Years ago I met Natalie Cole in an intimate venue in Dallas. She was singing Billie Holiday songs ...

https://youtu.be/Fh5NRrOZgv4

Freddy, Ike, and Natalie COle doing Natalie Coles fathers greatest hit - Unforgettable. Chicago has always been there.
https://youtu.be/gsSBs9vCFsM

Freddie Cole, the man and his music. Freddie was from Chicago music royalty...
https://youtu.be/pCobltaOVME

Good night

In the 50's, another "King" of Chicago hit the scene...

https://youtu.be/JFyuOEovTOE

Jimmy McPartland was from Chicago - His relatives still live and play music in Rochelle Illinois. His wife Marion McPartland died a few years back. I was lucky to meet her at a concert that my son and her great nephew were playing in.

https://youtu.be/PfqA50ZJDEc

Benny Goodman was a young man from the slums who had a talent that was more than his playing - he was one of the first white musicians to lead a multiracial band.
https://youtu.be/DJi5DhoO9hQ

Louis Armstrong became a sensation playing in Southside clubs

https://youtu.be/wyLjbMBpGDA

Playing 100 years of Chicago over the next few nights.
From Jazzwax
" Hampton began his recording career in 1924, and played and recorded with Louis Armstrong before joining Benny Goodman in 1936."
https://youtu.be/zBs9gZQX7lQ

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Herbie Hancocks -
"Watermelon Man" on Soul Train
https://youtu.be/Qt8agHeK1as

Tonight Mongo Santamaria -
Doin Herbie Hancocks "Watermelon Man"
https://youtu.be/Z3A1wi1zwHc

Good night and "Cast your fate to the wind"

- Vince Guaraldi
https://youtu.be/SUluoTpO8mc

And last but not least - one of the most beloved musicians of the sixties who got his big chance with Tjader -
Vince Guaraldi
https://youtu.be/DtUcoNRtsMI

Cal Tjader was a mentor to quite a few young musicians - Poncho Sanchez is one.
https://youtu.be/HuvFwOzU5pI

Another Cal Tjader Quintet - Poinciana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV-RM1oYe7Q

Here is one of the Greatest Latin Jazz Quintets ever - The Cal Tjader Quintet featuring the great Mongo Santamaria -
https://youtu.be/vn4GW8C1yUU

a little extra - NIU Steelband

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu0Q4ZH3FmI

And I'll leave it with a song from the musical family called Earth, Wind, and Fire:

https://youtu.be/Lrle0x_DHBM