Caption: Drummer Vimont Brogsdale performs on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, Credit: Chris Sewell
Image by: Chris Sewell 
Drummer Vimont Brogsdale performs on Chicago's Michigan Avenue 

Beat Street

From: Chris Sewell
Length: 00:02:58

An earnest drummer takes his love of jazz - and hopes for something bigger - to the streets of Chicago. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

For years, Chicago drummer Vimont Brogsdale has lugged a drum kit out to Chicago's Michigan Avenue to play for the people and earn a few bucks. But, most of all, he does it for himself and his love of jazz.

This piece was produced for the Third Coast Festival's "Sound Drops" project, which invited producers from Chicago and elsewhere to produce short audio works that conjured Chicago through sound, story, and imagination.

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Cold Sweat James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume II. 00:00
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