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- Chicago style, approach to jazz group instrumental playing that developed in Chicago during the 1920s. Chicago style can be differentiated from New Orleans style by its greater emphasis on individual solos, a less relaxed feeling, and a somewhat smaller reliance on elements of 19th-century Black ethnic music.
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Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age , the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins , about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported.
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- 1967–present
Emphasis on solos, faster tempos, string bass and guitar (replacing the traditional tuba and banjo) and saxophones also distinguish Chicago-style playing from New Orleans style. When Chicago musicians started playing four-beat measures, they laid the foundation for the swing era .
Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. It is set in Chicago in the jazz age. The satire play is about corruption in the criminal justice system in Chicago.
- Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse
- John Kander
Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported.
Feb 1, 2023 · The secret to this musical’s record-breaking success — with over 10,000 performances, Chicago is the longest running American show on Broadway (and second longest running overall, behind the British Phantom of the Opera) — lies largely in the music by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
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