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- Music, Chicagoans of Note Oct 15, 2020
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Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer
“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”
- Music, Music Review Aug 25, 2020
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The Awakening’s reissue of 1972’s Hear, Sense and Feel still uplifts through jazz and R&B
- Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2020
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Thirty-five moments that brought Chicago music to the world
The Year of Chicago Music has had less music in it than anybody anticipated, but we still have plenty to celebrate.
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
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Legendary percussionist Kahil El’Zabar brings the Afrocentric spiritual-jazz explorations of his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble to Evanston
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 21, 2019
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Veteran Chicago bassist Junius Paul celebrates the release of his first album
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 5, 2019
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Collaborating on great Black music from the ancient to the future
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 22, 2019
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Remembering drummer, pharmacist, activist, and seeker Alvin Fielder
A charter member of the AACM and a longtime partner of saxophonist Kidd Jordan, he was an encyclopedia of jazz history with an eye on the future.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2019
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The Reader’s guide to the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival
Its sprawling cross section of the genre includes world-changing explorers the Art Ensemble of Chicago, trad band the Fat Babies, venerable guitarist George Freeman, and restless experimenter Rob Mazurek.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2019
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The Art Ensemble of Chicago celebrate 50 years of pushing great Black music into the future
Surviving cofounders Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don Moye expand the group into an 18-piece big band with the likes of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, and Fred Berry.
- Music, Concert Preview Aug 8, 2019
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George Lewis is the guest of honor at this year’s Experimental Sound Studio Gala
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 2, 2019
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Drummer Kahil El’Zabar elevates groove to a transcendent plane
The leader of the Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is also a teacher, a connector, and an ambassador for Afrocentric jazz.
- Music, Concert Preview May 3, 2019
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Founded as an AACM repertory ensemble, the Artifacts Trio now plays original compositions
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 1, 2019
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Wadada Leo Smith returns to Chicago to conduct the AACM Great Black Music Ensemble
- Music, Music Feature Jan 31, 2019
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Angel Bat Dawid taps into the root of all black music
The cofounder of Chicago’s Participatory Music Coalition talks about the improvisation and inspiration that shaped her new album, The Oracle.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 23, 2019
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Why won’t City Hall fight for Chicago’s homegrown music scene?
The Chicago Independent Venue League shouldn’t have to push back against the Live Nation handouts in the Lincoln Yards development—but the city doesn’t protect its own treasures.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 10, 2019
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions play free jazz two centuries deep
The members of this underappreciated ensemble bring vast and varied experience to their regular weekly shows—which follow no rules but their own.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 11, 2018
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Honoring Englewood’s musical history with a cast of hundreds
Plus: Devin Shaffer outdoes her own dreamy folk on Yarrow’s latest, and throwback garage-pop act Cut Worms celebrates a cassette release of its debut full-length.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2018
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Flutist Nicole Mitchell uses music to map a possible paradise
She brings her Afrofuturist epic Mandorla Awakening back to Chicago for the Jazz Festival.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 15, 2018
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Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis builds an intentional community in jazz
By organizing concerts, mentoring young musicians, and connecting players from across the States and abroad, he models the commitment and generosity that keep the scene viable.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 29, 2017
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Avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell celebrates 50 years of Nessa Records
When the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago were still young, Chuck Nessa’s label helped raise them up.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 18, 2017
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Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline
Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2017
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Revisit the soulful hypnosis of the late Kelan Phil Cohran’s Artistic Heritage Ensemble
Phil Cohran recorded the Artistic Heritage Ensemble's dazzling, multifaceted debut with some of the most important musicians in Chicago history.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 5, 2017
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Chicago artists celebrate the life and work of late AACM cofounder Kelan Phil Cohran
Plus: The new No Bros Allowed zine and monthly showcase opposes masculine-identified boneheadedness.
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 9, 2017
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Memphis hip-hop label Culture Power45 keeps up the Chicago love
Plus: Outrun the Sunlight celebrate a new album of instrumental prog metal, jazz legend Kelan Phil Cohran turns 90, and more.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Aug 30, 2016
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Hamid Drake drums around the world, but he's not a star at home
Hamid Drake's fluid fusion of jazz, reggae, and world-music percussion styles has made him an invaluable part of countless groups.
