Re: chicago haps april 5-8...

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Mon, 2 Mar 1998 02:14:38 -0600 (CST)


Fri 3/6 - Sumo (acid jazz band) at brother jimmy's bbq&booze 2909 N
Sheffield

Fir 3/6 - Underwater People/Soul Intention - funky soul outfits at the
Cubby Bear - 1059 W Addision (kitty corner from wrigley field)

Thur 3/5 _ Mixmaster Morris (part of atmospheric armchair night) at the
double door - 1572 N Milwaukee (corner of Mil and Damen in Wicker Park)

Thur - Swimmer (decent acid jazz) at the Elbo Room - 2871 N Lincoln

Fri - 3/6 - Seam/Jom O Rourke/ and co. (indie rock/avante garde
improvisation genius) at Empty Bottle - 1035 N Western

Sun - 3/8 - Deadly Dragon Sound System (dub/drum n bass/hip-hop/beats -
djed) at the Empty bottle - see above.

thu - 3/5 - dj heather and danny the wild child spin hip-hop/acid
jazz/drum n bass/ downtemp grooves at the Funky Budda Lounge - 728 W Grand

sat - 3/7 dj jesse de la pena (hip-hop - downtempo breaks/ disco) at FBL-
see above

sat 3/7 - waco bothers and more - hard hittin (somehow funky) rockabilly -
local faves at the lounge ax - 2439 n lincoln
(john mcentire from tortoise spun here last night)

sat 3/7 - common (sense), mos def/mood/ all natural plus djs at the
legendarty metro - 3730 n clark
(fatboy slim is here on tuesday)

sat 3/7 - j davis trip/buttfly/chill'd martinis - i've only seen j davis
and its a live band/jazzy hip-hop type thang - the others are probably
acid jazz - at the morseland music room - 1218 w morse

thur - dirty mf (from liquid sole) hosts a night of mc freestylin over a
live band and djs at the jazz club The Note - 1565 N Milwaukee

sat - jacob fred jazz odyssey, nubil thangs, stereo pimps - probably your
best bet for a night of interesting jazz - at the Note (see above)

fri - dj todd terry (yup, that one) at the Red Dog - midnight 1958 W North

BLUES CLUBS

Next Saturday, March 7, Willie Kent & the Gents with Bonnie Lee.
773-528-1012. - blues Chicago - 2519 N Halsted

BUDDY GUY'S LEGENDs 754 S. Wabash

CHECKERBOARD LOUNGE -423 E. 43rd
if you want the real south sida blues experience

JAZZ

HOUSE OF BLUES
329 N. Dearborn
Music at 9 PM. Next Sunday, March 8, Chick Corea & Gary Burton

Jazz SHowcase - 59 W Grand - Bob Berg Quartet - played with chick corea
and miles davis - acoustic jazzz set in a funky electronic fusion style
all 4 nights

thurs - alan batts b-3 quartet at smoke daddy - 1804 w division - (B-3!)

WHAM BONGO BAR 111 W. Hubbard - Thursdays, 12:30 PM, open percussion
jam hosted by Kewu Saba.

and ya just missed bernard purdie and ahmad jamal!

whew - you had to make me even more pissed that i'm 150 miles from all
this action. actually - i'm planning to go home this weekend, so i needed
to check this stuff out myself. i'm not quite that big of a loser (or
altruistic). hope she enjoys the windy - and tell her to get out of the
Loop - its basically dead after 6 pm.

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