The Chicago Jazz Dads

What better time to celebrate the amazing contributions of immigrants to American culture? Come join me, @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, and the @chicagojazzdads.com Thursday night at Evanston Pour.

Join us at Pour in Evanston, IL, this Thursday. (New date!) #jazzsky #evanston

I had a great time engaging in my selfcare Sunday night, playing with the @chicagojazzdads.com ( @laywilliams.bsky.social @jgordonwright.com, Leo and Eric) at @evanstonspace.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us.

Thanks so much to the hometown crowd and the amazing crew at @evanstonspace.bsky.social!

Screenshot of NY Mag article excerpt.

TODAY IN JAZZ: Miles Davis was brutally beaten by an NYC cop right in front of Birdland under a marquee bearing his name. #jazzsky #todayinjazz

Fred Kaplan captured it well in this old @nymag.com article: nymag.com/news/feature...

Red had already been playing in Miles Davis’ First Great Quintet for a year with Paul Chambers. They added Art Taylor on drums and captured a sort of laid-back electricity that defined the jazz sound of the late ’50s and of which Garland was a master.

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TODAY IN JAZZ: 69 years ago the mellifluous Red Garland visited Rudy Van Gelder's childhood home in Hackensack to record his debut as a bandleader. This record never gets old. #jazzsky #todayinjazz

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Here’s your Sunday morning plan: come check us out this Sunday at the Evanston Art & Fork Festival.

A perfect warm-up for our gig at @evanstonspace.bsky.social in one week…

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Like Someone In Love · John Coltrane Lush Life ℗ 1958 Fantasy, Inc. Released on: 2006-01-01 Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Van Heusen Composer Lyricist:… Like Someone In Love

TODAY IN JAZZ: Coltrane held the second session for what would be his Lush Life record, at which he recorded this exquisite rendition of “Like Someone in Love.” #jazzsky #todayinjazz

Here’s a tune by one of our favorite songwriting duos, Dietz & Schwartz. (And no, they don’t have a line of deli meat.)

Join us at evanstonspace.bsky.social on SUNDAY, AUG 24, for more premium cuts and choice selects… (ahem)

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Live recording of 1992 from the Munich Philharmonie George Shearing - piano Neil Swainson - bass George Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland Watch the full concert:… George Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland

Happy birthday to George Shearing, who was born on this day in 1919. #jazzsky #todayinjazz

Check him out playing his own standard, “Lullaby of Birdland,” in Munich in 1992, with Neil Swainson absolutely destroying the upright: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zJn...

Don’t miss the fantastic interactive of this photo on @nytimes.com:

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#todayinjazz

Do you have your tickets yet to our show at @evanstonspace.bsky.social? There are still some good seats left, but you gotta grab ’em now: www.ticketweb.com/event/the-ch...

#jazzsky #livejazz #evanstonil

Hbd, Pat.

Share your favorite Metheny today, #jazzsky.

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Happy birthday, Pat Metheny! Pat turns 71 today. #jazzsky #todayinjazz

Here he is playing the Monk classic, “’Round Midnight,” which it happens was first recorded by Cootie Williams this month in 1944: www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvD...

What’s your favorite Metheny tune?

Happy birthday to our very own @jbsinger.bsky.social! Best drummer a jazz dad could hope for. #jazzsky

Andy Bey, Jazz Singer Renowned for His Vocal Range, Dies at 85 An admirer of Nat King Cole, he began as a child performer and as part of a family trio before emerging as a master of the American songbook.

Only now hearing about Andy Bey. The first time I heard his voice I was completely arrested. I remember I had to stop what I was doing and figure out who it was. Still gives me goosebumps. Thank you, Andy.

#jazzsky #jazzgreats www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/a...

Chicago Jazz Dads brew up tunes at Evanston coffee shop It’s the second Thursday of the month, and the sun has just begun to set. Dempster Street is seemingly quiet — with the exception of one coffee shop. Even at dinnertime, Evanston Pour is packed. Soari...

Fun article in the @thedailynu.bsky.social this morning on my side-hustle with the @chicagojazzdads.com.

cc: @jbsinger.bsky.social, @jgordonwright.com

YouTube video by Hellmann's When Sally Met Hellmann's :30 - Super Bowl Commercial 2025

Maybe you saw the “Harry Met Sally” ad during the Superbowl last night? Clearly Hellmann’s was inspired by the upcoming Jazz Dads’ show at Pour… See you Thursday night!
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Don’t miss our Harry Met Sally show in one week!

Love to see it!

Kudos to Noah Plotkin, single-handedly stoking the creative flames of the North Shore.

Whaddya mean “not academic”? We’re a master’s course in how to swing as a dad.

See you all Thursday.

How Judy Garland saved “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

#jazzsky
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58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. (Gift Article) Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.

This is delightful. Take a moment.

#jazzsky
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S’mores ftw.

Come join us at Squeezebox in Evanston tonight from 6-7pm during the Main-Dempster Mile’s Holiday Stroll.

We’ll be doing a stripped down trio show of your favorite holiday tunes. Requests welcome!

#jazzsky

The Greatest of All Plagues: David Lay Williams, PhD on Economic Inequality

Did you know Adam Smith, the “father of capitalism,” was concerned about economic inequality, believing it hinders our capacity for sympathy, essential for a thriving community? This and more in the wildly popular Ep 140 @laywilliams.bsky.social. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/11/econ...

Fujita-inspired options for our next record generated by DALL-E. #jazzsky

Fujita immigrated to Hawaii, was forced into Japanese intern camps and then served in a segregated regiment of the US Army.

He created nearly 50 album covers for Columbia Records. #jazzsky #coverart #graphicdesign #AAPI