The Chicago reedist’s shape-shifting electric quartet reaches new heights.
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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: Sand, “White Nights”
A buoyant track from the debut album of former Chicagoan Dylan Ryan’s new trio, Sand
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Bass clarinetist Jeff Kimmel drops a quartet album
Bass clarinetist Jeff Kimmel celebrates the release of “Charm Offensive,” the debut album from his quartet, with a performance at the Hideout on Wednesday.
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Pre-Umbrella Music Festival action today
Pre-Umbrella Festival action around town today includes a Peter Brotzmann documentary and a trio gig from Dave Rempis, Mike Reed, and Devin Hoff.
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Post-Rock and the Amazon
Ken Vandermark performs Saturday 4/2 at a free screening of the Amazon river documentary “Roads of Water,” which he scored. Also showing clips from “Roads” director Augusto Contento’s in-progress post-rock-doc “Parallax Sounds.”
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The List: March 3-March 9
Music Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Barrington Levy, Resonance Ensemble, American Heritage, Iron & Wine, Janet Jackson, the Ex, Nels Cline, Rafael Toral, and more
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The Celestial Septet on Your Computer
The Celestial Septet, a powerhouse collaboration between ROVA and the Nels Cline Singers, isn’t performing in Chicago on its current tour, but you can listen to the group’s Tuesday concert in Philadelphia live online.
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The List: June 17-23, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Kings Go Forth, Shemekia Copeland, Eyehategod, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Jeff the Brotherhood, DM Stith, and more
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The List: February 11-17, 2010
Critic’s Choices and other notable concerts: The Residents, Ben Allison, Mariah Carey, Doom, Zola Jesus, and more