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Home » Chicago Jazz Festival

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Bob Koester leaves a colossal legacy in Chicago jazz and blues

by Howard Mandel May 19, 2021August 18, 2021

For nearly 70 years, Bob Koester owned the Jazz Record Mart and Delmark Records—and though his businesses could be “crazy town,” they helped nurture thriving communities.

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Chicago’s September jazz festivals cope with COVID

by Bill Meyer August 27, 2020August 18, 2021

The city is replacing the Chicago Jazz Festival with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.

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Remembering Chicago jazz anchor Joe Segal

by Neil Tesser August 20, 2020August 18, 2021

Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal was set in his ways, but his ways are worth saving.

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Free-jazz piano great Dave Burrell plays a rare Chicago show

by Steve Krakow January 17, 2020August 18, 2021

The only time I’ve seen wild jazz pianist Dave Burrell play live was in an odd setting for him—he joined free-jazz bass titan William Parker for a program called “The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield” at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2009. The ensemble also included drummer and musical polymath Hamid Drake and writer Amiri […]

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Why is Chicago jazz so successful in Europe?

by Margaret Tazioli September 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago expats Frank Rosaly and Rob Clearfield discuss the differences between pursuing jazz here and overseas.

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The Reader’s guide to the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival

by John Corbett August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

This year’s lineup details a sprawling cross section of the genre, including world-changing explorers the Art Ensemble of Chicago, trad band the Fat Babies, venerable guitarist George Freeman, and restless experimenter Rob Mazurek.

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The Fat Babies wring the kitsch out of trad jazz

by James Porter August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Hardworking Chicago preservationists the Fat Babies play with the vitality and commitment to make antique songs feel brand-new.

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Mike Reed honors the modern golden age of Chicago jazz

by Bill Meyer August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Bandleader and drummer Mike Reed assembles an ensemble of composer-performers from The City Was Yellow, a “real book” documenting 30 years of the city’s jazz scene.

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Trumpeter Russ Johnson dances along a fine line

by John Corbett August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Wisconsin trumpeter and composer Russ Johnson strikes a perfect balance between mainstream and vanguard.

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Rob Mazurek refracts melody and groove through cosmic complexity

by Bill Meyer August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Trumpeter and polymath Rob Mazurek returns to his old hometown with the adventurous quartet Desert Encrypts Vol. 1.

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Saxophonist Dave Rempis builds a band with the stamina for deep dives

by John Corbett August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

The lively quartet Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis brings to the festival finds the meditative heart of free improvisation.

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The Art Ensemble of Chicago celebrate 50 years of pushing great Black music into the future

by Bill Meyer August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Art Ensemble cofounders Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don Moye expand the group into an 18-piece big band with the likes of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, and Fred Berry.

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Two Chicago institutions bridge jazz and blues

by James Porter August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Guitarist George Freeman and harmonica player Billy Branch demonstrate the common roots of the sounds they love.

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The complete schedule of the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival

by Chicago Reader August 26, 2019August 18, 2021

Thursday, August 29, through Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Millennium Park and at the Chicago Cultural Center

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The Jazz Festival’s orbit bustles with too much music for one weekend

by Bill Meyer August 22, 2019August 18, 2021

Jazz Fest’s ten days of neighborhood concerts, satellite shows, and aftersets include Kidd Jordan, Angel Bat Dawid, Jeff Parker, Marc Ribot, and Ben Sidran.

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