Erin McDougald

McDougald will be headlining Reggies Music Joint for an intimate jazz concert on her Birthday, Monday March 16th.

The Birthday Concert will feature Celtic music at 7:30pm followed by jazz at 8:45pm, featuring Grammy-nominated Orlando Sanchez-Soto from Cuba on the saxophone and 7 time Grammy winner Paul Wertico on drums. An Original-Irish-Toast contest will be held at 10pm

A jam session for Celtic musicians AND jazz artists will start around 11:45pm. Admission is $15 cash per person at the door; Chicago’s best corn beef sandwiches with Guinness and Jameson on special will be the culinary feature and a free shot of Jameson for every patron in the bar at midnight.

Nationally acclaimed jazz vocalist, bandleader and songwriter, Erin McDougald has been touted as “one of the best voices in jazz today” by Downbeat critic Howard Mandel; Jazz Improv Magazine raves “McDougald’s voice is a rare instrument to be savored– sweet and spicy in equal measure… worldly, gorgeous and positively mercurial” and trumpet-genius Tom Harrell attests Erin as a “wonderful vocalist” with “magical phrasing”. With an elastic vocal range, her daring approach to rhythmic interpretations and a bevy of Grammy winning jazz icons on her recordings and in her various touring ensembles, Erin McDougald has captivated audiences of jazz aficionados and novices alike from Paris to New York City.