On Monday, August 1, jazz trombonist Jeb Bishop will move back to Chicago after a ten-year absence. Bishop and his wife headed to North Carolina in spring 2012 (Carrboro and later Durham) and then in early 2016 to Boston. While living in Boston, Bishop built a new creative community that included at least one old […]
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Chicago bass clarinetist Jason Stein isn’t kidding around
Not even arena gigs with his famous sister, comedian Amy Schumer, can tempt Jason Stein from his drive to make better jazz.
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A busy weekend for live jazz: Pandelis Karayorgis, Michael Moore, Pat Mallinger, and more
An action-packed weekend for jazz fans
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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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A bounty of brilliance from Boston pianist Pandelis Karayorgis
Four new recordings on his Driff Records show off the brilliance and range of Boston pianist Pandelis Karayorgis.
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Shows to see: Black Breath, Fiona Apple, Mister Lies, and more
Retro dubstep, boxy bass, and my future wife
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Three Beats: MC Legit drops a free song every Saturday
Frank Rosaly claims his Puerto Rican roots with Bootstrap, Chord makes a “country” album, and Legit drops a free song every Saturday
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Three Beats: Jazz great Eddie Johnson gets a posthumous CD release; experimental duo Cleared celebrates the cassette; Rockford emo band Joie de Vivre says au revoir
A posthumous CD release for the great Eddie Johnson Tenor saxophonist Eddie Johnson, who died last year on April 7 at age 89, was one of Chicago’s greatest jazz musicians, a pure embodiment of the classic swing he’d grown up playing. He only made two albums under his own name, and the better of the […]
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Post-Rock and the Amazon
Ken Vandermark performs Saturday 4/2 at a free screening of the Amazon river documentary “Roads of Water,” which he scored. Also showing clips from “Roads” director Augusto Contento’s in-progress post-rock-doc “Parallax Sounds.”
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The Reader’s Guide to the Chicago Jazz Festival
Featuring Nicole Mitchell’s Sonic Projections, the Kurt Elling Quintet with Ernie Watts, the Ramsey Lewis 75th birthday celebration, and much more
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The List: June 17-23, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Kings Go Forth, Shemekia Copeland, Eyehategod, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Jeff the Brotherhood, DM Stith, and more
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Tony Buck Heads to the Front of the Band
Improvising drummer Tony Buck of the Necks straps on an electric guitar for his rock effort Projekt Transmit.
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The List: January 28-February 3, 2010
Critic’s Choices and other notable concerts: Algernon, Tape, Rosanne Cash, Gates of Slumber, La Roux, and more
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Vandermark Salutes Don Cherry
Ken Vandermark premieres his new Don Cherry Project at the Hideout on Wednesday.