Last year pianist Brad Mehldau dropped Blues and Ballads (Nonesuch), the first new album in four years from his long-running trio featuring bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard. In recent years his admirable artistic reach has resulted in electronically driven jazz-funk with drummer Mark Giuliani and thoughtful duets with expansive bluegrass mandolinist Chris Thile, […]
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You can do better than an iTunes gift card
Perhaps the music lovers in your life would enjoy 23 CDs of the Isley Brothers, two decades of the Staple Singers, or a half century of rural southern sounds from County Records.
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Drummer Mark Guiliana steps out as composer and bandleader on his impressive debut
The in-demand musician recently released an impressive full-length with his acoustic quartet.
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Singer-songwriter Rob Nicholas on an album every jazz fan should own
Current musical obsessions of singer-songwriter Rob Nicholas, CPS teacher Paul DeNovi, and Reader digital content editor Tal Rosenberg
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Jazz All Over the Place
Three top-shelf jazz shows hit Chicago over the next 24 hours: Brad Mehldau, the ICP Orchestra, and the Ullmann/Swell 4.
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The Reader’s Guide to the Chicago Jazz Festival
Featuring Nicole Mitchell’s Sonic Projections, the Kurt Elling Quintet with Ernie Watts, the Ramsey Lewis 75th birthday celebration, and much more
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Chicago Jazz Fest Lineup Announced
The Jazz Institute of Chicago has announced the lineup for this year’s Jazz Festival, which includes Henry Threadgill’s Zooid, the Brad Mehldau Trio, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, and the Either/Orchestra with Mahmoud Ahmed.