"GINGFEST"

A Celebration of Life

Sunday, June 5, 2011

2:30 – 10:30 pm

The Abbey

3420 W. Grace

(corner Grace/Elston)

Chicago, IL

(773) 478 – 4408

Family & friends are sponsoring a celebration of the life & times of Gregory "GINGER" Glovacki.

Due to lung & liver cancer, Ginger recently passed on.  Greg was the Stage/Production manager

at the Vic Theater & numerous other venues for years.

Live music all thru the day!!

Some of the bands include members of Chevere, Michael McDermott,

Betsy and The Boneshakers, Jill Watson Kellogg, Bill Archers Big Fun, Pete Special Band,

The Country Doctors, Battlestation & Dirty Dan Bucks Cool Rockin Daddies and more!

Special guest MC’s , Johnny Mars (WXRT), Buzz Kilman (ex Loop)

and Pat (Lenny Pinkus/Jerk Johnny) Brennan!

Raffles, cash bar, food & friends.

$10 donation, all proceeds will go to his bills & the remainder to the

hospice care group that took care of Greg in his final days.

The Abbey Pub, 3420 W Grace, Chicago, IL

Spread The Word!

Friday, August 13, 2010

9:00 pm – 1:00 am

Saturday, August 14, 2010

8:00 pm – Midnight!

Steve Eisen – saxophone
Mark Ohlsen – trumpet
Chris “Hambone” Cameron – keyboards
Howard Levy – piano/ harmonica
Ernie Denov – guitar
Eric Hochberg – bass
Alejo Poveda – drums
Ruben Alvarez – timbales
Joe Rendon  – congas

Green Mill  4806 N. Broadway 

Chicago, IL    (773) 878 – 5552

$12 cover

Spread The Word!

Fred

Spread The Word!

Monday,  July 26,  2010

2 Shows!   8:00 pm & 10:00 pm

Band of Joe’s are:  

Vijay Tellis-Nayak on keyboards,

Kelly Sill on double bass,

Steve Eisen on reeds and percussion,

Geraldo de Oliveira on percussion

and Alejo Poveda on drums.

Cover: $10 

Jazz Showcase   806 S. Plymouth Court   Chicago, IL

Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL

The building with the green roof is Dearborn Station and you can see the parking lot there.  The short, shady street is Plymouth Court.

F Y I – -  click on pic . . . you MAY go places!

Spread The Word!

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Chevere de Chicago with Howard Levy and Alejo Poveda

Unity Temple Concert Series

  875 Lake Street at Kenilworth Avenue      Oak Park, IL 60303

Chevere is Chicago’s leading Latin/Jazz/Funk/Blues Band, mixing Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Jazz, Blues, and just about everything else together into an exciting and unique collage of sound. Characterized by high voltage percussion and compelling original compositions, Chévere has performed in and around Chicago and the Midwest for 30 years.

The band has played many large outdoor festivals, including several appearances at The Chicago Jazz Festival and Summerfest. The core of the band has stayed together for over 25 years, giving the band an almost telepathic ability to interact spontaneously onstage. The band has an impressive array of virtuosic melodic soloists, and the percussion section, deeply rooted in traditional folklore and religious music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Brazil, is heavily featured on almost every tune.

 Alejo Poveda Drums, percussion & leaderHoward Levy Piano, harmonica, & music director

Ruben Alvarez Timbales, percussion, drums & vocals Chris "Chicago Hambone" Cameron
Hammond B-3 Organ, Fender Rhodes, Moog & keyboards

Ernie Denov Guitar Steve Eisen  Saxes, flute, & percussionEric Hochberg Bass & vocals

Mark Ohlsen Trumpet & flugelhornJoe Rendon Congas, percussion & vocals

Windows users: Control + makes screen larger, control – makes screen smaller (use as many times as needed!). ESC key gets you out.

Spread The Word!

Friday, Feb. 19, 2010

9:00 pm – 1:00 am

Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

8:00 pm – Midnight!

GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB

4802 N. Broadway Ave.

Chicago, IL 60640

(773) 878 – 5552

greenmill@comcast.net

Booking & Management

Alfred D. Ticoalu

(847) 903-7440

alfred@cheveredechicago.com

Spread The Word!

Director of Private/Special

Events at Martyrs’ Kate Hill

and Fred Starr,

President/Founding survivor,

 Chicago Studio Club 

stop event planning  briefly

for a photo. 

We got word of a wild event

via our longtime pal Alejo Poveda 

and the next thing you know we

were attending the

 15 year anniversary celebration 

of Samba Bamba at :

MARTYRS’

3855 N. Lincoln Ave.

Chicago, IL

(773) 404-9494

Private/Special events:  

kate@martyrslive.com

Spread The Word!

Monty (Richard) dancing the samba with a beautiful audience member!

Spread The Word!

Thurs., Sept. 24, 2009

         Joe Rendon   Shekere, Coro, Vocals

Janet Cramer  Bata & Vocals

Jean Leroy    Bata & Vocals

Doug Brush    Bata  – Coro

Bob Garrett    Bata & Coro

Gil Alexander  Coro

Brett Benteler  Coro

Jim Hines      Coro

Danny Howard  Coro

Alejo Poveda    Coro

= TOQUE CHICAGO! Cafe LaGuardia / 2111 W. Armitage  / Between Damen & Western / (773) 862-5996

Alejo Poveda will be one of the outstanding featured players of Toque Chicago, performing on this night. Cuban, Rumba, Bembe and Bata . All folkloric Cuban music (i.e. drumming & singing – probably dancing too).  No cover & good food, kids welcome!  It’s rare that this kind of music is performed LIVE & that is reason enough for us!  SEE YOU THERE!

8:30 – 11:30 pm

Spread The Word!

Left to right: Jim Ryan, Bobby Lewis, Pat Mallinger, Stewart Miller, Michael Raynor, Alejo Poveda . 

Even Alejo Poveda pauses to watch Michael Raynor work his magic on the drums!

  Go Michael Go!

This is just a tiny taste of what Michael Raynor has to offer, be sure to catch him LIVE whenever you can!

F Y I — Click on pix . . . you MAY go places!

Spread The Word!

It was unseasonably cold and due to circumstances beyond our control we arrived after the Bobby Lewis Sextet had already started. However, the music warmed us up so much that we just stayed in our "car clothes"! We DANCED too and that helped. There was a wild half moon directly above which kept us all in a surreal state which originated from the fantastic LIVE JAZZ on stage!

Spread The Word!

Wed.,    June   24,   2009

Cafe Laguardia         2111 W. Armitage  between Damen & Western -  (773) 862-5996

Cafe LaGuardia, 2111 W. Armitage, Chicago.

Cuban, Rumba, Bembe and Bata .  All folkloric Cuban music (i.e. drumming & singing – probably dancing too).  No cover & good food, kids welcome!  It’s rare that this kind of music is performed live & that is reason enough for us!  SEE YOU THERE!

Spread The Word!

January 30 & 31, 2009

at

The Green Mill

http://www.greenmilljazz.com/

4806 N. Broadway

CHICAGO, IL

Friday, January 30th, 9pm

Saturday, January 31st, 8pm

For more info:   http://www.cheveredechicago.com/  

Spread The Word!