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Free Club Show w/ SOUL MESSAGE BAND! at FitzGerald's

Where

FitzGerald's
6615 Roosevelt Road
Berwyn, IL
Map
(708) 788-2118

When

Wed, February 5, 2025
8:00 pm

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About

FITZGERALDS PRESENTS:SOUL MESSAGE BAND FREE SHOW! Click Book Now to reserve a table.And Hey: Its $5 BURGER NIGHT! Chris Foreman is a masterful musician and heir to the throne occupied by the soulful, bluesy jazz organ legends who were once his influence. Blind at birth, Foreman started playing piano at age five and began formal training at seven. As a teenager he was attracted to the organ sounds of Jack McDuff, Groove Holmes, JimmySmith and Jimmy McGriff. This attraction led Chris to pursue playing jazz on the organ, which he undertook through intensive study of recordings. Unlike many African- American musicians whose musical knowledge begins and is established through the church, Chris didnt start his apprenticeship as a church organist until he was almost twenty years old - well after his jazz roots were established...

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