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Drummer Makaya McCraven can be seen in the background on a brightly lit stage, leading a seven-piece band; in the foreground is a sea of audience members, their backs to the camera, all lit in purple; in the very far background, the Willis Tower is visible
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From the husk of the old Morton Salt factory, a new music venue rises

by Hannah Edgar August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

For as long as Bruce Finkelman can remember, the Morton Salt factory has set his heart racing. It’s not that he gets salt cravings any worse than the next guy. […]

Makaya McCraven
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Makaya McCraven doubly decodes Blue Note classics with Deciphering the Message live shows

by Hannah Edgar May 25, 2022May 24, 2022

Drummer Makaya McCraven has always been a bit of a rabble-rouser. He mixes audio from his live gigs with studio overdubs in intricately layered tracks that feel like jazz approached […]

A collage of cover art from releases by Tasha, Ben LaMar Gay, Mick Jenkins, Desert Liminal, Dwaal Troupe, and Olivia Block
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The year’s last Bandcamp Friday arrives

by Leor Galil November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

Since the start of the pandemic, Bandcamp has passed along its usual share of sales revenue to artists and labels 17 times, usually on the first Friday of the month. […]

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 […]

Singer Tammy McCann presents "Yes Mahalia!," a tribute to gospel legend Mahalia Jackson, at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes a step back toward normalcy

by Michael Jackson September 30, 2021October 5, 2021

The 15th Hyde Park Jazz Festival, which took place last Saturday and Sunday, may have been the best ever. That’s a tall statement, given how many great ones there have […]

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Dezron Douglas and Brandee Younger address cultural issues from lockdown on Force Majeure

by Aaron Cohen December 4, 2020August 18, 2021

For the past few months, bassist Dezron Douglas and harpist Brandee Younger have dealt with the necessity of social distancing with their own kind of intimate gigs: a series of […]

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Bandcamp Friday > Black Friday

by Leor Galil December 2, 2020August 18, 2021

Bandcamp Friday lets you be sure that basically all your money will reach the people who made what you’re buying.

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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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Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer

by Philip Montoro October 15, 2020August 18, 2021

“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”

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Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson showcase their telepathic collaboration on the hushed Chicago Waves

by Leor Galil July 7, 2020August 18, 2021

In 2005, Los Angeles percussionist, DJ, arranger, and producer Carlos Niño began collaborating with fellow Angeleno Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director. That year, Atwood-Ferguson joined Niño’s expansive […]

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Celebrated guitarist Jeff Parker builds electrifying jazz songs out of experimental demos on Suite for Max Brown

by Leor Galil February 28, 2020November 16, 2021

Chicago music remains interesting and vital partly because of how local subcultures overlap and intersect. The city has plenty of tight communities of musicians focused on specific sounds, but the […]

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Cellist Lia Kohl on a joyful live series that randomly collides improvisers

by Philip Montoro December 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of drummer Tim Daisy, cellist Lia Kohl, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro

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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.

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Why? and the Meat Puppets bring their disparate sounds to the eclectic Do Division lineup

by Izzy Yellen May 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Weeks before the official start of summer, Do Division helps Chicago kick off music-festival season. Empty Bottle Presents and Subterranean programmed its East and West stages, respectively, with a lively […]

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An edited loop on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin April 24, 2019August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by designer Aaron Lowell Denton, based in Bloomington, Indiana.

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