Current musical obsessions of Ensemble dal Niente pianist Mabel Kwan, Kelley Sheehan of Cacophony magazine, and Reader critic Peter Margasak
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Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and local trio ZRL present new strains of free improvisation
French-Austrian duo Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and Chicago trio ZRL highlight this weekend’s options for adventurous live music.
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Trumpeter Jaimie Branch finally spreads her wings
More than 12 years after her blazing debut on the Chicago jazz scene, trumpeter Jaimie Branch releases Fly or Die, her first album as a bandleader.
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In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation
Current musical obsessions of MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete, painter Lisa Alvarado, and more
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Germany’s Die Enttäuschung ingeniously bridge jazz’s past and future, again
The superb Berlin jazz quartet continues to beautifully reconcile the essence of classic bebop with the extended techniques and improv-oriented approach of today on its excellent new album Vier Halbe.
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My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21
The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two