Nikki George
The M Lounge
February 9th 2010
1520 S Wabash
Chicago, Ill 60605
Cost: $
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Greta Pope
Tuscany Oak Brook
February 9th 2010
1415 West 22nd Street
Oak Brook, Ill 60521
Cost: no cover
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One of Chicago's best-known and most respected Jazz establishments, historic Andy's offers casual dinning and live jazz. Local acts focusing on mainstream, traditional, be-bop jazz and blues are featured with sets at lunchtime, late afternoon and evenings. Located just off Michigan Ave in downtown Chicago.
Weekends - 5pm-8:30pm & 9:30pm-1:30am
Sundays - Andy's Jam Session (7pm-11pm)
Mondays - Guy King's Organ Trio (7pm-11pm)
Tuesdays - Typhanie Monique (7pm-11pm)
Wednesdays - Jordan Baskin Trio (7pm-11pm)
Thursdays - Yoko Noge's Jazz Me Blues (7pm-11pm)
Weekends
February
5th & 6th 5pm Skinny Williams Quartet
9:30pm Aaron Koppel Quartet
12th & 13th 5pm Jeremy Kahn Trio
9:30pm Jeannie Tanner CD Release Event (9:30pm-1:30am)
19th & 20th 5pm Evolution Quartet
9:30pm Brian Bromberg/Frank Catalano Trio
26th & 27th 5pm Richie Pardo Quartet
9:30pm Von Freeman Quintet

Wednesdays 7pm - 11pm
Erin McDougald Trio w/special guest artist Wednesdays
Free Admission, $20.00 minimum (food or alcohol) per person
Saturdays 8pm-midnight
Erin McDougald Quartet
with Joan Hickey, piano, Cliff Schmitt, bass and Joel Spencer, drums
Free Admission, $20.00 minimum (food or alcohol) per person
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Listen and dance the night away with Green Dolphin Street's Big Band Jazz night every Tuesday and the Salsa dance party on Wednesday nights. Stop in early and dine in the new restaurant Orvieto Pizzeria and Wine Bar. One great location and two incredible venues.
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The new restaurant at Green Dolphin Street Orvieto,Modern Italian Restaurant with an Authentic, Old World Flair
Performance schedule
Tuesday - 8pm Half priced of bottles of wine in the dining room and big band music in the jazz club.
Wednesday - 8pm Salsa till 4am! Italian fare meets sexy Latin music and dance!
Green Mill
The Green Mill is one of the most famous jazz clubs in Chicago. It used to be a hangout for Al Capone and his henchmen but now is one of ChicagoÕs hottest jazz clubs. Dixieland, traditional, bebop, contemporary, progressive - played by such legendary figures as Von Freeman, Franz Jackson and Wilbur Campbell, as well as young lions Kurt Elling, Eric Alexander and Orbert Davis. All capture the broad spectrum of jazz from its root rhythms in New Orleans to New York avant-garde. Deep smokey jazz sounds fill the club in the early morning hours when soulful musicians continue to express their love of jazz by jamming 'til the early dawn.
Green Mill performance Schedule
Weekly Shows
Sundays 11pm Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio
Mondays 9pm Patricia Barber Quartet
Tuesdays 9pm Deep Blue Organ Trio.
Wednesdays 9pm Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan
2am Frank Catalano Sextet
Thursdays 9pm Alan Gresik's Swing Shift Orchestra
Fridays 1:30 Green Mill Jazz Quartet Jam Session
Saturdays 12am After Hours Jazz Party w/Sabertooth
Fridays and Saturdays
February
5 9pm Dana Hall Quintet Record Release Party featuring Tim Warfield, Rodney Whitaker,and Bruce Barth
6 8pm Dana Hall Quintet Record Release Party featuring Tim Warfield, Rodney Whitaker,and Bruce Barth
12 9pm Mama Digdown’s Brass Band
13 8pm Ben Allison Band
14 2pm New Music Concert featuring Anaphora
19 9pm Chévere
20 8pm Chévere
21 2pm Julia Miller
26 9pm Jim Trompeter All-Star Quintet Ralph Bowen & Joe Magnarelli
27 8pm Jim Trompeter All-Star Quintet Ralph Bowen & Joe Magnarell

Lagniappe-A Creole Cajun Joynt is an upscale dine-in/take-out facility that is steeped in Bayou tradition. We specialize in authentic Creole Cajun Foods, ranging from Po Boy’s to Gumbo, as well as, Jazz Thur. Lagniappe has been ranked amongst the Top 30 Best Things Eaten by Time Out Chicago Magazine, awarded The Chicago Tribune Newspaper Good Eats Award, and featured on Channel (7's) Seven's Hungry Hound with Steve Dolinsky and The acclaimed Check Please to name just a few.
Thursdays - 2 for 1 Hurricanes
Live Jazz at 6pm-8pm
Jazz Jam Sesson 8pm-11pm
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Nirvana Wine and Grillerie (847) 918-7828

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Described as urban, eclectic, hip & cool but you've just got to experience Nirvana for yourself. Chill out to some Tuesday night Jazz with Chris Madsen on Saxophone and enjoy Wine Flight and Artisan Cheeses. Share tastes with friends after work at our fully stocked bar or an awesomely fresh meal in our dining room.
We are all about World Inspired Tastes, Artisan Cheeses, Fresh Fish, Panini's, Pasta's, Salads, Kabobs & much more. Our menu reflects vegetarian and gluten free options as well.
By design, we have Absolutely No Deep Fryer so you can be assured that your meal is freshly grilled, roasted or pan seared. We call it Grillerie. As a matter of fact, we like it so much, we made it part of our name.
Tuesdays Jazz 7pm
Chris Madsen on saxophone
The Venue

The Venue at Horseshoe Casino features fully flexible configurations with technologically superior in-house production systems designed exclusively with cutting-edge equipment. Audio-visual equipment includes three giant HD screens that combine lighting with multi-layered video projections to create a wide range of interactive special effects. To ensure the highest quality in sound, acoustics are supported by a highly efficient and versatile audio system able to substitute or complete the most demanding touring technical requirements. Equipped with high comfort telescopic seating, the 90,000 square foot facility can undergo complete transformation in less than two hours to accommodate anything from intimate performances to large-scale entertainment productions. The Venue’s general admission floor can fit up to 2,400 people, for a total room capacity of more than 3,300. The Venue can welcome up to 150 tables and 1,500 seats.
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino Performance Schedule
The Venue
Jan 1 - Former Jersey Boys Cast Members
Feb 12 - Air Supply
Vintage - Sunday Night Jazz
February
7 Michelle Thomas Quartet
14 All Chocolate Band featuring PJ Brown
21 Paul Marinaro Trio
28 Mike Frost
March
7 Chris Greene Quartet
14 Michelle Thomas Quartet
21 All Chocolate Band featuring PJ Brown
28 Paul Marinaro Trio
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1920 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago (773) 348-7592
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It's a bar, it's a bistro, a cultural center. Eclectic music on a nightly basis. Featuring some of Chicago's top Jazz Musicians, Katerina's is a must see in Chicago.
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February
5
Friday
6:30pm-9pm No cover (Jazz)
Paul Marinaro Our club's weekly "Unwind after work" Jazz Series
10pm $10 cover (Greek) REMBETIKA
6
Saturday
630pm-9pm $5 (Jazz)
Southport Records Presents Pianist, Corky McClerkin
10pm $10 cover (Romanian/Balkan) Gypsy Rhythm Project
8 Monday
8pm $5 cover (Jazz) Jodie Christian Quartet
9 Tuesday
8pm $8 cover (Jazz) Rose Colella Trio
10 Wednesday
830pm $7 cover (Jazz) Chris Greene Quartet
11 Thursday
830pm $8 cover (Brazilian Jazz) Grazyna Auguscik & Paulinho Garcia
12 Friday
630pm-9pm No cover (Jazz) Paul Marinaro
10pm $10 cover (Gypsy-Jazz) Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan
Django Reinhart's 100th Birthday Celebration
13 Saturday
630pm-9pm $10 cover (Jazz) Spider Saloff''s Valentine Show
10pm $10 cover (Brazilian) RIO BAMBA
15 Monday
8pm $5 cover (Jazz) Elaine Dame Trio's Musician Mixer
16 Tuesday
630pm-8pm $5 (Storytelling) Urban Meanderings: Alice Rubio's Ancient myths, folktales and ordinary stories of ordinary life in Chicago.
830pm $7 (Jazz) Laury Shelly Trio
17 Wednesday
8:30pm $7 (Brazilian Jazz) Planeta Azul Productions Presents Trio Copacabana
18 Thursday
8pm $10 (Jazz) Paul Marinaro Trio
19 Friday 630pm-9pm (No cover)
Nicole Kestler w/pianist, Brian Ohern
10pm $10 (Jazz/Funk) Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls
20 Saturday 630pm-9pm
$8 (Jazz) Heather Moran w/pianist, Damien Espinoza
10pm $10 (Boogie-Woogie Blues/Jazz) Erwin Helfer, Katherine Davis, John Brumbach
22
Monday 8pm $5 (Jazz) Tony do Rosario's Jazz Guitar Jam Session Special Guest: Mike Allemana
23 Tuesday 8pm $8 (Brazilian Jazz)
Two for Brazil (Paulinho Garcia & Greg Fishman)
24 Wednesday 8pm $15 (Cabaret) American Blues Theatre Benefit: Marlena Muzik: An Evening of Dietrich w/Suzanne Petri
25 Thursday 830pm $10 (Polish Highlander-Gypsy) Megitsa Quartet
26 Friday 630pm-9pm No cover (Jazz) Nicole Kestler w/pianist, Brian Ohern
Friday 10pm $10cover (Afro-Cuban Dance) Conjunto
27 Saturday 630pm-9pm $5 (TBA)
10pm $10 (Greek) Vasilios Gaitanos

1520 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605-2900
312.447.0201
Visit M Lounge's Official Website
Jazz Tuesdays and Wednesdays 7pm
M Lounge Performance Schedule Starts 7pm
February
Feb 2 Julia Huff & The Company Band
Feb 3 Roger Harris Trio
Feb 9 Nikki George
Feb 10 Sarah Marie Young
Feb 16 Julia Huff & The Company Band
Feb 17 Chris Greene Quartet
Feb 23 Shawn Maxwell Quartet
Feb 24 Delivery Point

The Underground Wonder Bar offers a mix of different musical styles throughout the week. There is always something special happening at the Wonder Bar and since they are open until 4am the action never stops.
The list of players to grace its tiny stage reads like a Who's Who of Chicago music. And just like Chicago's vast music scene, the lineup of acts is as diverse as the day is long. In short, the Underground Wonder Bar is a singular experience.
Underground Wonderbar performance scheudule
Monday
9 pm -12 am Open MIC hosted by Joanna Woods
12 am -3:30 am Nevada & the Goodfellas jazz, rhythm & blues
Tuesday
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm Lonie Walker "Alone at Last"
10:30 pm - 12:00 am Lorna Boston Band featuring Vince Willis jazz & blues
12:00 am - 3:30 am Pro Jam Session hosted by Lorna Boston
Wednesday
8:30 pm -10:30 pm Darlyne Cain
11 pm -3:30 am Lonie Walker & her Big bad Ass Co. Band featuring Jordan Taggart
Thursday
8 pm-10 pm Erin McDougald
10:30 pm - 1:30 am Luiz Ewerling & A Cor Do Brazil
1:30 am - 3:30 am Vince Willis
Friday
8:30 pm -10:30 pm Lorna Boston Duo
11pm -4 am Lonie Walker & her Big Bad Ass Co. Band funky blues n jazz –featuring Smokin' Joe Thomas
Saturday
8:30 pm -10:30 pm Sarah & the Tall Boys
11pm - 5am Lonie Walker & her Big Bad Ass Co. Band
Sunday
8 pm -10 pm Joanna Woods
10pm -12 am Insane Plantains reggae & blues
12 am -3:30 am Hurricane Reggae Band reggae
http://www.undergroundwonderbar.com/
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