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Joe Segal (April 24, 1926 – August 10, 2020) founded the Jazz Showcase in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois and was the club's owner until his death in 2020. Born April 24, 1926 in Philadelphia, he grew up listening to Louis Armstrong , Sidney Bechet and Fats Waller on the radio.
The Chicago Jazz Festival is an admission-free, four-day annual jazz festival in Chicago 's Millennium Park. It is run by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and programmed with the assistance of Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating international and local artists playing many forms of jazz music.
Jazz drummer Born in Chicago Kanye West: Jun 8, 1977: Rapper and producer Grew up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago Verdine White: Jul 25, 1951: Bassist and Founding member for Earth Wind & Fire: Born in Chicago Pharez Whitted: Aug 26, 1960: Jazz trumpeter, composer, educator Wesley Willis: May 31, 1963: Aug 21, 2003: Singer born in ...
Jazz Foundation of America, New York City, New York. Jazz House Kids, Montclair, New Jersey. Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Jazz Interactions, New York City, New York. Jazz Loft Project, University of Arizona and Duke University. Jazz on the Square, Woodstock, Illinois.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jazz styles and plays many instruments, including "little instruments": bells, bicycle horns, birthday party noisemakers, wind chimes, and various forms of percussion.
Jazz Institute of Chicago. The Jazz Institute of Chicago is a non-profit arts presenting organization that produces jazz concerts and runs educational programs. It was founded in 1969 by a small band of jazz fans, writers, club owners, and musicians to preserve the historical roots of Chicago music and to ensure that the music would still be ...
The Forum is a historic event venue at 318-328 E. 43rd Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. Chicago alderman William Kent and his father Albert had the venue built in 1897, intending it to be a social and political meeting hall. Architect Samuel Atwater Treat gave the building a Late ...
July 30 - August 1 – The Newport Jazz Festival takes place in the US state of Rhode Island. Performers include Gerald Clayton, Charles Lloyd, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty, Kamasi Washington and Brandee Younger.