Cheers,
dawn
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> From: Erik Gaderlund[SMTP:erikg@macconnect.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 1998 2:30 AM
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: cool chicago acid-jazz gigs.
>
> >JEFFREY BROWN wrote:
> >
> >Chicago's got three happening shows that you should check out if
> you're
> >in the area (or spread the word to those that are). Orelo
> (312-409-0099)
> >is doing shows at the Elbo Room (2871 N. Lincoln) with a bunch of
> >Hammond B-3 and other old-school acid jazz players as part of a
> series
> >called Heroes of the Hammond.
> >
> This reminds me. I saw Jimmy Smith last Saturday at Yoshi's in
> Oakland.
> It was pretty incredible. It did seem short, but the quartet seemed
> to get
> it all in. He actually talked a lot, even his horn player slapped a
> bill
> on his organ and told him "Play dammit!"
> Definitly check him out if you can. So, now that I've seen the James
> Taylor Quartet and the Jimmy Smith Quartet, I'm closer to B-3 heaven.
>
> p.s. the Elbo Room is a cool club, I saw t.j. kirk and they rocked the
> house!
>
> later,
> erik g
>
>