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Clark Sommers

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Clark Sommers is a Grammy Award winning bassist steeped in the jazz tradition. Sommers, born September 7th, 1977, raised in Lake Forest, Illinois, is an artist dedicated to cultivating his own unique sound by expanding on the work of past masters while keeping an ear towards the future. Over the last 15 years Clark has performed all over the world and is featured on more than 40 albums with renowned artists such as Kurt Elling, Cedar Walton, Ernie Watts, The Mighty Blue Kings, Marilyn McCoo, Marvin Hamlisch, Kevin Mahogany, Peter Bernstein, Michael Weiss, Ira Sullivan, Frank Wess and Charles McPherson among others

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Julia Danielle

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Night and Day; Embraceable You; I Want to Talk About You; If I Loved You; Beautiful Moons Ago; Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams; Lawns; There Will Never Be Another You.

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From Here, From There

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Close Your Eyes; From Here, From There; A Flower is a Lovesome Thing; Skylark; Blues for VDB; First, Second, Third; Kaper; Softly; The State of the Estate.

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The Point

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Kintsugi; The Point; Skyward; Layla's Dream; Six Nails; No Map; A Flower is a Lovesome Thing

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Old Souls

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Old Souls; This is Not a Test; Place de la Republique; Go with the Sco-Flow; Moment Intro; If Only for a Moment; Choro Delinquente; Dance of the Miscreants; Softly She Sings.

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Colossal Abundance

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Mahororo; Lonnie's Lament; Adelaide Bailey; Tuku; Kaleidoscope; Requiem; Mrs. Parker of K.C.; United; Gandanga Blues; Bermuda Blues.

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Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:41

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Article: Album Review

Julia Danielle: Julia Danielle

Read "Julia Danielle" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Julia Danielle has been working hard on her craft. She grew up in the jny:Chicago area, singing in the Campanella Children's Choir, winning the International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition in 2022 and earning an undergraduate degree from DePaul University in 2023. She is on track to graduate with a master's in jazz studies from Juilliard ...

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Article: Album Review

Andy Baker: From Here, From There

Read "From Here, From There" reviewed by Scott Lichtman


Andy Baker has crafted an uplifting recording featuring his trombone plus trumpet, upright bass and drums--no chordal instruments. From Here, From There is a fresh take on swing/bop ballads that melds top-notch instrumentalists--Baker, Russ Johnson on trumpet, Clark Sommers on bass and Dana Hall on drums--with beautiful compositions and cover arrangements. Baker luxuriates in “the incredible ...

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Article: Album Review

Geof Bradfield: Colossal Abundance

Read "Colossal Abundance" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


In the summer of 2023, saxophonist Geof Bradfield and trumpeter Chad McCullough launched Calligram Records--a label focusing on the Chicago creative music scene and its branches. The first batch of albums was strong, with showcases for each of the label heads' respective combo projects, trumpeter Russ Johnson's chordless quartet, and newcomer tenorist Arman Sangalang. A wide ...


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This and That: November 2024
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