Alto saxophonist Alison Shearer had nearly completed her debut solo album when her father, acclaimed photojournalist John Shearer, died in 2019. In the aftermath, the Brooklyn-based musician, who cofounded the ten-piece hip hop group Pitchblak Brass Band and currently plays with eclectic party band Red Baraat, decided to start from scratch. Her new View From […]
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Pitchfork’s Midwinter brings Kamasi Washington, Slowdive, Laurie Anderson, and dozens more to the Art Institute
Midwinter runs February 15 through 17 and also includes Oneohtrix Point Never, Grouper, Perfume Genius, DJ Koze, two William Basinski performances, and Tortoise playing all of TNT.
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Kamasi Washington scales down for his new release without letting go of his ambition
Los Angeles saxophonist and bandleader Kamasi Washington has achieved remarkable heights since dropping his triple CD debut, The Epic (Brainfeeder), in 2015. The lavish, often overstuffed album worked the early 70s spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders into ambitious, meticulously crafted new shapes, giving it a crossover appeal it hadn’t enjoyed in decades. […]
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Photos of the Sunday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016
Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 17
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Jazz returns to Pitchfork
Kamasi Washington and the Sun Ra Arkestra bring jazz to Pitchfork for the first time since 2007.
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Who else should fans of hip-hop, R&B, and soul see at Pitchfork?
Who else should fans of hip-hop, R&B, and soul see at Pitchfork?
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Cortex, Norway’s great new jazz group, returns to Chicago
The quartet plays Constellation on Wednesday.