This week’s featured gig poster was created by illustrator and musician Rei Alvarez, who lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Tag: Ches Smith
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Guitarist Marc Ribot summons the righteous fury of 80s hardcore on the new Ceramic Dog album
Marc Ribot makes a rare solo appearance on Thursday, performing in response to an exhibit of paintings by Ivan Albright at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Mary Halvorson’s band keeps getting bigger—and better
New York guitarist Mary Halvorson brings her daring but sophisticated octet to Chicago for the first time.
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Powerhouse New York reedist Darius Jones gives a rare Chicago performance
The alto saxophonist performs Saturday night with a strong crew of Chicago players
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A weekend of jazz and international music in New York
Gorging at Winter Jazz Festival and Globalfest
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Danny Brown’s thoughtfully raunchy Old and 15 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including Traxman’s user-friendly footwork.
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The easy stylistic yin and yang of drummer Ches Smith
Ches Smith, who rolls through Chicago next week in Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, easily straddles ideas from both jazz and rock in his great quintet These Arches.
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Bassist and onetime Chicagoan Devin Hoff returns for April
A conversation with bassist Devin Hoff about his April residency in Chicago
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12 O’Clock Track: The soulful yet scrappy jazz of Bay Area clarinetist Ben Goldberg
A soulful track from veteran Bay Area clarinetist featuring a corker of a solo from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline.
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Just how many limbs does drummer Ches Smith have?
Drummer Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs 3, Xiu Xiu, Mary Halvorson Quintet) plays a solo set at the Hideout Wednesday.