Page 2 By Ruth Marion Tobias The earthquake/tsunami devastation Sinfonietta, JIMMY ELLIS, noted for “retaining in Japan has shaken the entire world. accompanied the urgency of his playing through the Our emotion heightens each day and heard their decades” has been up to his old tricks as we read the news of continuing daughter, SONIA, bringing his quartet to Andy’s Jazz fears and struggles of the Japanese guest solo with Club recently for a joyous weekend people as they seek uncontaminated the orchestra, of jazz…..Say what! Are you serious? food and water—even the very air Matthew Mantell performing So began the advertisement of the they breathe. They are an amazing Elégie for Cello “Dueling Accordions!” who were people possessing an unsurpassed and Orchestra. op2 by GABRIEL FRANK CARUSO and FRANK strength to survive, rebuild and FAURÉ and Graciela Buenos Aires WINKLER, masters of the stomach recover. Bandleader (Mothra and for Violoncello by JOSÉ BRAGATO. Steinway, at the Normandy Room in Sueño) STEVE HASHIMOTO, The beautiful, self-assured young Elmhurst on a recent Monday eve. bassist and remarkable writer, who’s cellist is currently a freshman “News From the Trenches” via emails, majoring in cello performance at New PLACES TO BE keeps Chicagoans updated with jazz/ England Conservatory in Boston. Room 43: With a bow to formality, free-lance work in Chicago’s music perhaps, the Hyde Park Jazz Society business and much more, took the NEWS AROUND TOWN recently held their annual Black & lead in arranging a Benefit for Japan BOBBY LEWIS’ most recent CD White evening replete with the JOHN at Jazz Showcase. He wrote, “This is a release, Warm Cool is a delight; he is BURNETT Orchestra and a tribute to great tragedy, and although I am quite surrounded by such superb players as pianist/composer, KEN CHANEY, as removed from any family connections ALEJO POVEDA, JEFF STITELY, they encouraged folks to “wear their in Japan, in my heart it’s still my JIM RYAN, CSO contra bassist, fancy clothes that don’t get enough homeland, if not the country of my ROB KASSINGER and multi-reed use”…..a few Sundays down the road, birth. The events in Japan are almost player PAT MALLINGER, whose Room 43 headliners were organist too much for my mind to handle.” recent gig at The Green Mill brought PETE BENSON with Pat Mallinger However, he did an amazing job to forth enthusiastic accolades from and the group, Sabertooth. bring together a large, unparalleled theTribune’s HOWARD REICH group of performers to attract a huge calling it “a moment of glory.” MIC: Trombonist AUDREY audience, with everyone donating— The release party for Lewis’ Warm MORRISON, Director of Jazz the venue, the performances and Cool was held at Andy’s Jazz Club, Studies at Music Institute of Chicago, the monetary offerings—and his April 29…..the 10th annual Jazz sent e-flyers guarantee: “100% of the proceeds will Improvisation Competition at BUDDY publicizing the go to aid organizations in Japan.” GUY’s Legends found saxophonist/ Jazz Program Sunday broadcaster BARRY WINOGRAD at MIC. An Audrey Morrison GENERATION doing MC chores while WILLIE April concert trombone April 10, 2011 NEXT PICKENS (who just turned 80), BOB showcased four EMILY and OJEDA and KENT WEHMAN student combos at 3:00 pm MATTHEW served as judges when contestants and concluded MANTELL vied for $17,000 in prize money. The Audrey Morrison with a massed big (cellist, violist event was organized by the Union band performance by all participants.. respectively) League Civic & Arts Foundation…… Faculty coaches for these groups Art Davis Emily asd as players with another amazing octogenarian are VICTOR GARCIA, trumpet; Sonia Mantell trumpet Jazz All-Stars May/June 2011 cfm10208.com Intermezzo Led by star trombonist Audrey Morrison, the Music Institute of Chicago Wendy Morgan Jazz All-Stars will swing the house voice with an artful collection of jazz standards & be-bop excitement! Highland Park Community House 1991 Sheridan Road | Highland Park, IL Jeremy Kahn piano Tickets: $10 For more information or to purchase tickets: 847. 432.1515 The Highland Park Community House 15th Annual Jazz Pat Mallinger Series is made possible through the generous support of The saxophone Illinois ARTS Council, THE HIGHLAND PARK CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION and YEA! HIGHLAND PARK. Page 3 Local 10-208 of STEWART MILLER, bass; and jazz and classical idioms.” However, AFM AFL-CIO Morrison. The following day the he also noted the effort “produced CHICAGO FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS MIC Jazz faculty concert of jazz starkly uneven results.” Lauding the OFFICERS – DELEGATES 2008-2011 standards and original compositions saxophone work, Reich wrote, “the Gary Matts President featured ART DAVIS (trumpet); tension between [the] improvised Terryl Jares Vice-President Pat Mallinger; Morrison; pianist Spencer Aloisio Secretary-Treasurer jazz solos and the composed string JEREMY KAHN; Stewart Miller and vocal passages drove the music BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Bauchens Bob Lizik (bass) and WENDY MORGAN, forward and gave it purpose” and Rich Daniels Janice MacDonald vocals. “…dense harmonies and sinewy Frank Donaldson Leo Murphy textures…attested to the high craft of B.J. Levy APRIL GOODIES Gailloretto’s writing.” CONTRACT DEPARTMENT Terryl Jares – Vice-President The Lakeside Singers presented their Nancy Van Aacken spring concert series “I’ll Know It CHICAGO CITY SYMPHONY ASSISTANTS TO THE When I Hear It” at Nichols Concert ORCHESTRA PRESIDENT - JURISDICTIONS Hall, Evanston; the Metropolis, The orchestra, with the initiative Terryl Jares - Vice-President Supervisor - Entire jurisdiction Arlington Heights and Chicago, of Giving Something Back, went including theaters at 4th Presbyterian Church. They to Niles West High School in (Cell Phone: 312-310-4100) sang an amazing variety of songs early March to participate in a Dean Rolando Recordings, Transcriptions, both classical and popular by side-by-side rehearsal with Niles Documentaries, Etc. composers such as DVORAK, PAUL West’s 80-piece school orchestra to (Cell Phone: 708-380-6219) McCARTNEY, HAYDN, QUEEN, rehearse WAGNER’s Meistersinger DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS OF THE BIZET, JOHN FOGERTY, Prelude and to sight read the ILLINOIS STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL SIBELIUS and ETTA JAMES. Prelude to Hansel and Gretel by ORGANIZATIONS And there were songs from Les HUMPERDINK. Afterward, Spencer Aloisio Gary Matts Miz and the Color Purple and band students asked questions of the Terryl Jares accompaniment. 40-piece union sponsored orchestra DELEGATES TO CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR AND members about their lives in the INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL VOICES, JAZZ AND EMILY music business and what might lie Rich Daniels Gary Matts DICKENSON ahead for them in music as a vocation Terryl Jares The 45-minute suite, Sea Songs, and/or an avocation. DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS OF THE musical invention of jazz AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS Spencer Aloisio Terryl Jares saxophonist/composer, JIM In addition, some distinguished Rich Daniels Gary Matts GAILLORETTO, recently had Niles Alumni including JUDY Frank Donaldson Alternates: its world-premier performances in ZUNAMON-LEWIS and NEIL Leo Murphy Larry Bowen Chicago area churches. His work, KIMEL, members of the Lyric EDITOR, THE INTERMEZZO written for soprano saxophone, Opera Orchestra, band leader DON Terryl Jares jazz string quartet and a 24-voice CAGEN, musician-teacher REAH PRESIDENT EMERITI choir, merged jazz with the classic DAVIS, alumni DAVE DUBIN Nicholas Bliss Ed Ward poetry of EMILY DICKENSON, (dubinresidential.com), and LARRY VICE-PRESIDENT EMERITUS e.e. cummings and ROBERT BROWN offered their perspectives. Tom Beranek CREELEY. President of Local 10-208, GARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS EMERITUS MATTS also was on hand to explain Ruth Marion Tobias His string quartet partners included how the union functions and how KATHERINE HUGHES, CAROL Open Daily, except union membership benefits players. Saturday, Sunday and Holidays KALVONJIAN, BENTON Veteran teacher, DOROTHY KATZ, Office Hours 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. WEDGE and JILL KAEDING who has been a horn instructor All Phones: 312-782-0063 (24 Hrs.) with the backing of the WILLIAM at Niles West since 1965 and is a AFM WEB SITE: www.afm.org FERRIS Chorale. member of the City Symphony, CFM WEB SITE: www.cfm10208.com told of her early experiences as a Address all e-mail to the Critic Howard Reich gave Gailloretto symphony musician. CHARLES Secretary/Treasurer: an enormous E for his noble effort, [email protected] GROELING, who conducts the City calling it “his heroic attempt trying Symphony, also served on the faculty to compose for these unusual of Niles West from 1957 to 1982. Cover illustration provided by forces—while also trying to merge Chris Nolan Creative. Intermezzo cfm10208.com May/June 2011 Page 4 By Dean Rolando What’s a Sideline Musician? Well, “Sideline” usually refers Agreement. So anyone contacted The base scale for simple to a second job or occupation by an advance person such as a sideline work is not huge, around that a person engages in with the casting director or agency to do $200 per 8 hour day. However, goal of supplementing the income this type of work or to recruit there is additional compensation of their primary occupation. If musicians for a casting call and act for fittings, interviews and you add “Musician” to that, it as a contractor should contact me sometimes travel. If you are asked is something quite different. A here at the CFM. to interact (called a silent bit) for a “Sideline Musician” is a person who This is important because scene, there is an additional wage appears in a motion picture or often musicians, particularly part- of around $300 and if your audio television film playing the part of time or avocational musicians are is used in the film you receive the a musician.