Chicago improvisers Tim Daisy and Matt Piet have responded to the challenges of COVID by learning new ways to record alone.
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This collective trio gives jazz school a good name
When the word “academic” is applied to jazz, it’s not necessarily a compliment. But these three players, all of whom teach at universities, make music that could keep you at school till the sun comes up. The success of General Semantics, the debut album by Northern Illinois University’s Geof Bradfield (tenor and soprano saxophones, bass […]
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Singular pianist and musical mind Cecil Taylor has died at 89
Cecil Taylor belonged to a rare class of uncompromising visionaries who changed music and the way we think about it.
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Rare music from overlooked alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons is back in print
Corbett vs. Dempsey reissues Jimmy Lyons’s great 1979 album Push Pull.
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The debut album of brilliant tenor saxophonist David S. Ware is back in print
Birth of a Being, David S. Ware’s blazing 1977 recording with Apogee, has been reissued by Aum Fidelity.
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He’s back: Weasel Walter plays Chicago/RIP Kenny Wheeler
The former Chicagoan plays Township with his band Cellular Chaos.
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Best Album Featuring the Work of a Chicago-Based Composer
He’s helped nurture the ongoing bloom of fierce, forward-looking contemporary-classical ensembles in Chicago.
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Artist on Artist: Robert Glasper talks to Justin Dillard
Jazz pianists Robert Glasper and Justin Dillard talk “fire alarm music” and warm, fluffy Steinways