Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz

*Natalie is the daughter and granddaughter of musicians. Her dad is a professional trumpet player, mostly in the style of Clifford Brown; his dad was also a jazz trumpet player, heavily influenced by Roy Eldridge. Her grandmother was a piano player and arranger, and sang in the Chicago Symphony Chorus for 40+years, and her mother plays the French horn. Natalie says "I attended Northern Illinois University and earned a bachelors degree in Music Education. Of course, growing up hearing and subconsciously studying my dad’s playing has been a huge influence on me. But, probably the briefest and most valuable lesson I ever had was from Chicago trumpet player (and noted personality) George Bean—at a jam session when I was still in high school, he grabbed me by the shoulders, and implored in his georgebeanian way, “You have to SING everything you PLAY and PLAY everything that you SING!!!!” meaning, essentially, be melodic and don’t play anything you don’t hear. Since then, a lot of my free time is occupied with trying to air-play melodies or solos without my horn so that I’m strengthening my ear-to-finger connection."

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 11969 W 143rd St,

Orland Park, IL 60462

Good food and drinks

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