Seymour's Big Band
Wednesday, July
5
Vocalist: Patsy Ihrke
Rain date:
Thursday, July
6
Time: 7
p.m.
|
Seymour's Big
Band is sponsored by
Larry & Dan's Marathon
Service
Station
(847) 895-3467
Long
renowned jazz saxophonist Seymour Axelrood wanted to be a big band
leader ever since his high school days. In 1990, Seymour made
the extraordinary commitment to realize his dream. Pulling together
high quality musicians from as far north as Antioch and as far west
as Elgin, he formed Seymour's Big Band. It
is a full 16-piece band with vocalist Patsy
Ihrke.
The band's music
library is extensive and consists of more than 600 musical
selections and arrangements, including jazz, swing, rhumbas, mambos,
cha cha's, tangos, ballads, polkas, waltzes, Motown, country western
and much more. The bulk of the band's arrangements have been written
by Ken White and Joe Gallagher. The band has the full
instrumentation of five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones,
piano, drums and bass. This versatility allows the band to create a
variety of arrangements for corporate parties, weddings,
anniversaries, graduation dances and summer concerts in the park, as
well as ethnic music for many groups. Excellent ensemble
playing and sterling solo renditions are the trademarks of the
organization.
Included in the many venues they have played
recently are:
Signature Room at the John Hancock, Chicago
Athletic Club, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Field Museum,
Renaissance Hotel in Oak Brook, Bellini's Ballroom in Libertyville,
Fountain Blue Restaurant in DesPlaines, Rialto Square Center in
Joliet, Newberry Library, Maggiano's Banquet Hall of Oak Brook and
Drury Lane in Oak Brook.
They are presently performing at the Oak Park Arms Retirement Center
Ballroom the first Sunday of the even numbered months on a pro bono
basis.
 Patsy
Ihrke
Patsy
Ihrke's beautiful voice and extensive musical training have combined
to produce a singer of exceptional quality. Her work should not be
missed.
If you
are interested in engaging Seymour's Big Band for one of your
functions, please contact Seymour Axelrood at (708) 383-7617.
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Monday, July
10
Rain date:
Thursday, July
13
Time: 7
p.m.
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band is sponsored
by
Larry and Dan's Marathon
Service Station
(847)
895-3467
This program is also partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state
agency.
The Maxwell Street
Klezmer Band was founded in 1983 by singer Lori Lippitz. It is one
of America's top Klezmer show bands and has performed on countless
stages across America and Europe. Their unique concerts are richly
comprised of their own arrangements of traditional klezmer music,
songs from the golden age of the Yiddish theater and original
klezmer-classical compositions, all offered with energy and humor.
Jazzy Yiddish pop music from the 1930's to the 1950's includes male
and female vocals and duets, all delivered with warmth and hmor. A
Maxwell Street show never fails to engage any audience with
enthusiasm and personality, regardless of age and various cultural
backgrounds of the audience.
Their performances
have been staged across America and Europe. In 1998, 2000, 2001, and
2002, the band performed concerts across Europe including in
Germany, London, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam, Enschede and The Hague.
In 1998, the band gave their debut performance at Carnegie Hall and
at New York's Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center. Maxwell Street has
appeared on the PBS programme "World Stage Chicago" in 1995, and was
featured again on Public Television's "Artbeat Chicago" in March
1999. One of their songs was featured in an episode of ABC's "Saving
Grace." Maxwell Street has been featured annually on Network
Chicago's (PBS) "Do It Yourself Hanukkah" television special. In
2004, Maxwell Street's 2002 CD "Old Roots, New World" was voted
"Best Jewish/Hebrew/Klezmer Album" by the Just Plain Folks
2004 music awards.
Lori
Lippitz
Lori Lippitz, band leader, vocalist and
guitarist received her BA from U. of Michigan and did graduate work
in Slavic Studies at the University of Chicago. She founded
Maxwell Street in 1983, which was one of the first bands to launch
the klezmer revival in the Midwest. Under the auspices of her
Klezmer Music Foundation, Lori organized an annual Midwest Klezmer
and Yiddish Music Institute, and organized the Maxwell Street Junior
Klezmer Orchestra, a training ground for teens. She co-founded
the Yiddish Arts Ensemble, a family repertory company. As well
as being the Cantor for ten years at the Jewish Reconstructionist
Congregation of Evanston, Lori organized their congregational
klezmer band. She lectures on klezmer music and is a frequent
guest on National Public Radio and Public Television. She also
has been honored by The Guide to Jewish Chicago as being
1 of the 10 Jewish Chicagoans of 2004.
If you are interested in engaging the
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band for one of your functions, please
contact Lori Lippitz at
(847) 675-4800 or e-mail her at
maxwellst@aol.com.
Their
website is: http://www.klezmerband.com |
|
Schaumburg Town Square
|
|
|
VILLAGE OF SCHAUMBURG
PLANS 50TH
ANNIVERSARY |
|
Happy 50th Birthday to the Village of
Schaumburg! The Schaumburg Township District
Library, in cooperation with the Schaumburg Park District and the
Village of Schaumburg, is presenting free entertainment this summer.
The events are held across the street from the library in
Schaumburg's Town Square. The
concerts continue through Monday, Aug. 14. All ages are welcome to
come and hear some of Chicagoland's best suburban bands and singers.
In case of bad weather, the orchestral concerts
will be rescheduled. Please notice some changes in dates. Not all
concerts take place on Monday evenings. Each event starts at 7
p.m.
The creation of these big band concerts
started approximately three years ago. Because of patron suggestions
and love for this style of music, the bands were called, interviews
with bandleaders were conducted, contracts were drawn up and
advertising was prepared. With the cooperation of the Village of
Schaumburg and the Schaumburg Park District, the library was able to
schedule a summer filled with quality big band music.
A program brochure will be available to
our concert attendees. It will feature all the events by performance
date and include businesses in Schaumburg Township who have agreed
to co-sponsor our events. We are grateful to these businesses and
encourage all of you to patronize them. We could have never
accomplished this promotion without them. The program brochures will
list the following businesses.
Schaumburg Township District
Library (847) 985-4000
Advanced Dentistry (847)
301-8565
Applebee's (847) 352-4706
Bonefish Grill (847)
534-0679
Cafenios (located inside the library)
Caribou Coffee
(847) 524-1920
Coldwell Banker (847) 301-3100
Dominick's Finer
Foods (847) 301-0777
FitWize 4 KIDS (847) 895-9493
General
Nutrition Center (847) 891-3837
Hair Cuttery (847)
891-2804
Larry and Dan's Marathon Station (847)
895-3467
Lester Starr Jewelers (847) 301-0101
LifeWorks
Chiropractic Health Center (847) 301-0499
Oberweis Ice Cream and
Dairy Store (847) 534-0544
STDL Board Member Richard
Hetzer
Schaumburg Academy of Music (847) 534-6633
Score!
Learning Center (847) 923-0124
Sterling Promotions Plus (847)
895-6414
Illinois State Senator John J.
Millner
Illinois State Representative Paul D.
Froehlich
Illinois State Representative Terry
Parke
Washington Mutual ((847) 891-6102
Wayne Giesel CLU/
Farmers Insurance (847) 884-8400
90.9fm WDCB Public Radio from College
of DuPage
|
Jay Mau Orchestra
Monday, July 31
Vocalists:
Luci D'Mari and Del Bergeson
Rain date: August
3
Time: 7
p.m.
Jay Mau
Orchestra
The Jay Mau
Orchestra has performed throughout the greater Chicago area
providing big band sounds of some of the great orchestras such as Tommy
Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Woody Herman, Dick Jurgens, Guy Lombardo, Eddy
Howard and many more. Some of the locations the orchestra has performed
are the Empress, Rialto, Oak Brook Hyatt and the Lincolnshire
Country Club.
Jay
Mau
The
Jay Mau Orchestra, formed in 1932, was
originally called the Roy Gordon Orchestra. When leader Roy Carlos passed
away several years ago, Jay Mau took over the band and renamed it the Jay
Mau Orchestra. Jay has been an active musician in the Joliet area for 35
years. You may remember the group called the Three Jay's, which he formed
in the 1960's. Jay's Uncle Robert had a big band in the 1930's called Bob
Mau and the Orioles. The Jay Mau Orchestra is composed of local musicians
who love to entertain. They will be returning to the library for
the third consecutive year.
Luci
D'Mari
Luci D'Mari has always had a firm belief and trust
in God and a strong love of country. Beginning in grammar school when she
won an award for best essay on good citizenship, she grew into an
outspoken, frequent contributor to various publications on the subject of
patriotism and good government.
In her professional life as
Luci D'Mari, she is a singer-entertainer, composer-lyricist,
recording artist and cable TV performer. She has been singing since she
was 13, from Boston to California, cruise ships, Hawaii and had her own
weekly cable TV show for 2 ½ years. She has been with the Jay Mau
orchestra for five years. Luci is Vice President of Musicians Local 203 in
Hammond, Indiana for the past six years. Born and raised in Chicago, she
wrote a song called “Chicago, U.S.A,” which is in Mayor Daley’s office.
Luci has recorded eight CD’s and three singles, which includes her
composition, ”I Live in America," which she sang in the
crown of the
Statue of Liberty for its 100th birthday in October,
1986. Her recordings can be ordered on her website www.LuciDMari.com.
If you are interested in
engaging the Jay Mau Orchestra for one of your functions, please contact
Jay Mau at (815) 467-4408 or e-mail him at: maestromau@comcast.net.
August Roster
Limited Edition Big Band
Directed by Dick Gulbrandsen
Monday, August 7
Vocalist: Julie Creighton
Rain date: August 10
Spring Valley Concert Band
Directed by John M. Snow
Wednesday, August 9
Schaumburg Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Larry Bemben
Monday, Aug. 14
Rain date:
Thursday, Aug. 17
Sponsored by Caribou
Coffee
|
Steve Cooper Orchestra
Monday, July 17
Vocalist: Mary Kalfas
Rain date:
Thursday, July
20
Time: 7 p.m.
|
Steve Cooper
Orchestra
The Steve Cooper
Orchestra has been performing in the Chicago area for
more than 20 years. It is one of the most popular ballroom bands in
the Midwest and
regularly performs at the Willowbrook Ballroom, Chevy Chase Country Club, Cantigny Park
and many
others. In addition, the orchestra plays for weddings, parties and
corporate events in the Chicago area. The Steve Cooper Orchestra has
also performed on the Oprah Winfrey Show and recently played private
parties for Mary Tyler Moore, Julie Andrews, Jim Belushi, Phil
Donahue, Liza Minelli, Carol Channing and several other celebrities.
Orchestra members have played with bands including Tommy Dorsey,
Glenn Miller, Bob Crosby, Sammy Kaye, Wayne King and Lawrence
Welk.
Steve and the band play the actual music of the
swing bands of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, etc. and the
music of the sweet bands of Dick Jurgens, Eddie Howard, Lawrence
Welk and many others. In addition to the jitterbug and swing music,
they play Dixieland Jazz, all the hot Latin dance styles, polkas,
waltzes, country and western and they even play music of Jimmy
Buffett, Santana, Stevie Wonder and The Beach Boys in the Ballroom
Style.
 Mary
Kalfas
Joining the
Steve Cooper Orchestra on July 17 is
vocalist Mary Kalfas. Mary is well known in the Chicago area and
receives standing ovations wherever she sings. She sings in the
styles of composers Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin,
Sammy Cahn, Rodgers and Hart and Jerome Kern. Mary easily slides
between the styles of Big Band and
Swing.
Steve Cooper
Entertainment planned for the evening includes a
recreation of the 1950's Hit Parade program. Many audience
members will remember exactly where they were when they first heard
all those wonderful songs. See if you can guess what the #1 song
will be! Last year the band did a recreation of a 1940's Hit Parade
- this year will be updated to the 1950's. You'll hear songs made
famous by Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Teresa Brewer, Chuck Berry,
Elvis, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney,
Perry Como and many, many others.
Steve and the Orchestra will also play a
segment of famous Television Theme Songs. Steve will be giving free
CD's to anyone guessing the great TV Theme Songs, so we can't list
the titles here, but they will be your favorite shows from the
1950's, 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. Steve and the Orchestra
will also perform some Big Band Theme songs, recreating a coast to
coast Big Band Remote Broadcast from the famous ballrooms and hotels
of the past. The
Steve Cooper Orchestra can be heard on
regional radio stations and internationally on the Internet. If you
are interested in engaging the Steve Cooper Orchestra for one of
your functions, please contact Steve Cooper at (708) 354-2263 or
e-mail him at: scooper763@aol.com Steve\'s
website is: http://www.nbea.com/SCO.htm
Yorkville
American Legion Big Band
Monday, July
24
Vocalist:
Melissa Moats
Rain date:
Tuesday, July 25
Time: 7
p.m.
Yorkville
American Legion
Big Band
The Yorkville American Legion Big
Band is directed by Rick Falato and has been delighting
audiences since 1993. Rick is an experienced band director who is
still enjoying music after 38 years of teaching instrumental music
in the Illinois Public School System. For several years, large
enthusiastic audiences have been attending the monthly Yorkville Big
Band Dance held the 3rd Sunday of each month from
September through May. The dances are held at the Yorkville American
legion hall located on Route 34 and east of Route 47 in Yorkville,
IL. In April 1994 the Yorkville American Legion Post 489 chose to
sponsor the group and the Yorkville American Legion Big Band was
born.
A “labor of love” best describes the
band. Their music covers a large area of sounds from the 40’s and
50’s along with new arrangements of the famous big bands such as
Glenn Miller, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Ray Anthony,
Billy May and other great bands that played in that era. The band is
composed of musicians from the entire Fox Valley area: Yorkville,
Plano, Aurora, St. Charles, Morris, Sandwich, Bristol, Newark,
Montgomery, Naperville, Clarendon Hills, Winfield and Oswego. The
instrumentation of the Yorkville Big Band consists of 5 saxophones,
4 trombones, 4 trumpets, keyboard, bass, drums, guitar, 2 vocalists,
mistress of ceremony and band leader/trumpet soloist Rick Falato.
Carol
Falato
The host for the evening will be
Carol Falato. She is married to Band Leader Rick Falato. She
introduces the band, soloists, and songs, as well as providing comic
relief during solo assignments. Previous engagements of the band
include Paramount Art Centre in Aurora, Aurora Glass Ball, Yorkville
Riverfront Days, Oswego Prairie Fest, Sandwich Fair, Speaker of the
House Denny Hastert’s Homecoming reception, Mercy Center Christmas
Dinner/Dance, Oswego’s Relay for Life, Walter Payton’s Round House
for the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and many, many more.
The featured vocalist for the evening
will be Leslie Beukelman.
| |
