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SUMMARY:Abigail Riccards Organ Quartet
LOCATION:Comedy Plex Comedy Club 1128 Lake Street (Lower Level) Oak Park\, 
 Il. 60301
DESCRIPTION:Presented by 90.9 WDCB “Chicago’s Home for Jazz!” Abigail
  Riccards Organ Quartet: Since arriving on the New York scene in 2003\, vo
 calist Abigail Riccards has garnered much attention from the jazz communit
 y for her effortless swing\, heartbreaking tone\, and personalized approac
 h to lyrics. Abigail's inimitable approach to the Great American Songbook 
 has made her one of the most celebrated jazz vocalists of her generation. 
 In 2000\, she was also selected to participate in the Jazz in July worksho
 p at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and competed in the 2006 F
 ish Middleton Competition\, where she was a semi-finalist. In 2004\, Abiga
 il was selected to be a semi-finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk I
 nternational Jazz Competition\, where she competed at the Smithsonian Inst
 itute in Washington D.C for judges such as Kurt Elling\, Al Jarreau\, Jimm
 y Scott and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Over the past decade in New York\, Abigai
 l has repeatedly performed at many of the most treasured venues in NYC\, i
 ncluding Birdland\, Jazz Standard\, Smoke\, Smalls\, Kitano Hotel\, Sweet 
 Rhythm\, and 55Bar. Abigail has also collaborated with many of the best ja
 zz musicians in the world including Michael Kanan\, David Berkman\, Mulgre
 w Miller\, Spike Wilner\, Neal Miner\, Jay Leonhart\, Steve LaSpina\, Lee 
 Hudson\, Tony Romano\, Brad Shepnik\, Matt Wilson\, Bill Goodwin\, Rick Mo
 ntalbano\, Elliot Zigmund\, Joel Frahm\, Adam Kolker\, and Ron Horton. Abi
 gail's first album\, When the Night Is New was released to rave reviews. I
 t featured the talents of David Berkman\, Ben Allison\, Matt Wilson\, Adam
  Kolker\, Ron Horton\, Lage Lund\, Rogerio Boccato and was produced by Den
 a DeRose. Ken Dryden calls it "an outstanding debut effort by the promisin
 g jazz vocalist Abigail Riccards." Abigail followed it up with her 2011 re
 lease Soft Rains Fall\, an intimate collection of jazz and popular standar
 ds\, recorded in a duo setting with nylon string guitarist\, Tony Romano. 
 Recently\, Abigail moved to Chicago where she has quickly established hers
 elf as one of the rising vocalists of its unique jazz scene. Since moving 
 to Chicago she has performed at many of the top jazz clubs with some of Ch
 icago's most well-respected musicians\, headlining at venues such as the G
 reen Mill\, the Jazz Showcase\, and Andy's Jazz Club. Since earning her Ma
 ster's Degree\, Abigail has also become an active music educator. She teac
 hes privately and conducts many college workshops. Recently\, she has cond
 ucted vocal jazz workshops at Hunter College and Clark University. Abigail
  was also selected as a collaborator for David Berkman's The Jazz Singer's
  Guidebook: A Course in Jazz Harmony and Scat Singing for the Serious Jazz
  Vocalist on which she recorded the vocal examples for the accompanying CD
 . * 2 Drink Minimum *21 and over unless accompanied by an adult *Cheap Par
 king in Holley Court Garage (Located next to club) Date & time details 8/1
 6 at 3pm Doors open at 2:30pm Fees & registration details $15\n\nhttps://w
 ww.oprfchamber.org/events/93974
URL:https://www.oprfchamber.org/events/93974
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