2nd Set With Juli Wood’s Carmen Sings Monk

Showtimes:  6pm-7:15pm & 8:15pm-9:30pm

Carmen Sings Monk is a 1988 studio album by American jazz singer Carmen McRae, focusing on the songs composed by Thelonious Monk. The Juli Wood Quartet will perform many of the tunes on this recording plus many of their favorite Monk tunes. It will be a swinging couple of sets!

For the past twenty-five years with five albums as a leader, several studio projects as a side man, and countless worldwide performances, saxophonist, vocalist and composer Juli Wood has established herself as a solid, swinging, lyrical and entertaining performer on Chicago’s music scene. Juli has played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally; Chicago Jazz Fest, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Chicago’s main jazz clubs – Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Andy’s and Katerina’s. Skansen Jazz and Blues (Stockholm , Sweden), Pori Jazz Fest (Finland), Bent J’s club (Aarhus, Denmark), Storyville (Helsinki Finland), Arlandia Jazz Fest (Aaland Islands, Finland) and the ” Made in Chicago ” jazz festival in Poznan Poland to name a few. Juli is in the tradition of saxophonists who were also great vocalists; Cleanhead Vincent, Eddie Harris, and Louis Jordan.

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