His influential career took him from house and punk to gigs for the likes of Prince, Destiny’s Child, and Michael Jackson.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 47
Issue of Aug. 30 – Sep. 5, 2018
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Electronic musician Angel Marcloid drops a new collage barrage as Fire-Toolz
Electronic musician Angel Marcloid drops a new collage barrage as Fire-Toolz, Groove Cafe releases a compilation to benefit rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico, and more.
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Rapper Vic Mensa: Chicago’s newest Black Panther?
At this past weekend’s “anti-bait-truck” shoe giveaway, the 25-year-old rapper declared himself a revolutionary.
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Soul singer Christian JaLon turns her love inward on the new If You Let Me
Christian JaLon performs at the Jazz Festival this Thursday and celebrates her new EP next month at Subterranean.
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Five portraits of the 40th annual Chicago Jazz Festival
The extended lineup of the 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival brims with compelling and adventurous artists—including Afrofuturist visionary Nicole Mitchell, avant-garde pillar Matthew Shipp, and tireless explorer Chris Speed.
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Pianist Matthew Shipp can make magic with the perfect partner
Pianist Matthew Shipp has released more than a dozen albums with Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman just in the past two years, and their Jazz Festival set is the first time they’ve played together in Chicago.
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Avant-garde reedist Chris Speed grows into tradition
Chris Speed brings a trio to the Jazz Festival that lets the avant-garde reedist tread the ground of the old masters without losing himself.
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Bassist Eric Revis works at the conflux of the mainstream and its far-out tributaries
The quartet that bassist Eric Revis brings to Jazz Fest is packed with inside-outside explorers: pianist Kris Davis, reedist Ken Vandermark, and drummer Chad Taylor.
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Sabertooth celebrate 25 years of nocturnal renditions
The Jazz Festival honors organ quartet Sabertooth for 25 years of midnight Green Mill gigs with a Pritzker Pavilion set in broad daylight.
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Flutist Nicole Mitchell uses music to map a possible paradise
Flutist Nicole Mitchell brings her Afrofuturist epic Mandorla Awakening back to Chicago for the Jazz Festival.
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The jazz doesn’t stop when the park goes dark
This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.
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Despite pleas from near-south-siders, the CTA is axing the 31st Street bus next week
Bus advocates say that, due to an anemic schedule, the route never really had a chance.
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An interview with Bing Liu about his powerful documentary Minding the Gap
The 29-year-old filmmaker reflects on skateboarding videos, making documentaries, and what he learned about his hometown of Rockford, Illinois, during filming.
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Heartbreak Hotel and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Matianak at Reggie’s Music Joint and more goings-on 8/27-8/30.
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Governor Rauner vetoes a tax break for Englewood while offering billions to Amazon
Governor Rauner has put the kibosh on state rep Sonya Harper’s urban agriculture bill on grounds that never seemed to trouble him in the case of upscale development.