Joe Segal-Jazz Impresario passes away
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Joe Segal, owner of Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, passed away at the age of 94. He started presenting live Jazz in the late 1940’s, Over seventy years of presenting the best of the best. Joe loved bebop & Charlie Parker. In fact, every August was Charlie Parker month & he featured hard core bebop & artists who were heavily influenced by Bird. The Jazz Showcase resided in various locations over the decades, but quality Jazz never suffered. Joe could be an irascible host, but he was never interested in being charming. He wanted to promote the music he loved, Jazz.
I first started attending shows at the Showcase in the early ‘70’s. I have heard dozens & dozens of the Jazz greats. I have always felt fortunate to live in Chicago where I could hear the best in Jazz & Blues.
I hope Joe is now sitting & listening to Bird again, in person. Maybe Pops is sitting in. & Gabriel is digging it.
Joe B
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