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St . Charles ; Get The Shot / Life Cycles / Come Correct — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Victory Party / Brady Prince & Dani Toro — Concord , Chicago ; Selenoplexia / Everlasting Light / Bird Law — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Bagshot Row — Evenflow , Geneva ; Mike Kota / Josephine / Edie McKenna — Hideout , Chicago ; ERRA — HOB , Chicago ; Joel Farsnworth / Sarah Hanahan / Peter Washington — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Agua / DJ Iggy / DJ Chava — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Blues Jam — Madcats , Palatine ; The Hoyle Brothers ( 3pm ) — Martyrs , Chicago ; IML QUEEN ! : Honey Dijon * Michael Serafini * Candy J * Shaun J Wright * Miss Twink & More — Metro & Smart Bar , Chicago ; Erik Donner Acoustic — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Farley Jackmaster — Pizza , Aurora ; Singer Songwriter Showcase — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Afternoon Logic — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Grupo Legitimo / Lenin Ramírez / La Energía Norteña — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Karaoke Competition — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Echo & The Bunnymen — Riviera , Chicago ; Wheelwright / Reilly Downes — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Dwells / Static Palms / Sweettalk — Subterranean , Chicago ; CTA ( 2pm ) — Sundance , Mundelein ; Trixter / VVX — Sundance , Mundelein ; Thouxanbanfauni / Diego Money — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Michael Palascak — Zanies , Chicago .
MONDAY 27
All Music Trivia — Alive One , Chicago ; Clif Wallace Big Band — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; LCD Soundsystem — Aragon , Chicago ; Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Irish Music Session — Chicago St . Pub , Joliet ; The Black & Blue Ball - IML Closing Party — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Sandy Redd — City Winery , Chicago ; Feller EP / Pitcrush / PDCkev DJ Set — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Joel Petersen — Green Mill , Chicago ; Chicago Jazz Orchestra — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Acoustic Comedy Open Mic : Zac Fedor — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Kerry King — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Pino Farina Band — Sundance , Mundelein ; Singo — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook .
TUESDAY 28
Windy City Ramblers — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Unplugged — Basecamp , Lisle ; Retro Vinyl — Black Lung , Round Lake ; Jimmy Burns Jam — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Worm Teeth — Burlington , Chicago ; Rex Hardy Jr . — City Winery , Chicago ; Singo — Corrigan ' s , Shorewood ; Open Jam
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— Evenflow , Geneva ; Rick King / Dred Scott — FitzGerald ' s - Patio , Berwyn ; Chicago Cellar Boys — Green Mill , Chicago ; Recession Seven — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Singo — Jamo ' s , Mokena ; Open Mic — Madcats , Palatine ; Mr . Blotto — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Karaoke — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Alexander Stewart / Emmy Meli — Schubas , Chicago ; Fox Paws / Honestly Same — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; CNTS / Kronk Men / Displacer — Subterranean , Chicago ; Open Mic — Subterranean , Chicago ; Bloodbath / Primordial / Archgoat — Thalia , Chicago ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Carlile Family Band — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Pete Ellman Big Band with Clarendon Hills & Hinsdale Middle School — Venue , Aurora ; Manuel Angel & Gabo Ruiz — Zanies , Rosemont .
WEDNESDAY 29
TomCatTrumpet — Alive One , Chicago ; Luis Miguel — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Charles Heath / Late Jam Session — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Lauran Hibberd — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Fuze — Bourbon St ., Merrionette Pk .; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Mid Century Lama / Moonroof / DogBod / Doc Mino — Burlington , Chicago ; Aida Rodriguez — City Winery , Chicago ; Amity Affiliation / Currents / Dying Wish — Concord , Chicago ; Music Bingo — Draft Picks , Naperville ; Dirty Fences / Nancy / Aliver Girl — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Paul McDonald & Morning Doves — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Andrew Bird Trio — Green Mill Trio , Chicago ; Jack Cimo — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Open Mic — Humo - Bar , Lombard ; Singo — Jamo ' s , Mokena ; Livingston / Connor Kauffman — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Acoustic Open Mic — Mirage , Schiller Park ; TAYF — Old Town School , Chicago ; Neal Alger Chad Mc- Culloch — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Janine — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Brainiac / Exit Angles / Plum — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance , Mundelein ; Ladytron — Thalia , Chicago ; Big KUZA & 92Legend — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; Comedic Cody — Zanies , Chicago ; New Material Night — Zanies , Rosemont .
THURSDAY 30
Open Jam — Alibi , Wonder Lake ; Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Luis Miguel — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Sabertooth / Late Pro Jam —
Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Saliva / Trapt / Adema / Tantric / One Day Alive — Arcada , St . Charles ; Open Mic — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Hts .; Karaoke — Austin ' s , Libertyville ; Snarls / Yasmin Nur — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Matt Martin Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Vino Louden — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Matt Rife — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Cathy Richardson Band — City Winery , Chicago ; Olivia Block / Bill Harris — Constellation , Chicago ; Horsegirl / TV Buddha / Donkey Basketball — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Josh Gates — Genesee Theatre , Waukegan ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik — Green Mill , Chicago ; Jake Owen — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary IN ; Sparkle Carcass / Noah G Fowler / Local Memory — Hideout , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — HOB - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Karaoke — Jamo ' s , Mokena ; Chicago Heath — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Serpentwithfeet / MiLES — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Drain – Beach Party : Terror / Angel Du $ t / Twitching Tongues — Metro , Chicago ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Open Jam — Pollyanna , St . Charles ; Mr . Oh Yeah / Keith Scott & Electric Blues / Junkies — Reggies - Comedy Shack , Chicago ; Jim Ryan ' s Classic Albums — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Extortion / Yacopsae / Failure — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Terrapin Flyer — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Silverstre Dangond — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Mad Tsai — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance , Mundelein ; Goodkitty / JR & The Motivation — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Karaoke — Vixen , McHenry ; Noel Miller — Zanies , Chicago ; Comedic Cody — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 31 MAY
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Swindler-Markley / Late : Alectet — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls — Aragon , Chicago ; Allman Betts Band / JD Simo — Arcada , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Hts .; Simply Elton — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Sadness / Dismalimerence / Vulning — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Open Mic — Black Lung , Round Lake ; Nate Manos / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Trippin Bilies — Bourbon St ., Merrionette Pk .; Broseph Tucker Band — Bub City , Chicago ; Strawdawg — Bub City , Rosemont ; New Orleans Beau — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; La Cerca — Burlington , Chicago ; David Graham & Eskimo Brothers — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Matt Rife — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Kristina Kuzmic — City Winery , Chicago ; FYI — Club Arcada , St . Charles ; LowDown Brass Band / The Crombies — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Little Big — Concord , Chicago ; Rami Gabriel Album Release — Constellation , Chicago ; Panic at The Costco — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Ohio Valley
Wrestling — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Hoyle Bros . ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Just The ' 80s — Evenflow , Geneva ; Fran Banish Trio — FitzGerald ' s - Sidebar , Berwyn ; Fredo Band / Kuttem Reese / FL Dusa — Forge , Joliet ; Neil Diamond Tribute — Geneva Stage , Lake Geneva ; Chris Foreman // Howard Levy 4 — Green Mill , Chicago ; Fletcher Rockwell — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary IN ; Stache — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary IN ; Fareed Haque & Goran Ivanovic — Hey Nonny , Arlington Hts .; Lizzie No — Hideout , Chicago ; Cumbiatron — HOB , Chicago ; That Grunge Band — Humo - Bar , Lombard ; Crue U / Tooth N Nail — Humo - Live , Lombard ; Chicago Heath — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Pup Punk — Joe ' s , Chicago ; December Avenue — Joe ' s , Rosemont ; Eddie Pepitone — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Kevin Lee & The Kings — Madcats , Palatine ; Drain – Beach Party : Terror / Angel Du $ t / End It — Metro , Chicago ; Betty Soul / School of Rock — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; DJ ( 10:30pm ) — Nellies , Palatine ; Andrew Bird — Old Town School , Chicago ; Glass Beams — Park West , Chicago ; HUNXHO — Patio Theatre , Chicago ; Jukebox JBC — Pollyanna , Lemont ; Britt Dignan — Pollyanna , Roselle ; Eyes of Anguish / Consume The Divide / Extraction Point — Q Bar , Darien ; Fuffly / Jellikit — Reggies - Music Joint , Chicago ; Spectral Wound / Antichrist Siege Machine / Spirit Possession — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts — Robert ' s Westside , Forest Park ; Sheryl Youngblood — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Turnpike Troubadors / Lucero / Tyler Halverson — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Another Michael / Tenci — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; 3734 / Divino Nino — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Billy Marchiafava / Chandler / Sea Ghouls — Subterranean , Chicago ; Dee Rok Synder — Suzy ' s , Yorkville ; Hairbanger ' s Ball — Tailgaters , Bolingbrook ; Jeff Tweedy ( Annual Benefit Show ) — The Vic , Chicago ; Reset — Thirsty Beaver , Crestwood ; Ian McKinley / KL Rose — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Allie Krals — Venue , Aurora ; Noel Miller — Zanies , Chicago ; Jordain Fisher — Zanies , Rosemont .
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Contiued from page 16 throughout the show , setting the mood of songs , including crowd favorite “ Can ’ t I ” with deftly played walking bass lines . Cole plays sparkling piano , emphasized by colorful block chords when performing songs like “ You Stepped Out of a Dream .” The piano parts are decorated with descending cascades on songs including Johnny Mercer ’ s “ Too Marvelous for Words ” and feather-light melodies on others like “ Sweet Lorraine .” Many fans are familiar with Nelson Riddle ’ s orchestrated arrangements for fare including “ You Stepped Out of a Dream ,” but the songs are perfectly at home in these intimate quartet arrangements . Levity is part of the mix with novelty number “ Calypso Blues ,” as Cole sings to Young ’ s conga drum about a hapless soul ’ s wish to leave the hard life in the USA for good ol ’ Trinidad . “ Straighten Up and Fly Right ” is also lighthearted and comical , with support by the full band and space allotted for sprightly sparring between Collins ’ guitar and Cole ’ s piano . Cole operates as the consummate bandleader and entertainer , offering amiable introductions to every song and occasional interactions with the crowd . “ Sounds like ‘ The Anvil Chorus ’,” he jokes after the audience sings along to the 1951 hit “ Walking My Baby Back Home .” One young female fan can be heard interrupting Cole ’ s patter a time or two . “ You ’ ve had your turn ,” says Cole kindly but firmly , jumping immediately into the torch ballad “ If Love is Good to Me .” The show gathers energy with a new
30 illinoisentertainer . com may 2024 number in the form of Cole Porter ’ s conflicted Broadway character in Can-Can song “ I Am in Love .” “ Should I order cyanide or order champagne ,” sings Cole . The song is answered by “ This Can ’ t Be Love .” The set concludes as Cole leads the audience in a swinging singalong of “ Route 66 ,” celebrating the road that “ travels from Chicago to L . A .” Cole biographer Will Friedwald writes extensive liner notes to provide contemporary context , allowing the listener to imagine joining the crowd at the Blue Note in the optimistic post-Korean War days under the Eisenhower presidency . The package also includes a reproduction of the Blue Note Chicago newsletter issued on the first day of Cole ’ s residency .
Cole ’ s vocal is prominent in the mix , followed by his piano and then the backing trio . For tapes that have gone unheard for 71 years , this album is a remarkably listenable time capsule .
– Jeff Elbel
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