Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal was set in his ways, but his ways are worth saving.
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Curator Adia Sykes on a voice that takes you back to the golden age of soul
Current musical obsessions of ESS codirector Olivia Junell, curator Adia Sykes, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
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Drummer Kahil El’Zabar elevates groove to a transcendent plane
The leader of the Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is also a teacher, a connector, and an ambassador for Afrocentric jazz.
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Gertrude Abercrombie’s self-portraits show an inner landscape of anxiety, fear, and loneliness
The “Queen of the Bohemian Artists” hung out with jazz musicians, but painted solitary chamber pieces.
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Seven portraits of the Chicago Jazz Festival
The compelling characters at this year’s Jazz Festival include avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell, indefatigable experimenter Mary Halvorson, and defiantly joyful South African survivor Louis Moholo-Moholo.
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You have no excuse to give anyone a holiday album
Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco
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Primo west-coast bebop from Howard McGhee released by Uptown Records
Previously unissued radio broadcasts join a selection of studio tracks in asserting trumpeter Howard McGhee’s important role in the development of bebop.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Johnny Griffin
Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin isn’t exactly obscure, but he’s been unjustly overshadowed since his heyday in the 50s and 60s.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Malachi Favors
Avant-garde jazz bassist Malachi Favors anchored the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago for nearly 40 years.
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How Howard Got His History Back
A young DJ stumbled on a warehouse cache and reunited a barrier-breaking photographer with some 500 lost works.