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JAZZ

VOCALIST

TAMMY

McCANN

IS SHARING HER TALENT WITH

THE

CHICAGO JAZZ COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR

McCANN IS AN

ARTIVE-IN-RESIDENTS AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF

CHICAGO.

WELCOME BOTH TO "CHICAGO

TONIGHT."

TAMMY, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT

YOU'RE DOING AT THE MUSIC

INSTITUTE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

YOUR BACKGROUND BECAUSE YOU

STARTED OUT AS A CLASSICAL

SINGER BUT THEN YOU HAD THIS

EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE THAT

CAUSED YOU TO CHANGE

DIRECTIONS.

WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE?

>>THAT EXPERIENCE WAS WALKING

DOWN THE HALLWAY, AND IN THE

DISTANCE, IN A PRACTICE ROOM A

YOUNG MAN WAS PLAY

ING, AND I

SAID WOW, WHAT AN INTERESTING

PIECE.

I ASKED HIM -- THAT'S SO

INTERESTING.

>>AND HE SAID NO, THIS IS

FELONIOUS MONK.

AND I SAID

WHOSE

FELONIOUS

MONK?

HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD THREE

HEADS.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE

"AROUND

MIDNIGHT."

IT TURNED AROUND MY L

IFE.

>>UNTIL THEN WITH YOU WERE

THINKING ABOUT AN ON

RATTIC

LIFE?

>>LASER FOCUSED, L

ASER

FOCUSED.

>>I

WAS REALLY SURPRISED

WHEN

THEY APPROACHED ME,

BUT

MR. GEORGE HAD A

VISION, YOU

KNOW, OF

CLASSICKING AND

AL-JIZEERA IN A PARTNERSHIP

TOGETHER, MUSICAL PARTNER

SHIP,

AND HE HAS COMPRISED SOME OF THE

MOST

AMAZING

MUSICIANS, WORLD

CLASS MUSICIANS

TO

HANDLE THIS,

BE OVER

THIS

PROGRAM.

AUDREY MORSE SON IS THE

DIRECTOR.

>>WHAT IS IT YOU DO AS PART OF

THIS

COLLECTIVE OF

OUTSTANDING

JAZZ PROFESSIONALS.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE

STUDENTS?

>>I BELIEVE WHAT WE DO IS -- WE

ARE FOCUSED ON

THE

APPRENTICESHIP MESSAG

E.

WE'RE FOCUSED ON LETTING THESE

KIDS GET A SENSE

OF WHAT IT

FEELS LIKE TO BE ON STAGE, AND

THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS

TO

HAVE THE ACTUAL

MUSICIANS

PLAYING THIS MUSIC ON A DAILY

BASIS TAKING

THEIR

HANDS.

>>THE

MUSIC

INSTITUTE,

YOUR

EMPHASIS HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN

ON CLASSICAL

MUSIC.

>>ANY MUSICIAN IN THE 21ST

SENT

ROW NOW HAS TO BE

CONVERSANT

WITH JAZZ AND OTHER FORMS OF

MUSIC.

TAMMY'S THE

PERFECT AMBASSADOR

FOR THIS AND

IT'S

A

HYBRID.

WE CERTAINLY AS

CLASSICAL MUSE

EGGSES ARE TUNED TO

EXCELLENCE

AND

TAMMY, FOR INSTANCE,

GAVE A

MASTER CLASS TO

OUR

VIOLINISTS

AND

PEENISTS

BECAUSE WHAT TAMMY

REALLY KNOWS HOW

TO DO IS

PERFORM DIRECTLY.

SOMETIME THAT'S LAST ON THE LIST

FOR THE VIOL

INIST BECAUSE THEY

ARE THINKING ABOUT THE

TECHNIQUE.

AND IN OUR YOUNG JAZZ PLAYERS

--

>>LET ME

MAKE SURE I UND

ERSTAND

WHAT SHE WAS DOING FOR YOU.

AS A JAZZ

MUSICIAN, HERE

YOU'RE

ENCOUNTERING CLASSICKING

STUDENTS AND WHAT YOU'RE

TEACHING THEM THINGS

BEYOND JUST

THE MUSIC

--

>>ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY, THAT

THERE IS AN

ENERGY EXCHANGE THAT

YOU GIVE, AND WHEN I MENTIONED

TO THEM WHEN YOU

GO

SEE

YO-YO

MA,

PEARLMAN, THEY ARE

PRESENT

WITH THE PERFECT,

THEIR

PRESENTATION DRAWS THE AUDIENCE

IN AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO

INSTILL WITH THEM.

>>SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE YOUNG

CLASSICAL

MUSIC

IANS THAT ARE

BRILLIANT AT WHAT THEY DO BUT

ARE KIND OF SHY.

THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF SKILLS

THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>>WE'RE IN THE COMMUNICATION

BUSINESS, SO IF YOU'RE NOT

MOVING SOMEONE, THEN IT'S NOT

WORTH DOING.

>>TAMMY, TELL ME ABOUT THE

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES THAT YOU

HAVE.

>>THE MAIN PERFORMANCE I HAVE

COMING UP RIGHT NOW IS AT THE

JAZZ SHOWCASE.

I GOT A CALL FROM WAYNE AND JOE

AND I SAID THIS WOULD B

E A

PERFECT TIME TO COME TOGETHER

--

>>WAYNE AND

JOE?

>>SIEGEL AT THE JAZZ SHOWCASE.

I SAID THIS WOULD BE

A OAHU

TIME

FOR ME TO COLLABORATE WITH THE

MUSICIANS AT

THE MUSIC

INSTITUTE

OF

CHICAGO.

>>AND THE ALL-

STARS.

TODAY YOU'RE SINGING

"EMBRACEABLE

YOU."

WHY DID YOU PICK IT?

IT'S A SONG NEAR AND DEAR

TO US

ON "CHICAGO

TONIGHT".

>>ANN CALL

AWAY WAS A DEAR

FRIEND OF MINE

.

I KNOW THAT SONG WAS DEAR TO HER

AND HER FAMILY.

I SAT HER WATCHED HER FATHER ON

THIS SHOW FOR MANY YEARS.

I WENT TO SEE HER IN NEW

YORK

AND I SAID I'VE GOT TO

SURPRISE

YOU.

>>IT WAS JOHN

CALLAWAY'S

SIGNATURE SONG.

>>BUT THE FIRST SONG YOU'RE

PERFORMING IS

--

>>"I JUST FOUND

OUT ABOUT

LOVE."

>>THAT'S A TITLE, NOT A

STATEMENT.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE TAMMY

McCANN IN PERSON, YOU CAN SEE

ONE OF HER UPCOMING SHOWS

AT THE

JAZZ SHOWCASE, AS SHE JUST

MENTIONED, FROM MARCH

21-24TH

AND ALSO AT THE HARRIS THEATER

ON APRIL 10TH.

YOU CAN FIND DETAILS ON OUR

WEBSITE.

AND NOW

TAMMY McCANN SINGS I

JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE

.

SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY

JEREMY

KAHN.

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