Erin McDougald Quartet plus Jim Cooper
in
"BITTER SWEET" Concert
Valentine’s Day
Sets: 8:00 pm & 9:45 pm
Monday, February 14, 2011
806 S. Plymouth Court
(the corner of Polk in the side-entrance of the clock-tower bldg)
Chicago, IL
The Erin McDougald quartet will be featuring special guest addition,
nationally renowned vibraphonist JIM COOPER on Monday February 14, 2011 at the
world famous Jazz Showcase for a special Valentine’s Day performance.
Selections from Erin’s original compositions and gems chosen from her four
albums will be performed; she will also debut new material and arrangements
in the two set line-up. Shows begin at 8pm and 9:45pm, respectively. The
cover is $10 per person, collected at the door before the performance
(people who pay for the first set do not have to pay another cover if they
choose to stay the second set as long as space permits); please note, there
is also a $10 or two drink minimum per person during each set.
Erin McDougald is a dynamic, nationally recognized jazz vocalist and the
leading lady of the Chicago jazz scene. She has headlined Chicago’s premier
listening rooms, holding long-standing contracts as headliner in The
Metropole, Intercontinental, The Pump Room, The Allerton’s M Avenue Jazz
Club, The Palmer House, Plaza Tavern, Green Dolphin Street and many others.
She has recorded four albums under her direction, featuring her innovative
arrangements and her highly sophisticated original compositions. Her music
has been featured in national advertisements, independent films, and on
other artist collaborations. McDougald’s latest album, due for release this
year, features iconic players Dave Liebman, Tom Harrell, Chembo Wilson and
other recently rising stars such as Rodney Green and Mark Sherman, among
others. McDougald has performed with Nicholas Payton, Hank Jones, Ben Wolfe,
Harold Maybern and others of such echelon. Her singing has been lauded by
jazz giants Oscar Peterson, Gene Lees, Buddy Bregman, Keely Smith, Freddie
Cole and Jeremy Pelt, to name a few. She has performed to rave reviews
across seas and once again wowed discriminating critics and audiences from
NYC to San Francisco with her "evocative artistry" (Chicago Music Guide) and
her "positively mercurial… rich, beautiful tone of voice" (Jazz Improv).
Dae Bennett (sound engineer and owner of Bennett Recording Studio, son of
Tony Bennett) emphatically states "Erin’s singing is, without question, some
of the most beautiful I have recorded in a very long time… She sounds like
she has been singing at this very professional level for 30 years, but she’s
still so young, it’s kind of shocking at first. She was very impressive in
the studio". Erin is currently on contract with Moet Hennessy international
brands, performing for different events and concerts that the international
company sponsors.
Jim Cooper was born in Chicago and has been playing jazz vibraphone for
almost 40 years. He has performed with outstanding musicians as Barrett
Deems, Art Van Damme, Larry Vuckovich and Buddy DeFranco and appeared twice
with Jon Faddis, Victor Goines & Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Jim has appeared at
the Chicago Jazz Festival, Sutton’s Bay Jazz Festival, Lansing Jazz
Festival, Thornapple Jazz Festival, the Idlewild Jazz Festival and Chicago’s
Millennium Park and is slated to perform in the 2010 Chicago Jazz Festival
with his three vibraphone group, Mallet Madness. He has also performed in
such jazz clubs as The Green Mill and The Jazz Showcase in Chicago, The Jazz
Estate in Milwaukee, Detroit’s Baker’s Keyboard Lounge and many other jazz
venues throughout the United States.
In the 1980’s Cooper teamed up with Chicago composer/pianist Bob Dogan, The
Jim Cooper/Bob Dogan Quintet being a mainstay jazz combo on the Chicago jazz
scene. In 1990 an association with the legendary Ira Sullivan culminated in
his two Delmark recordings Tough Town (1991) and Nutville (1992). Jim is
currently celebrating the re-release of Nutville, with a recent performance
with Ira at The Green Mill. Jim was a Delmark Recording Artist in the early
90s which earned him national recognition, Jazz Times calling Cooper, “a
warm vibist who goes for the heart.”
Since establishing himself in Michigan in 1997 after a three month stint
teaching in Taiwan, Cooper had the chance to perform with many fine
musicians from that state. .Jim’s current projects include writing for and
performing in The Cooper, Hay, Van Lente Group (releasing Trio Musik in
2007), gigging with Detroit clarinetist Dave Bennett, and his “Tribute to
Benny Goodman Band” and leading “Mallet Madness,” a Chicago sextet featuring
three vibes players which performed at the 2010 Chicago Jazz Festival. He is
also finishing a book of his jazz compositions and planning a new CD in
2011. Jim holds two B. A.s from Northeastern Illinois University and a M.M
degree from Northern Illinois University.
You don’t want to miss this union of talent Monday night!
Call for reservations: (312) 360 – 0234
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