Jazz symphony looks at Chicago River's momentous reversal
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- May 22, 2013
- Chicago Tribune (IL)
Pianist Leandro Lopez Varady makes some corrections on his score during a rehearsal of "The Chicago River, a jazz symphony written by Orbert Davis, during a rehearsal at a space in Symphony Center in Chicago on May 15, 2013. (John Owens/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Composer/trumpeter Orbert Davis is in a reflective mood as he directs the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic during a rehearsal of "The Chicago River," a jazz symphony written by Davis which was inspired by the photo book "Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed Its River and the land Beyond," at a rehearsal space in Symphony Center in Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 2013. (John Owens/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Trumpeter/composer Orbert Davis directs the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic during a rehearsal of "The Chicago River," a jazz symphony written by Davis which was inspired by the photo book "Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed Its River and the land Beyond," at a rehearsal space in Symphony Center in Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 2013. (John Owens/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Author Richard Cahan, left, listens as the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic runs through a rehearsal of "The Chicago River," a jazz symphony written by Orbert Davis, during a rehearsal at a space in Symphony Center at 67 E. Adams St. in Chicago on May 15, 2013. (John Owens/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Trumpeter/composer Orbert Davis (center) talks with members of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic during a rehearsal of "The Chicago River," a jazz symphony written by Davis which was inspired by the photo book "Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed Its River and the land Beyond," at a rehearsal space in Symphony Center in Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 2013. (John Owens/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
CHICAGO _ It was called the "seventh engineering wonder of the world," a herculean effort to reverse the flow of the Chicago River.
