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Tag: Willie Pickens
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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon
Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Skafish
The bizarre and confrontational Skafish was one of just two acts from the Chicago punk scene to sign to a major label.
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival paints a portrait of the Chicago scene
With 32 acts at 11 venues, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival paints a portrait of the Chicago scene.
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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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This Friday, the final Willie Pickens jazz Christmas concert
Jazz pianist Willie Pickens presents his final Christmas concert at Hyde Park Union Church on Friday
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Monday: celebrating Von Freeman
On Monday the Jazz Showcase hosts a tribute to the late Von Freeman that features his band from the New Apartment Lounge
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The Reader’s guide to Jazz Fest: Thursday and Friday
On Thursday and Friday, the Chicago Jazz Festival hosts Roy Haynes, Ken Vandermark, and more
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How do you create an arts hub?
What does the future hold for University of Chicago’s new Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts?
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Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Saturday’s jazz marathon features an impressive cast of local players, including Ernest Dawkins, Nicole Mitchell, Willie Pickens, Dana Hall, Robert Irving III, and Dee Alexander.
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Fred Anderson Birthday Benefit Festival
The Velvet Lounge celebrates Fred Anderson’s 81st birthday with a string of tribute shows.
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Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Spotlighting the south-side jazz scene with free jazz performances at 13 venues all day Saturday
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The Reader’s Guide to the 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival: Afterfest Shows
Chicago Jazz Festival Afterfest Shows
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Free set by Willie Pickens, Donald Harrison, and Ron Perrillo in Millennium Park
From 6:30 to 8:30 PM tonight, local jazz pianists Willie Pickens and Ron Perrillo and New Orleans saxophonist Donald Harrison will play a free show in Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion, part of the Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz series.