More info to follow at a later date.

'For Jazz  Audio Fans Only Vol. #3'  release date scheduled oct 2010.

"Mr. Yasukuni Terashima is a very famous Jazz writer in Japan. He wrote the books of many titles. "Begin to listen from this song in Jazz! (My favorite albums 100)", "Listen new Jazz", and so on."

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You've probably heard me performing his tunes on my gigs as he is one of my favorite composers in jazz. He is also one of my favorite guitarists on the planet so treat yourself to an exciting and enjoyable evening @ PETE MILLERS/wheeling location. If you havn't had the chance to pick up his latest CD "Bifrost" this will be the perfect opportunity ! It's great.

Marlene Rosenberberg bass

Jim Holman piano

Rick Shandling drums

me on Hammond organ

Televised feature stories on John and his work have aired on Artbeat (WTTW) and Chicago Tonight (WTTW). He also has played on recent recordings by vocalist Jackie Allen such as The Men in My Life (Blue Note 2003), Love is Blue (Blue Note 2004), Tangled (Blue Note 2006), as well as her new release with orchestra entitled, Starry Night (2009) .

John has been a member of the Paul Wertico Trio for fifteen years. Recordings with Paul include Live in Warsaw (Igmod Records 1998), Don’t Be Scared Anymore (Premonition Records 2000), Stereonucleosis (A440 2004) and The Other Side (NAIM 2006) and is on Impressions of a City (Chicago Sessions 2009) by Paul Wertico's Mid East and Mid West Alliance. He has played nationally and internationally at numerous festivals, clubs and concert halls and has performed with artists such as Eddie Harris, Bob Mintzer, Kurt Elling, Paul McCandless, Lyle Mays, Paul Wertico, Gary Burton, Niels Orsted Pederson and Terry Callier.

Pete Miller's is one of my favorite venues to perform. Great sound system, well maintained baby grand piano, friendly staff and a cheeseburger that will kill you it's so good. Not to mention the fact that they're widely known for their wonderful steaks.

412 N Milwaukee Ave
Wheeling Illinois 60090
US 847 243 3700

 PETE MILLERS /in Wheeling

412 N Milwaukee Ave
Wheeling Illinois 60090
US 847 243 3700

Scott Earl Holman  hammond organ __ rick Shandling drums

featuring the great  multiinstrumentalist

 Ira Sullivan

Don't miss this legend !   He's always great !

My first performance with Ira was in 1993 and played with him  many times since.

I first saw him perform to a packed house around 1976 in Ft. Lauderdale Fla. at

 'Bubba's'. (w/ Guy Viveros drums, Conti Milano bass, Eddie Higgins piano)

Here's some bio....

Sullivan is that rare thing, a true multi-instrumentalist, capable of improvising statements of worth on all his instruments. He was taught trumpet by his father, saxophone by his mother and played both in 50s Chicago with such seminal figures as Charlie “Bird” Parker, Lester Young, Wardell Gray and Roy Eldridge, garnering a reputation as a fearsome bebop soloist. After playing briefly with Art Blakey (1956), and mastering alto and baritone saxophone, Sullivan moved south to Florida and out of the spotlight in the early 60s. His reluctance to travel limited his opportunities to play with musicians of the first rank, but Sullivan continued to play in the Miami area, often in schools and churches. Contact with local younger players, notably Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny led to teaching and to a broadening of his own musical roots to include the lessons of John Coltrane's music and elements of jazz rock. With the addition of flute and soprano saxophone to his armoury, Sullivan moved to New York and in 1980 formed a quintet with legendary bop trumpeter Red Rodney. Resisting the temptation to follow current trends and play the music of their youth, Sullivan and Rodney worked on new material and fostered young talent to produce some fresh and stimulating music.

'Bluenote Songbook'  Monk, Miles, Golson, Hancock, Evans, Gillespie, Parker, Corea, Shorter  etc.

no cover charge at

BENNY'S  444 N wabash

it's  the upstairs to the  Jazz Record Mart .

also up the wabash stairs from Andy's

They pride themselves in the excellellent jazz, excellent food and drink, and elegant atmosphere.

 (article) Tobias Böcker for jazz platform, Germany Augsburger Allgemeine, Jazz Podium, Jazzzeitung _ jazz platform, jazz newspaper 2009-11-22 04:02:01 His first studio CD since the highly praised 1997 (again recently reissued) disc "Don't Wake The kids" is faithful to the quiet tones. Larry Gray at the bass and Paul Wertico at the percussion celebrated jointly with Holman on "Faith And communication piano trio jazz pursuing the higher cause", touching, humanly, vulnerable and in a very personal statement of the participants. Only slightly over three hours that three were in the studio, without samples, without arrangements, without any preproduction, however in the confidence on the intuitive power of mutual listening. The determination "This is jazz for the next century" is carried in no way presumptuously – the deep authenticity of the music wipes every suspicion relating to this aside... Tobias Böcker for jazz platform, Germany Augsburger Allgemeine, Jazz Podium, Jazzzeitung _ jazz platform, jazz newspaper

(original article in full )

2009-11-22 04:02:01 

 Der Pianist Scott Earl Holman lebt nach zwanzig Jahren in Miami seit 1990 in Chicago, trägt als Musiker und Organisator einen guten Teil zur dortigen Szene bei. Mit seiner ersten Studio-CD seit der hochgelobten kürzlich wieder veröffentlichten 1997er Scheibe „Don’t Wake The Kids“ bleibt er den leisen Tönen treu. Gemeinsam mit Larry Gray am Bass und Paul Wertico am Schlagzeug zelebriert Holman auf „Faith And Works“ komunikativen Pianotrio-Jazz der Extraklasse, berührend, menschlich, verletzlich und in sehr persönlichem Statement der Beteiligten. Nur knapp über drei Stunden waren die drei im Studio, ohne Proben, ohne Absprachen, ohne Vorproduktion, allein im Vertrauen auf die intuitive Kraft gegenseitigen Zuhörens. Die Feststellung „This is jazz for the next century“ ist keineswegs überheblich – allein die tiefe Authentizität der Musik wischt jeden diesbezüglichen Verdacht sacht beiseite – sondern von der hoffentlich berechtigten Überzeugung getragen, dass Zeit der Marktschreier nicht mehr lange währen kann. Tobias Böcker for Jazz Podium, Germany