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Hey gang, looking at going to a rock concert at Soldier Field next August. Any board members have any experience seeing music there and offering recommendations on decent seats for a show?
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New/recent book that I just ordered--really looking forward to reading it: Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City -
Exploring the jazz side of black-owned, Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records on this edition of Night Lights, with music from Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly, Bill Henderson, Eddie Harris, Frank Strozier, and the MJT + III: The Vee-Jay Jazz Story
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The story and some of the music of Chicago's 1970s/80s Bee Hive label, with special guest and Mosaic set annotator Aaron Cohen, now up for online listening: Boppin' On Bee Hive
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ent-joe-segal-dead-jazz-showcase-20200810-iw5fw3npcjfkjghgngvgioawnu-story.html
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Just got this in the mail today--really looking forward to reading: Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music And Black Cultural Power (Full disclosure: Aaron is a friend. He's also a DownBeat contributor and author of the 33 1/3 book about Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace, as well as the annotator of Mosaic's Bee Hive set. You can hear him talking about the set on this Night Lights show: Boppin' On Bee Hive)
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This is a launch event for a new book by Chicago drummer/bandleader/composer Mike Reed. I haven't been able to find an online sale listing for the book yet: The City Was Yellow: Chicago Jazz And Improvised Music 1980-2010
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Up for the arrival day of Mr. Ra: Second Magic City: Sun Ra In Chicago
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More info about the show, plus a video clip from the late-1950s proto-black-nationalist documentary The Cry of Jazz (featuring music and appearances by members of the Arkestra), at Second Magic City: Sun Ra in Chicago. "Second Magic City" airs Saturday, Oct. 27 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. It will also air Sunday evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. The program will be posted for online listening Monday morning in the Night Lights archives. Next week: a live fund-drive broadcast from WFIU... WNIN and Blue Lake will carry a repeat ("Charles Tolliver on Strata East") instead.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-jazz-wdcb-boss-20131217,0,7462096,full.column
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This past week's show up for online listening--music from Ira Sullivan, Wilbur Ware, John Jenkins and more: Chicago Calling: Unsung Heroes of the City's Hardbop Scene ...already at work on a sequel.
