Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
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Sep 24, 2026
Mike AllemanaGUEST
To groove at that level is rare, and it's difficult, and it takes a lo- especially what Charles is doing, playing with two hands like that.
Mike AllemanaGUEST
One night we were at The Green Mill, and I was sitting there looking at him, and I c- I don't think Greg Rockingham was the drummer that night.
Mike AllemanaGUEST
It was a different drummer from Waukegan was filling in.
Mike AllemanaGUEST
The guy was really good.
Ben JoravskyHOST
... something like that.
Mike AllemanaGUEST
100 or so.
Ben JoravskyHOST
Uh, Green Mill, 100 people.
Ben JoravskyHOST
You're t-
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
I was like, as you can see here, the mansard roof on this postmodern building is actually reflecting the mansard roof right next door to it.
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
And this genie gang building is built so that the windows on it don't kill birds i know the loop the best just from like doing tons of tours having like work down there i i'm a plaque reader so i love that um but in terms of like an actual neighborhood neighborhood i think uptown would be amazing um it has such incredible architecture there and the best place to start is that um corner that you have where it's the riv the uptown theater the Aragon, the Green Mill.
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
You can see everything.
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
It's amazing.
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
So good shout there.
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
So I think that would be a great neighborhood to go in.
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
And then obviously, yeah, the Green Mill, iconic Chicago spot that is between that and Paulina Meat Market.
Leigh GiangrecoGUEST
That is those are Tom John Greco spots in Chicago.
DrewHOST
It was actually 1999 when it was first recorded, and it is Kurt Elling.
DrewHOST
This is a vocalist, and it was recorded at Chicago's Green Mill Jazz Club.
DrewHOST
uh this album received a grammy award for the best vocal jazz album it was the fourth nomination in a row since ellington's debut ellings i'm gonna keep calling it kurt ellings debut so to see this as a grammy award-winning album live in chicago from Green Mill Jazz Club, Kurt Elling.
DrewHOST
Now, I found it really interesting that he pulls in John Hendricks, who the three of us have listened to before.
DrewHOST
John Hendricks is on two of the tracks, Don't Get Scared and Going to Chicago.
DrewHOST
It was recorded in 1999.
DrewHOST
It was recorded at the Green Mill Jazz Club.
DrewHOST
And on this, it featured Kurt Elling as the vocals, Lawrence Hargood, Hobgood on the piano, Rob Amster on the acoustic bass, Michael Rainer on the drums and percussion on track four.
DrewHOST
It did offer some featured guest artists.
PJ PowersGUEST
Um, and, um, you know, being part of this uptown neighborhood, um, I'm literally looking out the window at, at the neighbor, looking at the Argyle red line station outside my window, which is, just thrilling to feel that, that connection with, with the city.
PJ PowersGUEST
But, you know, there's such history, um, in this, this neighborhood and such, you know, vibrancy of entertainment just up the street from the Green Mill and the Riviera Theater and the Aragon Ballroom and the Uptown Theater, which has such, such history.
PJ PowersGUEST
Um, so, you know, I've, I've learned, um, uh, humility and, and reverence for, for what has come, uh, before, um, but also just pride to now be a contributor to whatever this next era is.
John Michael CoppolaHOST
Wonderful.
Richard CroweGUEST
owned things outright, but he might have controlling interests or he might be involved.
Richard CroweGUEST
And it was through machine gun Jack McGurn who actually was running the Green Mill, which was odd because McGurn, a Capone guy, was running the Green Mill up in the north side territory of Bugs Moran.
Richard CroweGUEST
But the Green Mill... has to this day the tunnel system that goes from behind the bar down underground.
Richard CroweGUEST
Really? And you can go into the tunnel and come out, you know, half a block away or whatever.
Richard CroweGUEST
That was, of course, very useful back in the days of Prohibition.
Johnny PutmanHOST
He said, of course, I took my money.
Johnny PutmanHOST
He said, I was glad it wasn't a check because I ran with it when I realized who I was performing for.
Johnny PutmanHOST
And that was either in the Green Mill or one of those other spots.
James D'AmatoHOST
Yeah.
James D'AmatoHOST
I, I kind of think Sal might have, like, the energy, you know, like of, of the Green Mill here in Chicago, where enforces the atmosphere of attentiveness and reverence to the performance.
Aly GrauerPANELIST
Mm-hmm.
Mel D'AmatoPANELIST
I love that.
Eshin WoodwardHOST
But, um, when I was cleaning the toilets one night and I walked into that hondo and I looked at Amida-sama on the altar, and I...
Eshin WoodwardHOST
It was just my closing aisatsu, my closing sort of goodbye for the end of my work time there, which was after I played a jazz gig at The Green Mill, which is right nearby there, for those of you who know uptown Chicago.
Eshin WoodwardHOST
Uh, I, I looked at that altar, I put my hands together, I bowed, and I said, "Namu Amida Butsu," and I had an awakening of faith.
Eshin WoodwardHOST
And it was not that I was so touched by Amida exactly, but it was that I understood what the point of Amida was in my body.
Peter MartinHOST
No, he did do some...
Peter MartinHOST
He had the Green Mill a lot, though.
Adam ManessHOST
Oh, that's true.
Peter MartinHOST
Yeah.
RussHOST
That was back in episode 200, Legacies, Exiles, and Voices in February of 2025.
RussHOST
Andy Brown, the guitarist here, is a Chicago-based jazz guitarist who performs regularly at the Green Mill, Andy's Jazz Club, Winter's Jazz Club, the Jazz Showcase, and Ravinia.
RussHOST
And he's worked with performers such as Scott Hamilton, Howard Alden, Harry Allen, Annette Cohen, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Feinstein.
RussHOST
And thanks to Kevin for getting in touch with us a while back to let us know about this recording that was coming out and sending us the audio and all the information about it.
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