Click here for more about Erin McDougald.    Thanks to vocalist Erin McDougald for use of her photo. Poster by Chicago Studio Club 2011.   Technorati Tags: Erin McDougald Quartet,vocalist,Flapper Girl,photo of Erin McDougald,Chicago Studio Club,live music,Chicago,Andy’s,Illinois,music,Erin McDougald,singer,Thursday April 21 2011,jazz,Steve Gibons,Rob Block,Patrick Mulcahey,jazz quartet,Andys Jazz Club

Charlie Braugham on drums, Sam Robinson on trumpet, Rick Harris (guitar). Left to Right: Jim Ryan – Piano John Bany – Upright Bass Pat Mallinger – Sax Charlie Braugham – drums Every Sunday Charlie performs at Andy’s Jam Session, 11 E. Hubbard, Chicago, IL. Every Thursday Charlie plays at Chamber’s Restaurant, 6881 N. Milwaukee Ave., [...]

     We were lucky enough to catch Rob Kassinger sitting in with   the Jim Ryan Quartet    at Andy’s Jazz Club.   Click on pix to find out more about Rob! Rob Kassinger Double Bass player LIVE at Andy’s Jazz Club.   Technorati Tags: Rob Kassinger,Rob Kassinger photos,Rob Kassinger video,bass,upright bass,double bass,Jim Ryan [...]

When you get to Andy’s Jazz Club, 11 E. Hubbard in Chicago, IL, you go up a couple steps and there she is. Dhameera tells me most people call her “D”, either way, what a wonderfully kind and hard working woman she is. Dhameera and I talked before The Jim Ryan Quartet took the stage [...]

To quote Andy’s Jazz Club: "Angel Spiccia, one of the youngest singers in the Chicago jazz scene, grew up in a home filled with music and at an early age developed love and appreciation for jazz and the beauty of lyrics. Her early influences were Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Sergio Mendes. Their classic [...]