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Home » Dee Alexander

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Posted inMusic

Monique Golding, vocalist for Mosaic Soul and the Black Monument Ensemble

by Leor Galil April 1, 2021August 18, 2021

“A music community is a group of individuals that create music because they love doing it, and I think that’s the most important thing for me.”

Posted inMusic

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

by Bill Meyer October 1, 2020August 18, 2021

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.

Posted inMusic

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.

Posted inCity Life

Is your lovin’ worth two transfers?

by Salem Collo-Julin August 7, 2020August 18, 2021

What our listings coordinator is musing about this week

Posted inMusic

Rapper-producer Montana Macks drops a collection of soulful instrumentals

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil August 4, 2020August 18, 2021

Montana Macks drops a collection of soulful instrumentals, Quiet Pterodactyl releases an all-star compilation to benefit Chicago music venues, and more.

Posted inMusic

Bill MacKay and Katinka Kleijn document their dynamic duo with an album

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil November 5, 2019August 18, 2021

Bill MacKay and Katinka Kleijn finally document their dynamic duo with an album, friends band together to help Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal with medical bills, and more.

Posted inMusic

Curator Adia Sykes on a voice that takes you back to the golden age of soul

by Philip Montoro October 15, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of ESS codirector Olivia Junell, curator Adia Sykes, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro

Posted inMusic

Photos: The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

by Philip Montoro and Michael Jackson September 30, 2019August 18, 2021

The south side’s own world-class jazz fest played host to dozens of shows and more than a hundred musicians.

Posted inMusic

The jazz doesn’t stop when the park goes dark

by Chicago Reader August 27, 2018August 18, 2021

This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.

Posted inMusic

Your comprehensive guide to the 37th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer September 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Previews of every act in Millennium Park and beyond, including Fred Hersch in his overdue festival debut and AACM cofounder Muhal Richard Abrams leading a historic reunion of the Experimental Band

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 9/28: 365 Drawings Showcase, Edgewater Fall Arts Fair, and Hyde Park Jazz Festival

by Francesca Gattuso September 28, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, September 28

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 8/31: African Festival of the Arts, Remix Chicago, and HogFight

by Brianna Wellen August 31, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Agenda for Sunday, August 31

Dee Alexander's new record includes reinvented versions of 11 classic songs.
Posted inMusic

Will Chicago’s most daring and virtuosic jazz singer finally get the recognition she deserves?

by David Whiteis July 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album might change that.

Jute Gyte, Discontinuities
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Jake Austen of Roctober on a sitar cover of the Banana Splits

by Philip Montoro February 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Roctober‘s Jake Austen and WHPK’s Mario Smith

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sat 9/28: Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Monument, and a Chicago-style Oktoberfest

by Jillian Sandler September 28, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, September 28

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