Has it really been just two months since the Illinois shelter-in-place order went into effect? Sometimes live music seems like a fading memory. But when the original experience is especially vivid, it’s not hard for a record like To Catch a Bird in a Net of Wind to bring it all back. The album captures […]
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Percussionist Claire Rousay makes her Chicago debut at Exposure Series 2019
In jazz, soloists step in front of the band to show their stuff and then retreat back into the ensemble’s framework. Percussionist Claire Rousay, based in San Antonio, Texas, doesn’t play jazz, but her improvisations are just as conscious of the relationship between self and surroundings. She is queer and transgender, and her music addresses […]
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In its third year, the Exposure Series invites six up-and-comers to collaborate with Chicago musicians
The third installment of this annual event organized by saxophonist Dave Rempis, also the longtime programmer of the Thursday-evening improvised-music series at Elastic, shifts gears from its predecessors. In the first two iterations, a single musician (reedists Tony Malaby and Silke Eberhard, respectively) visited the city to engage in workshops and performances with local players. […]
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Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis builds an intentional community in jazz
Dave Rempis organizes concerts, mentors young musicians, and connects players from across the States and abroad—modeling the commitment and generosity that keep the jazz scene viable.
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Baraka de Soleil tackles race and disability in a performance-art lecture tomorrow
At Gallery 400, the artist presents “The ‘Good’ Body (Chicago Edition).”