Please come on down and dig a gig. Tell your Ma, tell your Pa, tell your Sister Sue. Thanks, Fred Simon *************************** FRED SIMON TRIO will be performing selections from DREAMHOUSE (Naim-cd044) as well as selections from the waking world. This is what some are talking about when they talk about DREAMHOUSE: "[DREAMHOUSE] creates its own dream environment, this trio outing by pianist Simon boasts lovely, restfully unfolding melodies that draw liberally from folk and classical forms." - Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Sun-Times - 10 best of the year 2000: Chicago's Jazz Greats, January 5, 2001 "DREAMHOUSE by far the best of the six discs under his own name ... For me, the success of his work depends entirely on his ability to gracefully understate its emotional content something he does to a T on DREAMHOUSE." - Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader - Critic's Choice, October 6, 2000 "A truly melodic musician with ambitious vision ... DREAMHOUSE showcases Simon's splendid ability as both a jazz composer and improviser ... With intimate performances on original compositions, Simon reminds us exactly how and why he has survived as a working musician in Chicago for nearly three decades." - Mitch Myers, New City, October 5, 2000 "Fred Simon is one of Chicago's treasured pianists and a fine composer. He has an original, defined approach to the piano ... and a nice touch. His compositions seem to have something for everyone and although expressing a full range of emotion, they are uplifting to the spirit." Marshall Vente, Jazz Institute of Chicago, November 2000. "In striving for pure melodic beauty, you run the risk of sentimentality -- or worse. But on [DREAMHOUSE], Chicago pianist Fred Simon bolsters his singing lines with reflective weight ... Spare and restful, never forcing its stylistic hand, the music takes its time to unfold while drawing you to it with its firm rhythmic pulse ... The sound is luminous, drawing out the inner shadows of Simon's originals." - Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Sun-Times, November 12, 2000 *************************** FRED SIMON TRIO is: Fred Simon - piano, composer Kelly Sill - bass Sarah Allen - drums Saturday, August 4, 2001 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Pop's Highwood 214 Greenbay Road, Highwood, IL for information (847) 266.1313 ***BEST IF DRUNK BEFORE DATE ON CARTON***
