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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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