Trumpeter and organist Deacon Jones played for Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, and Carlos Santana, and spent 18 years with John Lee Hooker.
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12 O’Clock Track: ‘Hot Sauce,’ an infectiously funky organ jam from Big John Patton
A ripper from the Hammond B-3 master featuring guitarist Grant Green
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 9/18: Davy Rothbart, Dear Elizabeth, and Shigeto
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, September 18
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Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers
Jack DeJohnette and Wadada Leo Smith are just two of the highlights of the first two days of the 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival.
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Sunday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers
Robert Glasper Quartet and others close out Jazz Fest’s final day.
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Guitarist Mike Allemana gets behind another of the Freeman brothers
Longtime Von Freeman sideman Mike Allemana starts a new project with George Freeman.
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Sam Yahel Opens for Steely Dan
Sam Yahel If you’re checking out any of the four Steely Dan shows that begin tonight, I’d advise you to get there in time to catch the opening act, Sam Yahel. Over the past decade or so Yahel has emerged as one jazz’s most exciting and original organists, eschewing the greasy blues-based sound of Jimmy […]