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Makaya McCraven
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Makaya McCraven remixes jazz history

by Dave Cantor November 18, 2021November 19, 2021

It’s been more than a decade since Blue Note Records released an album by a Chicago artist. The last time anyone based here appeared on the roster of this definitive jazz label, it was vocalists Patricia Barber and Kurt Elling, whose most recent Blue Note records as bandleaders arrived in the 2000s. But on November […]

Savanna Dickhut of Burr Oak
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Burr Oak debuts with a long-gestating album of dreamy folk-pop

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil August 3, 2021August 18, 2021

Burr Oak debuts with a long-gestating album of dreamy folk-pop, Experimental Sound Studio hosts an all-star fundraiser in its backyard, and more.

Posted inMusic

Elastic Arts ramps up its bookings and launches a transatlantic collaboration

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil March 9, 2021August 18, 2021

Elastic Arts ramps up its programming, CIVL opens grant applications for its SAVE Emergency Relief Fund, and more.

Posted inMusic

A eulogy for Danny’s Tavern

by Jacob Arnold November 25, 2020August 18, 2021

For decades, Danny’s nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.

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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

by Bill Meyer October 1, 2020August 18, 2021

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.

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Veteran Chicago bassist Junius Paul celebrates the release of his first album

by Bill Meyer December 21, 2019August 18, 2021

The band is already midflight as the sound fades up at the beginning of “You Are Free to Choose,” the opening track of the Junius Paul double LP Ism (International Anthem). Perhaps unintentionally, this parallels his career, which has also been in motion for some time. The Chicago-born-and-raised bassist first performed in 2002 at Fred […]

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Keeping the beat

by Leor Galil September 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

Posted inMusic

The Art Ensemble of Chicago celebrate 50 years of pushing great Black music into the future

by Bill Meyer August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Art Ensemble cofounders Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don Moye expand the group into an 18-piece big band with the likes of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, and Fred Berry.

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Improvisers Keir Neuringer and Makaya McCraven find different ways to use the studio as a creative partner

by Peter Margasak December 1, 2017August 18, 2021

Philadelphia reedist Keir Neuringer and Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven each shape improvised raw material into thrilling compositional tapestries, albeit with very different sounds.

Posted inMusic

Avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell celebrates 50 years of Nessa Records

by Bill Meyer August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

AACM elder and Art Ensemble of Chicago founder Roscoe Mitchell honors a record label that helped his innovations reach the world.

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Pop-Up Magazine, Pug Party, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Emily Wasielewski June 2, 2017August 18, 2021

A dog film festival, a comedic roast of Wonder Woman, and more events June 2-4

Posted inMusic

International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

by Peter Margasak May 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago label International Anthem puts in the sweat to bring progressive jazz the audience it deserves.

Posted inBlogs

Track premiere: Local drummer Makaya McCraven’s ‘Three Fifths a Man’

by Peter Margasak October 22, 2014August 18, 2021

A sneak preview of the drummer’s forthcoming album on the new International Anthem imprint

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Local saxophonist Ernest Dawkins plays it Afro Straight

by Peter Margasak December 7, 2012August 19, 2021

On his new album, the AACM stalwart takes on jazz standards

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