.:.impossible Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 mark and i have exchanged numbers. my wife and i are going to be at the velvet on saturday night. looking forward to meeting y'all. i took her to see kidd jordan, sabir mateen, william parker, and hamid drake in boston once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 We might be at the fest on Friday and the Velvet that night. We have to be home on Sat since our kids are visiting for the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 (edited) We might be at the fest on Friday and the Velvet that night. We have to be home on Sat since our kids are visiting for the weekend. Hey Chuck, pm me your cell number or I can send you mine? I'll be around from Tuesday - Monday....would be great to get together! m~ Edited August 23, 2007 by sheldonm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Well, Saturday... we have options. This might be more my wife's speed. The more I think about Kidd Jordan, the less I think it is going to be something that we can both enjoy. Eight Bold Souls on Friday is another story. Maybe a change of plans? 10:00PM at the Hungry Brain, 2319 W Belmont, 773.935.2118 * After Fest * Sessions with Keefe Jackson, with special guests from Fast Citizens and the Exploding Star Orchestra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Also, anyone want to throw out recommendations on what we should definitely see while we're there? Places to absolutely avoid? We've already got a google map going. Thanks! Looking forward to meeting y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Also, anyone want to throw out recommendations on what we should definitely see while we're there? Places to absolutely avoid? We've already got a google map going. Thanks! Looking forward to meeting y'all. impossible, To be honest with you, I can't think of a better thing to be doing this weekend then just walking around downtown and enjoying the sights. The weather is supposed to be close to picture perfect this weekend, and its hard to beat a gorgeous summer day in Chicago. I'd recommend starting near the center of the city (State and Madison) and just go wherever your instinct leads you. You should definitely head north and see Michigan Ave., but don't limit your trek to the Mile, as there's lots of cool sights and architecture to see in the general area. The River North/Gold Coast area is very nice for walking and there are lots of good restaurants along the way. When you're in the Festival area, be sure to take some time to see Millennium Park. The Art Institute is nearby and, if you have time, is definitely worth a visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 (edited) Also, anyone want to throw out recommendations on what we should definitely see while we're there? Places to absolutely avoid? We've already got a google map going. Thanks! Looking forward to meeting y'all. impossible, To be honest with you, I can't think of a better thing to be doing this weekend then just walking around downtown and enjoying the sights. The weather is supposed to be close to picture perfect this weekend, and its hard to beat a gorgeous summer day in Chicago. I'd recommend starting near the center of the city (State and Madison) and just go wherever your instinct leads you. You should definitely head north and see Michigan Ave., but don't limit your trek to the Mile, as there's lots of cool sights and architecture to see in the general area. The River North/Gold Coast area is very nice for walking and there are lots of good restaurants along the way. When you're in the Festival area, be sure to take some time to see Millennium Park. The Art Institute is nearby and, if you have time, is definitely worth a visit. I think this Friday is the last Friday evening where the Art Institute is open late. Both Thurs and Fri, the Art Institute is free from 5-9. I agree that you should definitely check out Millenium Park. Also, perhaps the Chicago Cultural Centerwhich is free and has small art exhibits on several floors. It's a gorgeous building that was nearly torn down, but was saved through the intervention of the Mayor's mother. If you do go there, I believe you can still get tickets for the El loop tour on Sat. where you get on an el and go round and round the loop hearing about the history of downtown. There's also an Architectural Foundation that does good architectural walking tours of the downtown. In terms of the neighborhoods, Chinatown is always interesting, as is Andersonville (a mostly Swedish and now Middle Eastern neighborhood). Dusty Groove is only a few stops away from the downtown on the Blue Line (better to do this during the week than weekend though, due to construction work on the Blue Line). As far as avoiding, I try to avoid River North, but that is also where Jazz Record Mart is, so I do go from time to time. Edited August 29, 2007 by ejp626 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 I just saw this on the Now-is.org website: Friday, August 31st 2007 10:00AM-2:00PMat Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E Washington, 312.744.6630 (Free) Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra performs the music of Bill Dixon — open rehearsal led by Bill Dixon This is at the Cultural Center I was just mentioning above. I might be able to take a long lunch and drop in for a bit, though it is kind of across the Loop from where I work. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Its a shame that they don't utilize the Pritzker (sp?) Pavilion at Millenium Park for any of the Jazz Fest shows. Such a great venue with perfect acoustics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Its a shame that they don't utilize the Pritzker (sp?) Pavilion at Millenium Park for any of the Jazz Fest shows. Such a great venue with perfect acoustics. I agree. I think they use the inside venue for classical and the outside is either classical or world music, rarely jazz. I think my schedule is shaping up. I'm going to try to see most of the evening sets on Sat. and hopefully the afterfest at Velvet. Then Sunday I may drop in to see something called the Matt Geraghty Project, but I will probably need to be home before the Mingus Big Band take the stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 (edited) We are going to catch a rehearsal probably on Thursday! The weather looks great. I tried to post a link to the google map that we put together. Still figuring that out. I thought it was a shared map, but... My wife hooked up a room at the Hard Rock Hotel at an unbelievable discount, which is right off Millenium Park. We've marked it, along with a bunch of other things we are thinking about hitting up. Google maps is great! We have a train diagram layered on top of the Chicago street map. We've marked dozens of places of interest, including the venues, times, etc. Pretty cool. Edited August 29, 2007 by .:.impossible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzypaul Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Matt Geraghty has this cool world-jazz fusion thing going for him, and I absolutely recommend him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Matt Geraghty has this cool world-jazz fusion thing going for him, and I absolutely recommend him. So I think you are playing on Friday at Joey's Brickhouse on Belmont? Are you actually starting at 9:30 or is 10 more likely? And is there a cover? I'll probably drop in for a little while, since I will be in the neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzypaul Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Matt Geraghty has this cool world-jazz fusion thing going for him, and I absolutely recommend him. So I think you are playing on Friday at Joey's Brickhouse on Belmont? Are you actually starting at 9:30 or is 10 more likely? And is there a cover? I'll probably drop in for a little while, since I will be in the neighborhood. We'll probably actually start at 9, play till 1am. No cover, and the drinks are reasonably priced. Please make sure you introduce yourself if you come on by. (ditto for anyone else that drops in!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A slice of the top Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 It is sad to see that there are three pages on our town's jazz fest and probably a third of it is taken up talking about overrated touristy attractions, especially wrigley. But I guess I should expect it given how many visitors we have coming to town for this. So..who has been so far? How was Wess? And did anyone go to the A Night in Havana concert - that sounded most excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Not sad... Wrigley was a blast, even though Cubs lost. We had a great time. Saw Bill Dixon rehearsing the Exploding Star Orchestra on Thursday. Saw Eight Bold Souls on Friday. Yesterday, Keefe Jackson at Hungry Brain. Met Chuck and Mark and Rob. Chuck and Anne were kind enough to give us a lift back to the Carbon and Carbide, where we were staying. Coincidentally, this is the same building where many of Chuck's most impacting sessions were recorded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 (edited) Really sorry we didn't have more time to spend with Mr and Mrs Impossible and our resident "shrink". We had to head home on Sat morning to spend the weekend with our kids - family over music for once. Great to see a bunch of old friends too - Terry Martin, John Litweiler, Art Lange, Fred Anderson, Joe Segal, etc. The high point of Friday for me was the Velvet Lounge gig by Ed Wilkerson's Eight Bold Souls + Fareed Haque. Sorry to have missed the rehearsals of the Mazurek band with Bill Dixon. I look forward to reports on the event(s). Edited September 4, 2007 by Chuck Nessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Probably the most noteworthy thing on Sat. was that in the "Cookers" show George Cables had to drop out due to health reasons, but they replaced him with Stanley Cowell! That was a real surprise to me, and I thought he was excellent. In general, I thought the Cookers show was good, though it seemed a bit too free for much of the audience back where I was sitting. I moved up to sit with sal and jazzkrow for the remaining sets. Sal and sheldonm took off to get to the Velvet early, while jazzkrow and I stayed for Charlie Haden and the Liberation Orchestra. I do think they were terrific, and were my favorite set of Sat. They played roughly half the material on their 2005 album Not in Our Name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzkrow Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I too loved the Liberation Music Orchestra set as did the crowd, who begged in vain for an encore! The next night the Mingus Big Band did a terrific set as did Bobby Watson Horizon band with James Zollar substituting for Terrell Stafford and Jeremy Pelt (who was announced to be there but did not show) It was cool to hang out with Eric.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzypaul Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 What's funny is that there's been no mention of all of the awesome music that was happening on the side stages. Is everyone telling me that they missed out on... Pete Benson & Jeff Parker Erwin Helfer & Skinny Williams Astral Project Mulligan Mosaics Band the Charlie Haden jam the Janice Borla Group Matt Geraghty etc, etc, etc? Most of that stuff was groooooooooving. I'm glad my tent was practically right on top of the Jackson stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 What's funny is that there's been no mention of all of the awesome music that was happening on the side stages. Is everyone telling me that they missed out on... Pete Benson & Jeff Parker LOVED IT!!! Erwin Helfer & Skinny Williams DIDN'T SEE IT Astral Project SO-SO...NOT MY CUP OF TEA Mulligan Mosaics Band EXCELLENT the Charlie Haden jam EXCELLENT the Janice Borla Group GOOD....BUT AGAIN, NOT MY CUP OF TEA Matt Geraghty DIDN'T SEE IT etc, etc, etc? Most of that stuff was groooooooooving. I'm glad my tent was practically right on top of the Jackson stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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