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Tribute to Johnny Griffin
Tribute to Johnny Griffin
Date Posted: March 01 2011
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SNL Orchestra Saxophonist Ron Blake joins Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra for a Tribute to Johnny Griffin
Performance at Francis W. Parker School will also feature music of Eddie Durham
Feb. 28, 2011, Chicago, Illinois––FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Saxophonist Ron Blake, a member of the NBC Saturday Night Live Orchestra, will join Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra in a specialTribute to Johnny Griffin, on Sun., March 27, 3 p.m. at the Francis W. Parker School, 330 W.
Webster Ave. in Chicago. The concert will also feature the music of the great Swing Era guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger, Eddie Durham.
The CJO and Blake, who graduated from Northwestern University and spent a number of years on the Chicago music scene, will perform arrangements from Johnny
Griffin’s famous recording Big Soul Band as well as other well known Griffin tunes. Griffin, one of many Captain Walter Dyett music students at DuSable High
School who went on to fame, was a member of Lionel Hampton's band as well as Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He also subsequently succeeded John Coltrane in
Thelonious Monk's famed Five Spot Quartet. Ron Blake knew Johnny Griffin personally, performing and recording with him numerous times, including on Ron’s first solo CD, Up Front and Personal, released in 2000 on the Tahmun label.
The music of Eddie Durham will be highlighted on the first half of the program. Lindberg’s CJO, which specializes in the performance of classic big band jazz, is receiving original scores from the Durham family for this performance.
During the first half of the concert the CJOA will also launch its new educational initiative,“Side By Side with the CJO,” where students in the Francis W. Parker School Jazz Ensemble will perform side by side with the
members of the CJO.
Tickets to the performance can be obtained by telephoning 312-409-3947, or from the website: www.chicagojazzorchestra.com. Ticket prices are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors (65+), and $8 for students (w. I.D.). All seating in the Diane and David B. Heller Auditorium of the Francis W. Parker School is reserved.
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