Also, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is again threatening to revoke federal funding for Chicago.
Tag: Jazz music
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Underrated pianist Bill Carrothers headlines the Green Mill
Bill Carrothers, as solid a pianist as anyone in mainstream jazz, plays the Green Mill tonight and tomorrow with his European rhythm section.
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Sun Ra’s Chicago days–in Philadelphia
“Pathways to Unknown Worlds,” the knockout exhibition of Sun Ra art and ephemera that debuted here in 2006, opens Thursday at the ICA in Phillly.
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Village Voice Jazz Poll
The Village Voice publishes its 2008 jazz poll, and this year I’m part of it.
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The man on the bottom
If you go see saxophonist Donny McCaslin this weekend at the Green Mill, pay attention to his bassist, the imperturbable Hans Glawischnig.
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The Morse Theatre in Rogers Park opens tonight
Hard bop drummer Winard Harper opens the Morse Theatre in Rogers Park tonight.
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Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers projects makes its Chicago debut
Oak Park native Amir ElSaffar gives the Chicago premiere of his Two Rivers suite on Thursday.
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Dick Buckley’s last sign-off
Dick Buckley hosts his final show on WBEZ on Sunday afternoon.
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Doesn’t sound Greek to me
Greek saxophonist Dimitri Vassilakis brings his pure postbop sound to town.
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Andrew D’Angelo hospitalized
Reedist Andrew D’Angelo has been hospitalized with a brain tumor.
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Amir ElSaffar straddles two worlds
Oak Park-bred Amir ElSaffar, who blends jazz and Iraqi maqam, collaborates tonight and tomorrow with Jewish Algerian expat Maurice El Medioni.
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Wilco’s not-so-secret weapon
Wilco guitarist Nels Cline keeps it wild on the other side.
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Melting-pot partners
Pianist Jason Lindner and bassist Omer Avital represent a new jazz sound in New York.