Our friend, drummer Phil Gratteau, is part of a Pro Jazz Jam which welcomes not ONLY jazz musicians, but other genres too! If you are a pro musician, come out and join in!

Here’s what we hear…

Tom Muellner, piano, Jim Cox, bass, and Phil Gratteau host a  “Pro Jazz Jam” at the Serbian Village Bar and Grill,  3144 W. Irving Park, Chicago, Mondays 9:00 pm – 1:00 am.

Over the past few weeks they’ve had a wonderful array of talent come out to play or just hang. Here are just some of the folks who’ve stopped by;

Tenors saxophonists Ron Dewar, Brad Wheeler, Jarod Bufe, Jerry DiMuzio and Juli Wood; trumpeters George Bean, Al Fontana, Art Davis, and Loren Binford, trombone; vocalists Arlene Bardelle, Stephanie Aaron, Mark Pompe, Sonny G. and Rita McConville; bassists/tubaists/cellists Rich Armandi, Richie Pardo, Al Ehrich, Dan DeLorenzo, Nick Schneider (subbing for Jim); pianists Pete Schwendener, Kevin O’Connell, Kelly Brand, Dan Trudell; violin virtuoso Daniella; drummers Sarah Allen, Bill Walsh, Justin Kramer, Pete Castronova and Rusty Jones (who was truly masterful last week).

On any given night, they’ve easily had several hundred years worth of professional musical experience in the room!

Pro Jazz Jam MONDAYS with Phil, Tom and Jim!

Although it’s being billed as a “Pro Jazz Jam” they would love to see and play with great musicians of any and all stripes.  They’re still looking for their first guitarist to come in and “lock horns, as it were”.  And of course they would be delighted to hang out with old and new friends, jazz fans, music lovers and anyone looking for a guaranteed antidote to cabin fever! A REAL hot time in the old town tonight!

This is Rudy, the proprietor, and he is a gracious host and music lover. He and his son Marcos are there to serve you good food and ample libations at very reasonable prices. So please consider joining them soon on a Monday night, because someone once said,

“It takes a Village…”.

Thanks for the update Phil, keep us posted on all the excitement. We will be stopping in ourselves, just to check in on the fun, hear some GREAT music, and get even MORE photos than we did last time!

Serbian Village Restaurant, a look around!

Photos taken by/property of Chicago Studio Club 2011. Click on them for MORE info!

Serbian Village Restaurant, 3142-44 W. Irving Park Rd.,

Chicago, IL  / USA.  (773) 478 – 2900 Enter/Exit through the double doors . . .  right across from Walgreen’s.EVERY Monday from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am, the PRO JAZZ JAM!Tom Muellner, keys, Phil Gratteau, drums, and on upright bass, Jim Cox.

This trio makes up the house band, so these instruments are already THERE. 

2 drink minimum, no cover.

Come and play, eat, drink, listen and MORE!  

Serbian Village, 3142-44 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL.

Serbian Village Restaurant is on the North side of Irving Park Road and there is only 1 other store before you get to Kedzie. There is on street parking in the area & a free parking lot (when that store is closed) at the corner of Troy & Irving, where there is also a CTA #80 (Irving) bus stop.

All photos taken by/property of Chicago Studio Club.

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDz7pT_7Ss0

Chicago Studio Club video of vocalist

http://www.marcpompe.com/home.html

Marc Pompe singing “Haunted Heart”

LIVE at The Jazz Showcase,

806 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL/USA.

Tom Muellner http://www.tommujazz.com/ on piano,

Jim Cox on upright bass,

Bill Overton on sax and

on drums Phil Gratteau.

Jazz Showcase, Dearborn Station, 806 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL

http://www.jazzshowcase.com/

2 Shows!

8:00 pm

and

10:00 pm

Greg Fishman -  Mark Colby Quintet

Two Tenors + Rhythm Section

including Phil Gratteau on drums

Jazz Showcase  806 S Plymouth Ct  Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 360-0234

Cover: $10  &  $5 musicians / students

F Y I – -  Click on pix for MORE!

http://www.gregfishmanjazzstudios.com/images/mark-colby—greg-fishman.jpg

Jazz http://www.marcpompe.com/home.html Marc Pompe and Pianist Tom Muellner http://www.tommujazz.com/ on stage together in this video taken in Oct. 2009, at The Jazz Showcase. Heard, but not seen, Jim Cox on upright bass and on drums Phil Gratteau. Marc is singing "Haunted Heart" at the WDCB sponsored Halloween Bash starring Tommy’s Dracula Quartet.

 Jazz Showcase

806 S. Plymouth Court

Dearborn Station

(Plymouth & Polk)

Chicago, IL

(312) 360 – 0234

Friday, April 16, 2010      6:30 – 9:00 pm

Juli Wood & Kelly Brand will be playing their favorites at Katerina’s, 1920 W Irving Park, Chicago. Great food, drinks, and atmosphere.   No cover. 

Jazzmooners Thursdays  in April at Andy’s

April 15, 22, 29, 2010

5:00 – 8:30 pm

Andy’s Jazz Club     11 E. Hubbard    Chicago          $5 cover

The Jazzmooners are:  Kelly Brand, Juli Wood, Kelly Sill, Phil Gratteau

Monday, May 17, 2010

10:00 pm – 1:00 am

Tudo de Bom

featuring

 Kathy Kelly, vibes

Juli Wood, saxophone

Jeff Beer, trumpet

 Dan DeLorenzo, bass

Mike Schlick, drums

at  The Skylark  2149 S. Halsted  Chicago, IL   60608

The Skylark, 2149 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL.

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

Feb. 11 and 25, 2010

7:00 – 10:00 pm

Jazz Vocalist Laury Shelley with Jim Cox on bass & Tommy on keyboard

Marie’s Pizzeria, 4129 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL, 773-685-5030

We’ll be performing every other Thursday (March 11 and 25, 2010).

Sat. Feb. 13, 2010

6:30 – 9:00 pm

Spider Saloff Valentine Eve with Tom on piano

Katerina’s, 1920 W. Irving Park, Chicago , IL

(Reservations recommended).

Valentines Day Special

Sun. Feb. 14, 2010

6:30 – 9:30 pm

Jazz Vocalist Julie O’Connell & Tommy on keyboard

L’anne French/Asian Cuisine, 281 Town Square, Wheaton, IL 60189, 630-260-1234.

In the Town Square Mall (Naperville & Butterfield Rds.). 

Reservations recommended.

Tues. Feb. 16, 2010

6:00 – 9:30pm

Jazz Vocalist Sarah Marie Young with Tom on keyboard

Tuscany Italian Restaurant, 1425 W. 22nd St., in Oakbrook, IL.

Fri. Feb. 26, 2010

Tommy’s Trio with Jim Cox & Phil Gratteau

Joplin’s Java Cafe (Family Piano)

114 S. Genesee St., Suite 402, Waukegan IL 60085,  847-775-1988.

Tom gets to play a very good grand piano, and it’s in tune!

8:00 pm

Jessie Arlen, 22 year-old New York based jazz vocalist, Downbeat Student Music Award winner (2007) and budding songwriter returns to her hometown of Evanston, Illinois for a performance celebrating the release of her debut CD entitled "Certain Surprise".”

Jessie’s voice is pure and soulful and lends itself to multiple musical styles including jazz, folk, and R&B. Several of Chicago’s top jazz instrumentalists such as our very good friend drummer Phil Gratteau, will join her at this special performance.

In addition to Jessie & Phil are Neil Artwick on piano, Mark Beringer on bass, her dad Ken Arlen on saxophone, Russ Phillips on trombone, Mark Olen on trumpet, Richie Davis on guitar & Steve Roberts on ukulele & guitar!

Should be a great time, see you there!

 Evanston SPACE

1245 Chicago Ave.

Evanston, IL  60202

847-492-8860 

    info@evanstonspace.com

First Friday of every month

8:30 – 11:30 pm

Barry Winograd with Guitarist Zvonimir Tot and Nick Tountas on upright bass.

CJ Arthur’s 

1137 Wilmette Ave.

Wilmette, IL (847) 256-8870

No cover, great food and all ages.

Green Mill Quartet Jam Session

EVERY Friday night/Saturday morn

1:30 am

Green Mill

4802 N. Broadway Ave.

Chicago, IL 60640

Barry is ON THE AIR

WDCB 90.9 fm

Monday-Friday

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

WXRT 93.1 fm

Barry hosts Jazz Transfusion

Every Sunday

11:00 pm – 1:00 am

To contact Barry Winograd:

b_winograd@yahoo.com  (773) 478-4501 / 

2459 W. Belle Plaine / Chicago, IL / 60618 /  USA

Buy Jeannie Lambert’s "Alone with the Blues" CD

with this song "In Love In Vain" and many

other great old tunes.

Jerome Kern wrote the music and Leo Robin

wrote the lyrics and Jeannie Lambert will give

 YOU goosebumps and a whole lot more!

After you get the CD and check it out you

simply must experience the real thrill,

check her out! 

See Jeannie LIVE!

See her current schedule

on her website and then . . . see HER!

Monday, December 7, 2009

8:00 – 11:00 pm

Jeannie Lambert with Andy Brown

Katerina’s /1920 Irving Park, Chicago, IL /773-348-7592

3 Thursdays in December 2009-Dec. 3rd, 10th, 17th

( 5:00 – 8:30pm

Jeannie with

The Russ Phillips Quintet

Andy’s Jazz Club / 11 E. Hubbard/Chicago, IL/ 312-642-6805

LIVE MUSIC, the REAL thrill, experience it.

Fri., Nov. 20, 2009

6:30-9:30pm

According to her MySpace page:   "Audiences first took notice of Kirsten Gustafson (pronounced “Kir-sten Gus-tuff-son”) with the release of her critically acclaimed CD You Taught My Heart To Sing in 1992. After years of vocal work with an assortment of musical configurations – everything from rock bands to jazz trios – the Atlantic recording put her on the map literally overnight. The late, great Sammy Cahn was so impressed with her singing that he enthusiastically agreed to write the liner notes for her disc. “Miss Gustafson will be among the greats,” he wrote, “you heard it first from me!”

In the years since her stunning debut, Kirsten has concentrated on live performance. In 1994 she joined the latin-influenced Samba Bamba! as their lead singer. The band debuted a 16-month run at Vinyl a popular Chicago nightclub at the time. The wild popularity of Samba Bamba! led to concerts in New York and Los Angeles, as well as a slew of private parties and corporate events.

Along the way, Miss Gustafson had kept her love for jazz music going and in late 1996 returned to her native Northern Michigan for a brief respite before venturing off to Paris for a season spent working the after-hours clubs along the Left Bank..

Kirsten returned to Chicago in late 1998 to continue a burgeoning voice over career and slowly began recording new material and making occasional club appearances before relocating to her home in Marquette, Michigan. In 2007 she toured with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra starring in a tribute show to Ella Fitzgerald. Her recording Live At Montreaux was released in 2002 and Wait Until Dark, her eagerly anticipated new studio recording will be released in 2008.

Gustafson, described as a “singer’s singer” has a deceptively simple approach to music: “I find the essence of the song and share it with the audience.” Audiences from the famed Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, to the Parisian club scene, as well as a host of venues across America, have heartily agreed.

Finally, (and my favorite), " she sounds like mercury poured over velvet AND satin "    . . . imagine THAT! Better yet, hear her LIVE at

Katerina’s / 1920 W. Irving Pk. Rd. / Chicago, IL.

Kirsten Gustafson Quartet

with

Tom Muellner (piano)

 Phil Gratteau (drums)

& Jim Cox (upright bass)

$8.00 cover.

8:30 pm

Laury Shelley Quartet

Vijay Tellis-Nayack piano
Eric Hochberg bass
Phil Gratteau  drums

"I worked with Laury with Michel Legrand – and you don’t work with him unless you can produce! – listening to her new CD I am reminded about those halcyon days. Like a fine wine Laury is better than ever!"
Phil Woods

LauryShelley@aol.com / Laury Shelley’s Website / Daytime: 312-671-6162 / Evening: 312-467-4117 / Cell: 312-671-6162

Joe, Bob Dogan and fellow percussionist Phil Gratteau. 

Joe Adamik on drums.

Much can be and has been said (All Good Things of course!) about the fantastic vocalist shown here, Jo Belle Yonley.  From personal experience we can tell you this: she is a phenomenal talent and a scintillating presence on stage and off. 

Just in town to visit relatives, she stopped in the Jazz Showcase to say hello to her many friends who were not only in the audience but on stage! Tom Muellner’s Jazz Quartet kept asking her, "HEY VEGAS!" to come to the stage and sing until she finally relented and came up for the last song. She sang the Miles Davis tune  "All Blues". The crowd, of course, went wild. we just want to say how Great  it was to see and hear you, thank you!

we miss you Jo Belle, COME BACK SOON!

November 5, 12, 19, 2009

December 3, 10, 17, 2009

5:00 – 8:30pm

Russ Phillips – trombone  Tim Coffman – tromboneAndy Brown – guitar Stewart Miller – bass Phil Gratteau – drums 
The Russ Phillips Experience will be playing the music of the legendary trombone duet J J Johnson and Kai Winding.  

Jazz vocalist Jeannie Lambert may make a few surprise guest appearances!

Andy’s Jazz Club

11 E. Hubbard

Chicago, IL

312 642 6805

To experience LIVE MUSIC you must be THERE!  Come on out & we will see you there!

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

Vocalist Angel Spiccia’s Quartet this summer (2009): Maurice on piano, Jim Cox on bass, Phil Gratteau on drums.

Maurice with his wife behind him and his daughter center stage, looks happy!

Contact:

Maurice Spiccia

rees42@aol.com (847) 729-1484 & (847) 729-2304 (fax) 

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

Wed., October 28, 2009

8:00pm & 9:30pm

Tommy’s Dracula Quartet

With Bill Overton on tenor sax,

Jim Cox on  upright bass,

Phil Gratteau on drums,

and special guest vocalist

Arlene Bardelle

JAZZ SHOWCASE

Dearborn Station

806 S. Plymouth Ct.

Chicago, IL 60605

(312) 360-0234

(Polk & Dearborn)

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

This event is sponsored by WDCB jazz radio. 

Monday, Sept. 7, 2009

9:00 PM – 1:00 AM

Chicago all-star ensemble featuring vocalist Spider Saloff.

Tom Muellner (piano)

 Bill Overton (sax & flute)

 Kelly Sill (bass)

 Phil Gratteau (drums)

special guest: Art Davis (Trumpet/flugelhorn)

$6 cover

Green Mill Jazz Club

4802 N. Broadway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 878-5552
greenmill@comcast.net

The song was written by Ray Noble in 1938 and done in this video by Don Stiernberg on mandolin and vocals. Joining Don are Curt Morrison on guitar, Jim Cox on upright bass and Phil Gratteau on drums. This was one hell of a fun afternoon on Towner Green in Long Grove, IL, FREE JAZZ from 4-6pm!

About the song, "I Hadn’t Anyone Till You" is a popular song written by Ray Noble in 1938. Tony Martin sang it with the Ray Noble band in 1938, reaching number four in the charts over a period of twelve weeks. Hadda Brooks sang it in the 1950 film In A Lonely Place, in a scene where Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame attempt to listen to her. Alec Wilder wrote of the song, "It is a smooth, direct, slightly rhythmic ballad of no great range and unmistakably a song of its time, the late thirties. It makes a move in the second half of the B section (the design is A-B-A-C/A) into the key of A major from the parent key of F major, which adds that dash of color needed in a song of so direct and unpushy a nature. It is a song with both sophistication and a flavor of the past."

FYI -  Click on pix – you MAY go places!

Yet another stunning performance by jazz vocalist Angel Spiccia.

 Angel can be heard LIVE at Andy’s Jazz Club, 11 E. Hubbard

in Chicago on Wednesday evenings from

5:00 until 8:30pm through August 26, 2009.

On this night Phil Gratteau was on drums, Jim Cox on bass

& Maurice Spiccia on piano. 

She dedicated this song to her folks, saying it was their special song,

which caused the entire audience to collectively sigh & say "Aww".  

Such a sweet daughter!