The Chicago Jazz Dads

CDs have arrived. Excited to sell you one next Thursday night at Local Note in Evanston! Don’t have a CD player? We hear these make great paperweights, coasters, or decorations… 😅

Thanks for sharing, @unlawfulentries.bsky.social. It was a true privilege to pull this Berlin song from the scrap pile with the @chicagojazzdads.com. On top of having a wonderful message in trying times, it's a beautiful song. Without waves of immigration, there would be no Tin Pan Alley

Sharing for Chicago/Northshore locals: the big Evanston event for International Jazz Day is happening THIS THURSDAY! Featuring local jazz legends, Donovan Mixon and Chris Greene, as well as some awfully talented ETHS students, 7th Period. (As well as In Full Swing and the @chicagojazzdads.com.)

Great piece on Chicago’s own Marquis Hill by another of our local faves, Carrie Jackson! #jazzsky

Evanston jazz fans, make sure to get your tickets for the ETHS Jazz Festival on Feb 14! Don’t be fooled by the venue—it’s not a kids show! Every year the festival brings in top-notch talent. And our local young players might actually blow your mind… Tickets: www.onthestage.tickets/show/evansto...

Join @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, me, and the rest of the guys Thursday evening at Evanston Pour for our annual holiday show. Playing all the seasonal favorites!

Our holiday show is coming up!

What better time to celebrate the amazing contributions of immigrants to American culture? Come join me, @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, and the @chicagojazzdads.com Thursday night at Evanston Pour.

Join us at Pour in Evanston, IL, this Thursday. (New date!) #jazzsky #evanston

I had a great time engaging in my selfcare Sunday night, playing with the @chicagojazzdads.com ( @laywilliams.bsky.social @jgordonwright.com, Leo and Eric) at @evanstonspace.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us.

Thanks so much to the hometown crowd and the amazing crew at @evanstonspace.bsky.social!

TODAY IN JAZZ: Miles Davis was brutally beaten by an NYC cop right in front of Birdland under a marquee bearing his name. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Fred Kaplan captured it well in this old @nymag.com article: nymag.com/news/feature...

Here’s your Sunday morning plan: come check us out this Sunday at the Evanston Art & Fork Festival. A perfect warm-up for our gig at @evanstonspace.bsky.social in one week…

TODAY IN JAZZ: Coltrane held the second session for what would be his Lush Life record, at which he recorded this exquisite rendition of “Like Someone in Love.” #jazzsky #todayinjazz

Here’s a tune by one of our favorite songwriting duos, Dietz & Schwartz. (And no, they don’t have a line of deli meat.) Join us at evanstonspace.bsky.social on SUNDAY, AUG 24, for more premium cuts and choice selects… (ahem) www.ticketweb.com/event/the-ch...

Happy birthday to George Shearing, who was born on this day in 1919. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Check him out playing his own standard, “Lullaby of Birdland,” in Munich in 1992, with Neil Swainson absolutely destroying the upright: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zJn...

Don’t miss the fantastic interactive of this photo on @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #todayinjazz

Do you have your tickets yet to our show at @evanstonspace.bsky.social? There are still some good seats left, but you gotta grab ’em now: www.ticketweb.com/event/the-ch... #jazzsky #livejazz #evanstonil

Hbd, Pat. Share your favorite Metheny today, #jazzsky.

Happy birthday, Pat Metheny! Pat turns 71 today. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Here he is playing the Monk classic, “’Round Midnight,” which it happens was first recorded by Cootie Williams this month in 1944: www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvD... What’s your favorite Metheny tune?

Happy birthday to our very own @jbsinger.bsky.social! Best drummer a jazz dad could hope for. #jazzsky

Only now hearing about Andy Bey. The first time I heard his voice I was completely arrested. I remember I had to stop what I was doing and figure out who it was. Still gives me goosebumps. Thank you, Andy. #jazzsky #jazzgreats www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/a...

Fun article in the @thedailynu.bsky.social this morning on my side-hustle with the @chicagojazzdads.com. cc: @jbsinger.bsky.social, @jgordonwright.com

Maybe you saw the “Harry Met Sally” ad during the Superbowl last night? Clearly Hellmann’s was inspired by the upcoming Jazz Dads’ show at Pour… See you Thursday night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIXB...

Don’t miss our Harry Met Sally show in one week!

Love to see it! Kudos to Noah Plotkin, single-handedly stoking the creative flames of the North Shore.

Whaddya mean “not academic”? We’re a master’s course in how to swing as a dad. See you all Thursday.

How Judy Garland saved “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” #jazzsky www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/a...

This is delightful. Take a moment. #jazzsky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

S’mores ftw.

Come join us at Squeezebox in Evanston tonight from 6-7pm during the Main-Dempster Mile’s Holiday Stroll. We’ll be doing a stripped down trio show of your favorite holiday tunes. Requests welcome! #jazzsky

Did you know Adam Smith, the “father of capitalism,” was concerned about economic inequality, believing it hinders our capacity for sympathy, essential for a thriving community? This and more in the wildly popular Ep 140 @laywilliams.bsky.social. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/11/econ...

Fujita-inspired options for our next record generated by DALL-E. #jazzsky

Fujita immigrated to Hawaii, was forced into Japanese intern camps and then served in a segregated regiment of the US Army. He created nearly 50 album covers for Columbia Records. #jazzsky #coverart #graphicdesign #AAPI

Be careful out there, people. #jazzsky

The Jazz Dads love an impromptu call and response. #jazzsky #evanstonpour #oldcowhand

Follow my jazz group. Please and thanks.

Jazz Dads in the house. #jazzsky #jazzmusic #jazz