![]() Without the blues innovations of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, the gospel thunder of Mahalia Jackson, the folk incantations of Steve Goodman, the jazz seductions of Nat King Cole and the contributions of uncounted other Chicagoans, American music would be much the poorer.Īnyone who doubts that proposition probably was not at the Civic Opera House on Saturday evening, when opera star Renee Fleming and a stylistically far-reaching cast of singers staged a three-hour marathon aptly titled “Chicago Voices Concert.” More than just a gathering of musically wide-ranging performers, the event made tangible this city's enormous impact on how America - and, arguably, the world - sings. You'd encounter the sound of the city itself, for Chicago has nurtured and shaped all those idioms, and then some. You'd hear more than just jazz and rap, gospel and blues, classical and folk. What would happen if some of the greatest voices to come out of Chicago joined forces on a single stage? ![]() Renee Fleming’s ‘Chicago Voices’ transforms the Civic Opera House with soaring melody ![]()
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