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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Thanks for sharing, @unlawfulentries.bsky.social. It was a true privilege to pull this Berlin song from the scrap pile with the @chicagojazzdads.com. On top of having a wonderful message in trying times, it's a beautiful song. Without waves of immigration, there would be no Tin Pan Alley

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 29/04/2026

With Chicago as this year’s host city for @intljazzday.bsky.social, you know Evanston had to show out! Join us tomorrow night for our local celebration. @chrisgreenejazz.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Sharing for Chicago/Northshore locals: the big Evanston event for International Jazz Day is happening THIS THURSDAY! Featuring local jazz legends, Donovan Mixon and Chris Greene, as well as some awfully talented ETHS students, 7th Period. (As well as In Full Swing and the @chicagojazzdads.com.)

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 14/01/2026

Evanston jazz fans, make sure to get your tickets for the ETHS Jazz Festival on Feb 14! Don’t be fooled by the venue—it’s not a kids show! Every year the festival brings in top-notch talent. And our local young players might actually blow your mind… Tickets: www.onthestage.tickets/show/evansto...

ETHS Jazz Festival, Feb 14, 2026, Noontime Concert is Twin Talk, Evening Concert @ 7pm is The Sean Jones Quartet. Visit ethsjazz.com for more info

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Join @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, me, and the rest of the guys Thursday evening at Evanston Pour for our annual holiday show. Playing all the seasonal favorites!

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What better time to celebrate the amazing contributions of immigrants to American culture? Come join me, @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, and the @chicagojazzdads.com Thursday night at Evanston Pour.

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 31/08/2025

Join us at Pour in Evanston, IL, this Thursday. (New date!) #jazzsky #evanston

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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I had a great time engaging in my selfcare Sunday night, playing with the @chicagojazzdads.com ( @laywilliams.bsky.social @jgordonwright.com, Leo and Eric) at @evanstonspace.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us.

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 27/08/2025

Thanks so much to the hometown crowd and the amazing crew at @evanstonspace.bsky.social!

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 26/08/2025

TODAY IN JAZZ: Miles Davis was brutally beaten by an NYC cop right in front of Birdland under a marquee bearing his name. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Fred Kaplan captured it well in this old @nymag.com article: nymag.com/news/feature...

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 16/08/2025

Here’s your Sunday morning plan: come check us out this Sunday at the Evanston Art & Fork Festival. A perfect warm-up for our gig at @evanstonspace.bsky.social in one week…

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 14/08/2025

Here’s a tune by one of our favorite songwriting duos, Dietz & Schwartz. (And no, they don’t have a line of deli meat.) Join us at evanstonspace.bsky.social on SUNDAY, AUG 24, for more premium cuts and choice selects… (ahem) www.ticketweb.com/event/the-ch...

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 13/08/2025

Happy birthday to George Shearing, who was born on this day in 1919. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Check him out playing his own standard, “Lullaby of Birdland,” in Munich in 1992, with Neil Swainson absolutely destroying the upright: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zJn...

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George Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland

Live recording of 1992 from the Munich Philharmonie George Shearing - piano Neil Swainson - bass George Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland Watch the full concert:…

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 12/08/2025

Do you have your tickets yet to our show at @evanstonspace.bsky.social? There are still some good seats left, but you gotta grab ’em now: www.ticketweb.com/event/the-ch... #jazzsky #livejazz #evanstonil

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 12/08/2025

Hbd, Pat. Share your favorite Metheny today, #jazzsky.

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 12/08/2025

Happy birthday, Pat Metheny! Pat turns 71 today. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Here he is playing the Monk classic, “’Round Midnight,” which it happens was first recorded by Cootie Williams this month in 1944: www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvD... What’s your favorite Metheny tune?

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 11/08/2025

Happy birthday to our very own @jbsinger.bsky.social! Best drummer a jazz dad could hope for. #jazzsky

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J. Gordon Wright @jgordonwright.com · 02/05/2025

Only now hearing about Andy Bey. The first time I heard his voice I was completely arrested. I remember I had to stop what I was doing and figure out who it was. Still gives me goosebumps. Thank you, Andy. #jazzsky #jazzgreats www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/a...

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Andy Bey, Jazz Singer Renowned for His Vocal Range, Dies at 85

An admirer of Nat King Cole, he began as a child performer and as part of a family trio before emerging as a master of the American songbook.

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 10/02/2025

Maybe you saw the “Harry Met Sally” ad during the Superbowl last night? Clearly Hellmann’s was inspired by the upcoming Jazz Dads’ show at Pour… See you Thursday night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIXB...

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When Sally Met Hellmann's :30 - Super Bowl Commercial 2025

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 17/01/2025

Love to see it! Kudos to Noah Plotkin, single-handedly stoking the creative flames of the North Shore.

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 06/01/2025

Whaddya mean “not academic”? We’re a master’s course in how to swing as a dad. See you all Thursday.

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J. Gordon Wright @jgordonwright.com · 19/12/2024

How Judy Garland saved “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” #jazzsky www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/a...

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 05/12/2024

Come join us at Squeezebox in Evanston tonight from 6-7pm during the Main-Dempster Mile’s Holiday Stroll. We’ll be doing a stripped down trio show of your favorite holiday tunes. Requests welcome! #jazzsky

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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Did you know Adam Smith, the “father of capitalism,” was concerned about economic inequality, believing it hinders our capacity for sympathy, essential for a thriving community? This and more in the wildly popular Ep 140 @laywilliams.bsky.social. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/11/econ...

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The Greatest of All Plagues: David Lay Williams, PhD on Economic Inequality

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 28/11/2024

Fujita-inspired options for our next record generated by DALL-E. #jazzsky

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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 28/11/2024

Fujita immigrated to Hawaii, was forced into Japanese intern camps and then served in a segregated regiment of the US Army. He created nearly 50 album covers for Columbia Records. #jazzsky #coverart #graphicdesign #AAPI

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J. Gordon Wright @jgordonwright.com · 26/11/2024

Follow my jazz group. Please and thanks.

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