2E511E

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eD2E511E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:51 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1324EA06

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1324EA06 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:51 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e9DC057A

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e9DC057A Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:52 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e54DFD8A

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e54DFD8A Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:55 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3DF68F7

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3DF68F7 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:56 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1CF9BF10

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1CF9BF10 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:58 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e84071D7

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e84071D7 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:25:58 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e176D4E84

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e176D4E84 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:01 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e180C0BC0

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e180C0BC0 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:03 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e7114E0B

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e7114E0B Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:04 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C2D7D77

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C2D7D77 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:12 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eC2B1760

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eC2B1760 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:16 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1A1693BC

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1A1693BC Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:17 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E8CC3DD

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E8CC3DD Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:18 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e895D89C

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e895D89C Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:19 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1D588D52

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1D588D52 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:21 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e27578DF

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e27578DF Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:22 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1B59DB12

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1B59DB12 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:26 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6CB0AD9

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6CB0AD9 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:31 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2068605

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2068605 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:40 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFD92748

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFD92748 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:42 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e189496FF

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e189496FF Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:46 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19C614D0

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19C614D0 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:51 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6F2A9EA

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) GP0_9669 http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6F2A9EA Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:55 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e15F3AB7F

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e15F3AB7F Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:59 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E6638C5

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E6638C5 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:02 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e205A5AC

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e205A5AC Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:04 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1FAB69D7

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1FAB69D7 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:07 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eD6EC2DF

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eD6EC2DF Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:08 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e15000BBF

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e15000BBF Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:09 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6F88465

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6F88465 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:12 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1F5F616E

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1F5F616E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:19 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C78AB79

]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Cassandra Wilson http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C78AB79 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:27:22 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C5203A2

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C5203A2 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:29:17 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6628109

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e6628109 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:29:30 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e81A488B

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e81A488B Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:29:33 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e495995A

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e495995A Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:29:37 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eA04E264

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eA04E264 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:29:46 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eAA490FC

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eAA490FC Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:29:53 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e8D5D852

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e8D5D852 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:30:04 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19B8F767

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19B8F767 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:30:08 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3A0E489

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3A0E489 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:30:18 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e48816B6

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e48816B6 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:30:22 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e13B7985C

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e13B7985C Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:30:29 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19C002A9

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19C002A9 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:30:34 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFCCD50E

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFCCD50E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:30:53 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e187FAA3

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e187FAA3 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:31:12 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e139F3537

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e139F3537 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:31:27 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e17BBED44

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e17BBED44 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:31:43 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19DE5264

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e19DE5264 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:31:48 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE8147B0

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE8147B0 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:32:05 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFC79CF1

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFC79CF1 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:32:23 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1FB1B6D7

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1FB1B6D7 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:32:28 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1F1609C2

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1F1609C2 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:32:43 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e15F24B54

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e15F24B54 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:32:50 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2620E15

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2620E15 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:32:55 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE92680E

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE92680E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:33:24 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e17196881

]]>Latin Inspiration is considered to be one of Chicago's finest in Modern Latin Jazz, Salsa,Afro Cuban and Puerto Rican Bomba/Plena. The Band has an extensive career performing for the City Of Chicago and abroad. Considered to be one of the most solicited bands in the city, they recently performed for the Jazz Institute Jazz in The Park, Chicago Summer Dance, Logan Square Art Festival, Evanston Art Festival, Palmer Square Art Festival, Northern Trust Bank, National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. and many other Corporate and Jazz club venues. This Band also performs original Latin Jazz and Salsa music with a Chicago Sound. And the Emphasis is Chicago Sound! Their Recent C.D. release is getting Lots of air play through out Chicago and abroad. Victor Garcia - Trumpet
Francisco Merced - Piano
Bret Bentler - Bass
Osvaldo Merced - Congas
Jean-Claud Leroy - Drums/ Timbal
David Velez - Bongo
Franklin Paz ( Optional ) - Singer
John Rodriguez - Trombone
Eddie Ramos - Tenor Sax

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Latin Inspiration http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e17196881 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:33:32 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3CA6ED7

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3CA6ED7 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:33:37 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eAA570F3

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eAA570F3 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:33:41 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e134A12DB

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e134A12DB Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:33:43 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE028C72

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE028C72 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:33:53 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eBACE9F1

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eBACE9F1 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:01 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e337D1AA

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e337D1AA Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:14 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e57C6F34

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e57C6F34 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:20 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eC4A4579

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eC4A4579 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:28 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE5890AF

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE5890AF Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:38 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2E03069

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2E03069 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:40 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e161A10AC

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e161A10AC Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:50 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e5C96FB0

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e5C96FB0 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:34:57 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e613C1BA

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e613C1BA Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:01 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFA1B94

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eFA1B94 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:04 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e39CF142

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e39CF142 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:07 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e5A065AE

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e5A065AE Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:17 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e90E5537

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e90E5537 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:31 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1D2997E

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1D2997E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:35 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eB3639B1

]]>At age 22, Marquis Hill is already a well-known name on the Chicago Jazz Scene. After retrieving a Bachelor degree in Music Education/Jazz Studies, and studying privately at Northern Illinois University, he started performing heavily in Chicago. He has performed with artist such as: Dee Alexander, Tito Carrillo, Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Ron Perrillo, Victor Garcia, Benny Golson, Antonio Hart, ...Rodney Whitaker, Steve Turre, Ernest Dawkins, Maurice Brown, Corey Wilkes, Willerm Delisfort, Brian Lynch and many others. He has toured the U.S and abroad with many different artist and groups; Sirens of Sound, The Delisfort Project, Chicago 12, Bebop Brass, Ronald Carter Big Band, New Horzions.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Marquis Hill Black-tet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eB3639B1 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:42 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eED4B792

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) DSC_9476 http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eED4B792 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:52 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1921C3B

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1921C3B Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:36:15 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e145FAA7D

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e145FAA7D Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:36:35 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eB1B03BE

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eB1B03BE Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:36:45 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e12823ADB

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e12823ADB Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:36:54 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1B5E6A63

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1B5E6A63 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:37:11 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e11084D39

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e11084D39 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:37:27 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e10C1C971

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e10C1C971 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:37:45 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e17EA43AA

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e17EA43AA Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:38:13 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e168A1942

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e168A1942 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:38:17 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e11FB196

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e11FB196 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:38:41 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e14966CFA

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e14966CFA Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:39:00 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e173353FA

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e173353FA Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:39:13 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E8E647B

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E8E647B Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:39:17 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E9A7185

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1E9A7185 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:39:41 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE2FED44

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE2FED44 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:40:00 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e57D9DF8

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e57D9DF8 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:40:32 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e7271C67

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e7271C67 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:40:48 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eF9C60AE

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eF9C60AE Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:41:11 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e76B4C8F

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e76B4C8F Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:41:48 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e113B92DE

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e113B92DE Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:42:25 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2987281

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2987281 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:42:45 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE1BC92D

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE1BC92D Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:43:13 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eC019C4F

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eC019C4F Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:43:34 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e9692292

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e9692292 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:44:15 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e668A597

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e668A597 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:45:03 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eD6D187F

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eD6D187F Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:45:48 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e11E921B

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e11E921B Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:46:05 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eB5EBDD0

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eB5EBDD0 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:46:20 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1EBC0007

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1EBC0007 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:46:30 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE6BD287

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eE6BD287 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:46:35 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e4C22836

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e4C22836 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:47:02 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C003469

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1C003469 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:47:38 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e114BE345

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e114BE345 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:47:57 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e14EB6699

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e14EB6699 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:48:11 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eA521F87

]]>A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.

In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.

The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Maurice Brown Effect http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/eA521F87 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:48:17 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e13FF0E3E

]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Miguel de la Cerna Quartet http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e13FF0E3E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:48:22 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e1F452EF7

]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Pianist Miguel de la Cerna has racked up some impressive credentials working with great singers. He was music director and arranger for Oscar Brown, Jr. in the years before that one-of-a-kind artist’s death in 2005. As music director for the incomparable Dee Alexander, he arranged her 2007 Millennium Park tribute to Nina Simone and Dinah Washington and also is music director for Bobby Wilsyn.
Increasingly, de la Cerna is making a name for himself as a distinctive artist in his own right – one who is equally comfortable playing Latin-tinged jazz in the updated mainstream style of Michel Camilo and Hilton Ruiz, and pushing boundaries to embrace free improvisation and serial technique. Today, he’ll show off the latter side of his talent with a quartet featuring his wife Sylvia de la Cerna on violin, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Kwame Steve Cobb on percussion. it’s a band that thrives on open space and intersecting lines.

De la Cerna is a third-generation Chicago pianist. His grandfather, General Morgan, accompanied such major artists as trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen and Billie Holiday during the ’40s. His aunt, Gloria Morgan, was a popular jazz performer known for her silky vocals and aggressive sound on piano. Their styles all find their way, somehow, into his musical makeup.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
12:30 – 1:30 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e26C25E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:52:35 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e4363BD5

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e17F4EFB8 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:53:03 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e29738CE8

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e29738CE8 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:53:33 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3500B2E5

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3500B2E5 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:53:40 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3BA68DCE

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3BA68DCE Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:54:19 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2A0314B3

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2A0314B3 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:54:25 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3735E9CD

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3735E9CD Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:54:54 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e317F82BF

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>A Spider that Orbert commented on when he noticed it on his music stand. A Little humor during the concert.

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>Cassandra Wilson’s 1993 album Blue Light Til Dawn was not only an artistic breakthrough for her, but in brilliantly unifying songs by artists as different as Robert Johnson, the Monkees and Joni Mitchell, it has proven to be one of the most influential vocal recordings of the past 30 years. In its wake, genre-bending became a common practice for a wide range of singers including Patricia Barber, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. So did employing unconventional instruments and exotic instrumental combinations.


As she demonstrated with her recent masterpiece of standards, Loverly, Wilson remains committed to the jazz repertory. But whether dusting off “The Very Thought of You” or channeling the blues of “Dust My Broom,” she brings out striking shades of emotion with her husky, free-floating, luxuriantly unhurried vocals. Wilson is a conjurer and shaper of moods, an artist who is as well-suited to interpreting the Miles Davis songbook, as she did on her album Traveling Miles, as trading vocals with R&B star John Legend, which she did on her most recent effort, Silver Pony.

Wilson, who usually performs barefoot, brings that same naturalistic approach to her band, which is there less to accompany her than to bond with her using its seductive rhythms and cool textures. With the exception of New Orleans-schooled pianist Jon Cowherd (who co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship and has backed jazz-gospel singer LIzz Wright), Wilson’s band is one of longtime associates: the extraordinary guitarist Marvin Sewell, a Chicago native; bassist Reginald Veal; drummer Herlin Riley, and harmonica player Gregoire Maret.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Cassandra Wilson
8:30 – 9:30 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

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]]>A seasoned young singer of traditional and swing jazz, Petra van Nuis half-kiddingly says she formed her Recession Seven in 2008 as a way of thumbing her nose at the recession. Let other bands downsize. Happy days are here (again) in her populous crew of first-rate players, which, far from playing the usual swing fare, boasts an encyclopedic range that takes in everything from Harold Arlen’s “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” to the 20′s hit “Running Wild.”

Van Nuis, who hails from Cincinnati, committed herself to jazz after working in the theater; she performed in a national tour of A Chorus Line and as a Rockette. A protégé of Chicago favorites Judy Roberts and Jeannie Lambert, she is also inspired by legendary singers Peggy Lee, Chris Connor and Chet Baker. She injects her performances with a distinctive blend of coolness
On Far Away Places, her duo album with guitartist Andy Brown (her husband), she basks in melody and, on tunes like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” intimacy. In the company of the Recession Seven, she’ll get rhythm and plenty of it with Brown, trumpeter Art Davis, trombonist Tom Bartlett (subbing for Russ Phillips), clarinetist Kim Cusack, bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Bob Rummage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Jazz and Heritage Stage
Petra’s Recession Seven
2:00 – 3 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Petra’s Recession Seven http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e27DEF598 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:00:25 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3DA48782

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3DA48782 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:00:35 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e316C5B12

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e316C5B12 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:00:40 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e29A567C2

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e29A567C2 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:00:51 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2203FAE7

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2203FAE7 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:01:08 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e34FF00B4

]]>Orbert Davis–this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the festival–convenes his 18-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, which may boast 37 fewer members than the full Philharmonic, but lacks nothing in big band swagger and classical warmth. Tonight’s eagerly anticipated set will include a new Davis composition commissioned for the festival that will feature Polish percussionist Marianna Soroka, pianist Brandon McCune and violinist Zach Brock; a personal extension of Sketches of Spain that will bring out its Moorish influence; and a classically informed piece that will superimpose a Mozart string quartet over a jazz rhythm section.


The ensemble will include Stewart Miller, bass; Mikel Avery, drums; Sarah Allen, percussion; Talia Pavia and Sylvia de la Cerna, violins; Lynn La Plante, viola; Ann Griffin, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flutes; Amy Barwa, oboe; Anna Najoom, clarinet; Mike Saltr, bass clarinet; Steve Eisen, tenor saxophone; David Spencer, trumpet; Henry Salgado, trombone; Beth Mazur-Johnson, French horn, and Charlie Schuchat, tuba.

Tenor saxophone trios, once limited to visionaries like Sonny Rollins, are now fairly common in jazz. But you don’t often encounter a trumpet trio – especially one that will go from a Charlie Parker classic to a Gershwin prelude to Thad Jones’ “A Child is Born.” That’s what’s on the menu Friday for the Orbert Davis Trio, featuring Chicago native Brandon McCune (musical director for singer Nnenna Freelon) on piano and Stewart Miller on bass. Davis modeled the jazz arrangements after the duets Oscar Peterson recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Roy Eldridge and Jon Faddis. The classical component is pure Orbert, this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Each summer, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-administer a two-week jazz camp, the Jazz Academy, at which high school and elementary school students get to play with and learn from a special assortment of jazz pros including Artist-in-Residence Orbert Davis. In addition to band studies, the students are offered classes in jazz history and jazz aesthetics. Today, students selected from the just-completed session of the Jazz Academy will get to perform with a cast of pros headed by Davis and including violinist Zach Brock. It’ll be one of the more entertaining all-star events of the summer.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Roosevelt University – Ganz Hall
Orbert Davis Trio
5:00 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
Orbert Davis’ Jazz Academy
3:20 – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Grant Park, Jazz on Jackson Stage
Orbert Davis’ Quintet with Ryan Cohan,
Ari Brown, Stewart Miller and Ernie Adams
1:10 – 2:05 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Orbert Davis’ Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble with special guests Zachary Brock and Brandon McCune http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e34FF00B4 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:01:27 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e23CB8EF6

]]>Poet Dominique James, 16, is a sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.

Inspired by Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hips explores the contradictions in Dominique’s identity she says, particularly the presence of both strength and weakness, and how they harmonize to compose the dynamic woman she is.

Though everyone knows the points are not the point – the point is the poetry – congratulations to Youmedia Chicago, who was chosen as one the four Teams advancing to the Final round of the 2011 competition which celebrated over 600 young writers.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Poet Dominique James http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e23CB8EF6 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:01:39 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e231847F4

]]>Poet Dominique James, 16, is a sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.

Inspired by Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hips explores the contradictions in Dominique’s identity she says, particularly the presence of both strength and weakness, and how they harmonize to compose the dynamic woman she is.

Though everyone knows the points are not the point – the point is the poetry – congratulations to Youmedia Chicago, who was chosen as one the four Teams advancing to the Final round of the 2011 competition which celebrated over 600 young writers.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Poet Dominique James http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e231847F4 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:01:51 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e31DA3C7C

]]>Poet Dominique James, 16, is a sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.

Inspired by Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hips explores the contradictions in Dominique’s identity she says, particularly the presence of both strength and weakness, and how they harmonize to compose the dynamic woman she is.

Though everyone knows the points are not the point – the point is the poetry – congratulations to Youmedia Chicago, who was chosen as one the four Teams advancing to the Final round of the 2011 competition which celebrated over 600 young writers.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Poet Dominique James http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e31DA3C7C Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:02:16 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3AD3F8B1

]]>Poet Dominique James, 16, is a sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.

Inspired by Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hips explores the contradictions in Dominique’s identity she says, particularly the presence of both strength and weakness, and how they harmonize to compose the dynamic woman she is.

Though everyone knows the points are not the point – the point is the poetry – congratulations to Youmedia Chicago, who was chosen as one the four Teams advancing to the Final round of the 2011 competition which celebrated over 600 young writers.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Poet Dominique James http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3AD3F8B1 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:02:27 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3EA363FF

]]>Poet Dominique James, 16, is a sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.

Inspired by Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hips explores the contradictions in Dominique’s identity she says, particularly the presence of both strength and weakness, and how they harmonize to compose the dynamic woman she is.

Though everyone knows the points are not the point – the point is the poetry – congratulations to Youmedia Chicago, who was chosen as one the four Teams advancing to the Final round of the 2011 competition which celebrated over 600 young writers.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Poet Dominique James http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3EA363FF Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:02:43 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e36A80679

]]>Poet Dominique James, 16, is a sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.

Inspired by Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hips explores the contradictions in Dominique’s identity she says, particularly the presence of both strength and weakness, and how they harmonize to compose the dynamic woman she is.

Though everyone knows the points are not the point – the point is the poetry – congratulations to Youmedia Chicago, who was chosen as one the four Teams advancing to the Final round of the 2011 competition which celebrated over 600 young writers.

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Poet Dominique James http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e36A80679 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:02:51 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e249BCCC0

]]>If you’ve been keeping up with your numerology, you know that Trio 3 is a longstanding collective threesome comprised of bona fide greats who breathe jazz history through every note. Bassist Reggie Workman was a member of John Coltrane’s legendary Live at the Village Vanguard quartet. Drummer Andrew Cyrille helped rewrite jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit. Slashing saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake co-founded the Black Artist Group, a St. Louis counterpart to Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a charter member of the World Saxophone Quartet.


And then there are their individual endeavors, which span pre-swing, bebop and free jazz, rap, dance and world music. Cyrille’s solo drum performances and duets with traps genius Milford Graves dared go where no drummer had gone before. Lake, a prolific composer in new music as well as jazz, broke new ground with his roots-reggae band Jumpin’ Up and his Steel Quartet. Workman’s remarkable African-American Legacy Project features a 20-piece orchestra and 18-member chorus.

If Trio 3′s range isn’t remarkable enough as it is, the addition of pianist Geri Allen puts it over the top. Firmly established in the pantheon of living pianists, she has made one major statement after another in recent times with her Mary Lou Williams tributes, solo recording and Timeline band album. Allen, whose latest recording with Trio 3 is the live Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, is another artist who views modern jazz and its earlier styles on the same continuum. Quartet 4, if you will, may be the best case of addition by addition you’ll ever hear.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
6:00 – 6:55 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Trio 3 + Geri Allen featuring Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Oliver Lake http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e249BCCC0 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:03:29 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e20969F2A

]]>If you’ve been keeping up with your numerology, you know that Trio 3 is a longstanding collective threesome comprised of bona fide greats who breathe jazz history through every note. Bassist Reggie Workman was a member of John Coltrane’s legendary Live at the Village Vanguard quartet. Drummer Andrew Cyrille helped rewrite jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit. Slashing saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake co-founded the Black Artist Group, a St. Louis counterpart to Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a charter member of the World Saxophone Quartet.


And then there are their individual endeavors, which span pre-swing, bebop and free jazz, rap, dance and world music. Cyrille’s solo drum performances and duets with traps genius Milford Graves dared go where no drummer had gone before. Lake, a prolific composer in new music as well as jazz, broke new ground with his roots-reggae band Jumpin’ Up and his Steel Quartet. Workman’s remarkable African-American Legacy Project features a 20-piece orchestra and 18-member chorus.

If Trio 3′s range isn’t remarkable enough as it is, the addition of pianist Geri Allen puts it over the top. Firmly established in the pantheon of living pianists, she has made one major statement after another in recent times with her Mary Lou Williams tributes, solo recording and Timeline band album. Allen, whose latest recording with Trio 3 is the live Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, is another artist who views modern jazz and its earlier styles on the same continuum. Quartet 4, if you will, may be the best case of addition by addition you’ll ever hear.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
6:00 – 6:55 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Trio 3 + Geri Allen featuring Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Oliver Lake http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e20969F2A Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:04:08 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e29244433

]]>If you’ve been keeping up with your numerology, you know that Trio 3 is a longstanding collective threesome comprised of bona fide greats who breathe jazz history through every note. Bassist Reggie Workman was a member of John Coltrane’s legendary Live at the Village Vanguard quartet. Drummer Andrew Cyrille helped rewrite jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit. Slashing saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake co-founded the Black Artist Group, a St. Louis counterpart to Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a charter member of the World Saxophone Quartet.


And then there are their individual endeavors, which span pre-swing, bebop and free jazz, rap, dance and world music. Cyrille’s solo drum performances and duets with traps genius Milford Graves dared go where no drummer had gone before. Lake, a prolific composer in new music as well as jazz, broke new ground with his roots-reggae band Jumpin’ Up and his Steel Quartet. Workman’s remarkable African-American Legacy Project features a 20-piece orchestra and 18-member chorus.

If Trio 3′s range isn’t remarkable enough as it is, the addition of pianist Geri Allen puts it over the top. Firmly established in the pantheon of living pianists, she has made one major statement after another in recent times with her Mary Lou Williams tributes, solo recording and Timeline band album. Allen, whose latest recording with Trio 3 is the live Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, is another artist who views modern jazz and its earlier styles on the same continuum. Quartet 4, if you will, may be the best case of addition by addition you’ll ever hear.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
6:00 – 6:55 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Trio 3 + Geri Allen featuring Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Oliver Lake http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e29244433 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:04:35 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3C14B32F

]]>If you’ve been keeping up with your numerology, you know that Trio 3 is a longstanding collective threesome comprised of bona fide greats who breathe jazz history through every note. Bassist Reggie Workman was a member of John Coltrane’s legendary Live at the Village Vanguard quartet. Drummer Andrew Cyrille helped rewrite jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit. Slashing saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake co-founded the Black Artist Group, a St. Louis counterpart to Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a charter member of the World Saxophone Quartet.


And then there are their individual endeavors, which span pre-swing, bebop and free jazz, rap, dance and world music. Cyrille’s solo drum performances and duets with traps genius Milford Graves dared go where no drummer had gone before. Lake, a prolific composer in new music as well as jazz, broke new ground with his roots-reggae band Jumpin’ Up and his Steel Quartet. Workman’s remarkable African-American Legacy Project features a 20-piece orchestra and 18-member chorus.

If Trio 3′s range isn’t remarkable enough as it is, the addition of pianist Geri Allen puts it over the top. Firmly established in the pantheon of living pianists, she has made one major statement after another in recent times with her Mary Lou Williams tributes, solo recording and Timeline band album. Allen, whose latest recording with Trio 3 is the live Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, is another artist who views modern jazz and its earlier styles on the same continuum. Quartet 4, if you will, may be the best case of addition by addition you’ll ever hear.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
6:00 – 6:55 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Trio 3 + Geri Allen featuring Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Oliver Lake http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3C14B32F Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:05:02 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2470B88E

]]>If you’ve been keeping up with your numerology, you know that Trio 3 is a longstanding collective threesome comprised of bona fide greats who breathe jazz history through every note. Bassist Reggie Workman was a member of John Coltrane’s legendary Live at the Village Vanguard quartet. Drummer Andrew Cyrille helped rewrite jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit. Slashing saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake co-founded the Black Artist Group, a St. Louis counterpart to Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a charter member of the World Saxophone Quartet.


And then there are their individual endeavors, which span pre-swing, bebop and free jazz, rap, dance and world music. Cyrille’s solo drum performances and duets with traps genius Milford Graves dared go where no drummer had gone before. Lake, a prolific composer in new music as well as jazz, broke new ground with his roots-reggae band Jumpin’ Up and his Steel Quartet. Workman’s remarkable African-American Legacy Project features a 20-piece orchestra and 18-member chorus.

If Trio 3′s range isn’t remarkable enough as it is, the addition of pianist Geri Allen puts it over the top. Firmly established in the pantheon of living pianists, she has made one major statement after another in recent times with her Mary Lou Williams tributes, solo recording and Timeline band album. Allen, whose latest recording with Trio 3 is the live Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, is another artist who views modern jazz and its earlier styles on the same continuum. Quartet 4, if you will, may be the best case of addition by addition you’ll ever hear.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
6:00 – 6:55 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Trio 3 + Geri Allen featuring Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Oliver Lake http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e2470B88E Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:05:20 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e264DBE5B

]]>If you’ve been keeping up with your numerology, you know that Trio 3 is a longstanding collective threesome comprised of bona fide greats who breathe jazz history through every note. Bassist Reggie Workman was a member of John Coltrane’s legendary Live at the Village Vanguard quartet. Drummer Andrew Cyrille helped rewrite jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit. Slashing saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake co-founded the Black Artist Group, a St. Louis counterpart to Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a charter member of the World Saxophone Quartet.


And then there are their individual endeavors, which span pre-swing, bebop and free jazz, rap, dance and world music. Cyrille’s solo drum performances and duets with traps genius Milford Graves dared go where no drummer had gone before. Lake, a prolific composer in new music as well as jazz, broke new ground with his roots-reggae band Jumpin’ Up and his Steel Quartet. Workman’s remarkable African-American Legacy Project features a 20-piece orchestra and 18-member chorus.

If Trio 3′s range isn’t remarkable enough as it is, the addition of pianist Geri Allen puts it over the top. Firmly established in the pantheon of living pianists, she has made one major statement after another in recent times with her Mary Lou Williams tributes, solo recording and Timeline band album. Allen, whose latest recording with Trio 3 is the live Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, is another artist who views modern jazz and its earlier styles on the same continuum. Quartet 4, if you will, may be the best case of addition by addition you’ll ever hear.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
6:00 – 6:55 pm

]]> graffitiphoto@gmail.com (Graffiti Photographic) Trio 3 + Geri Allen featuring Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Oliver Lake http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e264DBE5B Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:05:57 GMT http://www.graffitiphotographic.com/p603551250/e3F645E84

]]>If you’ve been keeping up with your numerology, you know that Trio 3 is a longstanding collective threesome comprised of bona fide greats who breathe jazz history through every note. Bassist Reggie Workman was a member of John Coltrane’s legendary Live at the Village Vanguard quartet. Drummer Andrew Cyrille helped rewrite jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit. Slashing saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake co-founded the Black Artist Group, a St. Louis counterpart to Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a charter member of the World Saxophone Quartet.


And then there are their individual endeavors, which span pre-swing, bebop and free jazz, rap, dance and world music. Cyrille’s solo drum performances and duets with traps genius Milford Graves dared go where no drummer had gone before. Lake, a prolific composer in new music as well as jazz, broke new ground with his roots-reggae band Jumpin’ Up and his Steel Quartet. Workman’s remarkable African-American Legacy Project features a 20-piece orchestra and 18-member chorus.

If Trio 3′s range isn’t remarkable enough as it is, the addition of pianist Geri Allen puts it over the top. Firmly established in the pantheon of living pianists, she has made one major statement after another in recent times with her Mary Lou Williams tributes, solo recording and Timeline band album. Allen, whose latest recording with Trio 3 is the live Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, is another artist who views modern jazz and its earlier styles on the same continuum. Quartet 4, if you will, may be the best case of addition by addition you’ll ever hear.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
6:00 – 6:55 pm

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