Where's Django premiers in #Westmont May 17. Check out some of the amazing #swingdancers and music. youtube.com/watch?v=7HpmUI… via YouTube #DjangoReinhardt #paris #gypsy #manouche #naperville #hinsdale #oakbrook #wheaton #westernsprings #clarendonhills #burrridge #lagrange

Dexter Gordon recorded Doin’ Allright for Blue Note Records #onthisday in 1961.

May 6 is world #accordion day! ift.tt/2wqxIIH

It's #TeacherAppreciationDay! We appreciate all of the musicians who teach and mentor for our #JazzEducation programs. #JazzLinksEDU #JazzAmbassadors #JazzLinksJam #TeachersAdvisoryCouncil #CPSNoteworthy #WJLI #SAJC

Veterans of the Chicago arts scene Joan Gray and Tsehaye Hebert share their knowledge with young artists and admins. #onthetable2018 #jazzinchicago

Live! Tonight! It’s time to #LatinGroove with Cuban born pianist and flautist #OrienteLopez at 7:30PM followed by #GerardoContino at 10PM! 💃

Tonight, we commemorate Victory in Europe Day with honored guest and Holocaust survivor Louise Dillery. Alliance Française Mpls/St Paul Embassy of France in the U.S. @FranceinMidwest #NeverForget afmsp.org/events/angels-…

“Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music." - Ray Charles #WednesdayWisdom #WednesdayMotivation

This morning on WDCB Public Radio I try to get to the entire history of jazz in three hours. Trane, Bix, Ella & Louis, Freddie Hubbard, MMW and lots more. You’ve gotta tune in!

May 8, 1945 was V-E Day, the day the U.S. and Britain celebrated as the end to fighting in Europe.

Lúnasa album "Cas" available in Ireland as of this week. Tunes and songs featuring the amazing guest vocals of Natalie Merchant, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tim O'Brien, Daoiri Farrell and Eric Bibb. @M_CCarpenter, @TimOBrienmusic, Eric Bibb, Natalie Merchant

In the mid-1600s, Eustache Le Sueur was commissioned to paint the eight Beatitudes, of which only two survive today. Here the personification of Meekness embodies Christ’s saying in the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” #NowOnView

Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers at Jazz Alley May 14 – 16 - northwestmusicscene.net/lean-on-me-jos… via NW Music Scene JOSÉ JAMES Dimitriou's Jazz Alley #LiveMusicNorthwest

Who's got next?! The #NextGenJazz Emerging Artists Project promotes leadership, creativity and a foundation for self marketing for members of our #JazzLinksEDU Student Council. 5/11/18 William Harris Lee Family friendly and FREE! 6pm Isabella Isherwood | 7pm@asalazardrums

Paris, France - Great day at the famous Au Lapin Agile in Montmartre filming a TV documentary about Stephane Grappelli. Sitting under a Picasso playing music, then back to Stephane’s old apartment to be... facebook.com/martintaylorMB…

On the night of 16 May 1943, 19 Lancaster Bombers took off from RAF Scampton on a daring mission - code named Operation Chastise – to destroy the Ruhr valley dams... bit.ly/2IJ4Wrj #Dambusters75 #Dambusters #historylover #historylearningsite #revision #GCSEs

where's Django opens tomorrow night in #westmont. The war will rage, kids will #swingdance, #spies will slink, and friendship will shine. #lindyhop #charleston #djangoreinhardt #gypsy #jazz #manouche #paris #france

Now Playing Django Reinhardt - Melodie Au Crepuscule #djangoreinhardt bbc.co.uk/music/artists/…

The war will rage, kids will swing, spies will slink and friendship will shine...Come see Where's Django tonight in #Westmont. Tickets at rside.org/wheresdjango. #djangoreinhardt #gypsy #jazz #paris #france #german #swingdance #lindyhop #naperville #hinsdale #westernsprings