[Dixielandjazz] Chicago jazz mecca closes doors, perhaps forever. (slightly OT)

[David Richoux]

Not an OKOM place, but anyway...



Dave Richoux

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a city that lost several beloved institutions  
in 2006, the sound coming out of Chicago's jazz scene is providing a  
year-end coda no one wants to hear.

The Jazz Showcase, this jazz-drenched city's oldest club dedicated to  
the musical form and the second-oldest U.S. jazz venue after New  
York's Village Vanguard, is closing its doors this weekend after 59  
years.



more at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061230/en_nm/jazz_chicago_dc_2