The Chicago Jazz Orchestra celebrates and perpetuates Jazz orchestra music—an original American art form—for all audiences through unique performance, collaboration, and education. P.O. Box 59457 Chicago, IL 60659 Visit Us Online
Saxophonist, Darius Hampton holds down month’s showcase of Chicago jazz, celebrating Louis Armstrong alongside of Court Theater’s production of, “Satchmo at the Waldorf.”
Wolf makes his Chicago debut as a leader of his Wolfpack.
In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors...
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The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, UIMA, preserves and promotes contemporary art as a shared expression of the Ukrainian and American experience. UIMA develops, utilizes and encourages artistic talent through exhibitions, concerts, readings, lectures and films to serve the cultural needs of our community and city, and thereby strengthen cultural understanding and diversity. Ukrainian Village 2320 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 (773) 227-5522 Visit...
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Taste of Polonia Festival → September 2 thru 5, 2016 This annual Labor Day weekend festival at the Copernicus Center in Chicago’s Jefferson Park offers non-stop LIVE MUSIC, food, and fun for four days; from Friday thru Monday (Labor Day).
We specialize in hard to find vinyl 12″,lp’s & 45’s! We are known for carrying a wide selection of house, old school, disco, italo, jazz, salsa, rock, punk, soul, northern soul, funk, reggae, blues and hip hop. This is a vinyl digger’s paradise with 1000’s of records to get your dig on! Ukrainian Village/West Town 1109 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 (773) 772-4880 Visit Us...
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Delmark Records has had a hegemonic presence within the blues industry. It is known throughout the world by true blues fans as well as browsers of the genre. Some of the most prolific blues ever recorded have come about as a direct result of Delmark sessions. For the last four decades the record company has captured on vinyl, tapes, and lately CDs the rare essence...
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