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Music, Music Feature Aug 22, 2019
The Jazz Festival’s orbit bustles with too much music for one weekend

Its ten days of neighborhood concerts, satellite shows, and aftersets include Kidd Jordan, Angel Bat Dawid, Jeff Parker, Marc Ribot, and Ben Sidran.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, aftershows, satellite shows, neighborhood concerts, Dog/Days, Constellation, Hungry Brain, Jazz Showcase, Ira Sullivan, Angel Bat Dawid, Resavoir, Kidd Jordan, Preservation of Fire, Elastic Arts, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Ernest Dawkins, Live the Spirit Residency, Transition East, South Side Jazz Coalition, Fred Anderson, Birdhouse, JD Allen, Marc Ribot, Cooper-Moore, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Akenya, Akenya Seymour, Bill MacKay, Jeff Parker, Paul Giallorenzo, Ben Sidran, Douglas Ewart, Jim Baker, Kent Kessler, Mike Reed

Music, Concert Preview Aug 8, 2019
Recommended
George Lewis is the guest of honor at this year’s Experimental Sound Studio Gala
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Concert Preview, Experimental Sound Studio, George Lewis, George E. Lewis, Columbia University, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, A Power Stronger Than Itself, Mwata Bowden, Angel Bat Dawid, Ken Vandermark, Sam Pluta, Rob Mazurek, Claire Rousay, Douglas Ewart, Douglas R. Ewart, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Oct 4, 2018
Recommended
Experimental Sound Studios brings together a duo of improvising giants
- By Izzy Yellen
- Tags: Concert Preview, Lou Mallozzi, Douglas Ewart, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Apr 7, 2016
Video
How will ESS replace Lou Mallozzi?

The cofounder and executive director of Experimental Sound Studio is stepping down—and the rest of the staff is stepping up.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Lou Mallozzi, Dawn Mallozzi, Experimental Sound Studio, Ken Vandermark, Olivia Block, Michael Zerang, Jaap Blonk, Hal Rammel, Malachi Ritscher, Sun Ra, El Saturn Records, Creative Audio Archive, Florasonic, Outer Ear, Oscillations, Waveform, Option, Lynn Book, Lawrence Steger, Brigid Murphy, David Hernandez, Carlos Cumpian, Gene Coleman, Douglas Ewart, Laurie Lee Moses, Jeff Kowalkowski, Lower Links, Randolph Street Gallery, Nicolas Collins, George Lewis, Elliott Sharp, Sonambient Pavilion, Adam Vida, Dan Mohr, Alex Inglizian, Olivia Junell, Allison Schein, Kate Dumbleton, Ed Herrmann, Drew Roulo, Darin Walsh, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 2, 2015
Your comprehensive guide to the 37th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

Previews of every act in Millennium Park and beyond, including Fred Hersch in his overdue festival debut and AACM cofounder Muhal Richard Abrams leading a historic reunion of the Experimental Band
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival 2015, Jazz Fest, Jazz Fest 2015, Jazzfest, Jazzfest 2015, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Jeff Parker Trio, Steve & Iqua Colson, Muhal Richard Abrams's Experimental Band, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Fred Hersch, Henry Butler, Andrew Trim's Hanami Quartet, Ben Waltzer, Lucy Smith, James Davis's Beveled, Dee Alexander, Miguel de la Cerna, "What's This Thing Called Jazz?" From Mainstream to AACM and Beyond, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein, The Hot 9, Rajiv Halim Quintet, Jeremy Cunningham Quartet, Neusa Sauer, Craig Taborn Trio, Spin Quartet, Art Hoyle Sextet, Clark Terry Tribute, Bobby Lewis Sextet, Chico Freeman, The Chicago Project featuring George Freeman, Billie Holiday, Fred Hersch Trio, Billy Strayhorn, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Edward Wilkerson, John Hollenbeck, Steven Bernstein, Gordon Goodwin, Jones College Prep Jazz Combo, Chi Arts Jazz Combo, Whitney Young Magnet High School Jazz Ensemble, Rich Central Jazz Ensemble, Columbia College Jazz Ensemble, Dave Douglas, Trio WAZ, Mike Schlick Trio, Brian Gephart Sextet, Ryan Cohan Quartet, Joe Locke, Makaya McCraven Quartet, Juan Pastor, Chinchano, Jason Roebke Octet, Douglas Ewart, The Claudia Quintet, Theo Bleckmann, Mark Turner Quartet, Taft Jazz Combo, Northside College Prep Jazz Combo, Pritzker High School Jazz Ensemble, Thornridge High School Jazz Ensemble, Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble, Kenwood Academy Jazz Ensemble, Tomeka Reid, Jordan Baskin Trio, Elaine Dame, Ryan Shultz Quartet, Robert Irving III Generations, Bob Dogan Quintet, Bill McFarland Chicago Horns, Steve Colson, Iqua Colson, 40 Years in the Movement, Jane Bunnett, Maqueque, Cyrille Aimee

Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2014
Will Chicago's most daring and virtuosic jazz singer finally get the recognition she deserves?

Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album, Songs My Mother Loves, might change that.
- By David Whiteis
- Tags: Music Feature, Dee Alexander, jazz, jazz singers, albums, Ben Ratliff, New York Times, 2013 Newport Jazz Festival, Bluejazz, DownBeat, CDs, Chicago Tribune, Ella Fitzgerald, 2012 Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Ken Chaney Xperience, Baba Eli Hoenai, Henry Huff, UIC, University of Illinoi, University of Illinois at Chicago, Kennedy Center, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Howard Mandel, Jazz Journalists Association, Corey Wilkes, Ernest Dawkins, Miguel de la Cerna, Kickstarter, crowdfunding, 3Arts Foundation, 3AP, stipends, Greg Pasenko, Oliver Lake, recording, Columbia College, Rita Warford, Iqua Colson, AACM, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Obie Creed, Progressive Arts Center, Prada Ensemble, Breath, Douglas Ewart, Mankwe Ndosi, R. Kelly, Delmark, Malachi Thompson, HotHouse, Hyde Park Art Center, Yussef Ernie Adams, Harrison Bankhead, bands, Tomeka Reid, Scott Hesse, Junius Pau, Evolution Arkestra, Ari Brown, Corey Wilkes, World Saxophone Quartet, Oliver Lake, Lillstreet Art Center, jazz songs, jazz standards, University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts, College of DuPage, McAninch Arts Center, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art

Music, In Rotation Feb 10, 2014
In Rotation: Jake Austen of Roctober on a sitar cover of the Banana Splits

Plus: WHPK's Mario Smith on a J Dilla orchestra, the Reader's Philip Montoro on microtonal black metal, and more
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: In Rotation, Philip Montoro, Jake Austen, Mario Smith, Jute Gyte, snow, squeaks, The Whammies, Constellation, Roctober, Chic-a-Go-Go, The Goblins, Magnetic South, cassettes, Nadya Gruen, Bob Gruen, videos, DVDs, film, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, HPSJ, Hyde Park Jazz Society, Ari Brown, Dee Alexander, John Wright, jazz, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Carlos Niño, Ma Dukes Orchestra, J Dilla, James Dewitt Yancey, orchestras, Tortoise, Thrill Jockey, Avery R. Young, records, albums, Tina M. Howell, Ugochi, Douglas Ewart, Leroy Bach, Room 43, DJs, masked bands, Sir Deja Doog, Wee Giant, sitar, covers, compilations

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
Aftershows: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival

2013 Chicago Jazz Festival aftershows: Kidd Jordan, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, and other late-night diversions
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, 35th annual Jazz Fest, aftershows, George Freeman-Mike Allemana Quartet, Aram Shelton Quartet, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Ira Sullivan, Hereafter Fest VII, Satoko Fujii, KAZE, Renee Baker, David Boykin, Dan Godston, Microcosmic Sound Orchestra, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, William Parker, George Freeman, Dan Shapera, Joe Jenkins, Bradley Parker-Sparrow, Joanie Pallatto, Remembering Fred Anderson, Mwata Bowden, Tatsu Aoki, Douglas Ewart, Dushun Mosley, Hanah Jon Taylor, Francis Wong, Kioto Aoki, Delmark Records Jazz Brunch, Ernest Dawkins Quartet, Frank Catalano, Mike Smith, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Constellation, Jazz Showcase, Elastic, Heaven Gallery, Katerina's, Jazz Record Mart, Hungry Brain

Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 6/18: Millennium Park movies, One-Minute Play Festival, and Douglas Ewart

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, June 18
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Millenium Park, Victory Gardens Theater, One-Minute Play Festival, Biograph Theatre, Douglas Ewart, Museum of Com

Music, In Rotation Jun 6, 2013
In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Esteban Jordan, Esteban "Steve" Jordan, conjunto music, accordion, Tumba Francesa, Noh, Noh theater, The Otolith Group, film, CoDoNa, Ole Morten Vagan, Rudi Mahall, Nigerian Afro-rock, Gneni Mamadou, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Aaron Zarzutzki, Nick Hoffman, Green Pasture Happiness, Graham Stephenson, improvisation, Collin Walcott, Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos, gongs, Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Tenney, Sotantar Simrat Singh, Frank Perry, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisa Alvarado, Natural Information Society, painting, Dieter Roelstaete, AACM, Roscoe Mitchell, Mike Reed, ECM, Constellation, Josh Abrams, Hamid Drake, Douglas Ewart, Deciders, Colomach, Axel Dörner, Fredrik Ljungvkist

Music, Music Feature Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Dee Alexander, the singer

"There was a freedom in jazz and all of the different chances you could take."
- Tags: Music Feature, Dee Alexander, Rashida Black, Tomeka Reid, James Sanders, Ernie Adams, jazz, Iqua Colson, Newport Jazz Festival, Evolution Ensemble, 3Arts Award, Douglas Ewart, Jimmy Ellis, Theophilus Reed, Orvieto Jazz Festival, Rita Warford, Von Freeman, Progressive Art Center, Moosehead Lounge, "Light" Henry Huff", Yosef Ben Israel, Ken Chaney, Avreeayl Ra

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2012
Audio
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith makes a rare local appearance Friday

Wadada Leo Smith plays the U. of C.'s Goodspeed Recital Hall with Douglas Ewart and Mike Reed
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Wadada Leo Smith, Douglas Ewart, Mike Reed, Goodspeed Recital Hall, Ten Freedom Summers, Heart's Reflections, Certainty, Audio

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 2, 2010
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
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival guide, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Grant Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Nicole Mitchell, AACM, Umbrella Music, Michael Zerang, Blushing Poppy Dance Club, Jim Baker, Nate McBride, Mars Williams, Jason Roebke, Josh Berman, Brian Labycz, Jodie Christian Quintet, Miyumi Project Big Band, Jim Wagner's All-Stars, James Dapogny, Tomeka Reid, Mike LeDonne Trio, Black Earth Orchestra, Ramsey Lewis, Douglas Ewart, Paul Giallorenzo, Dana Hall, Nicholas Payton, Cameron Pfiffner, Corey Wilkes, Chuchito Valdes, Rene Marie, Getatchew Mekurya, Teshome Mitiku, Brad Goode, Brian Blade, Nomo, Brad Mehldau, Ted Sirota, Kurt Elling, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University

Music, Music Feature Jul 1, 2010
The House That Fred Built

Tenor-sax giant Fred Anderson and the community he sustained
- By John Corbett
- Tags: Music Feature, Fred Anderson, Velvet Lounge, Steve Lacy, Hamid Drake, Peter Brotzmann, Tortoise, AACM, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Chicago jazz, Lone Prophet of the Prairie, Peter Kowald, tribute, memorial, obituary, Fred Hopkins, Kidd Jordan, Marilyn Crispell, HotHouse, Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music, George Lewis, Bill Brimfield, Douglas Ewart, Lounge Ax, Birdhouse, Ken Vandermark, Foundation Church Coffee House, Vision Festival, Hideout

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2010
Chicago Jazz Great Fred Anderson Has Died

Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson has died at 81.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Fred Anderson, Chicago jazz, Velvet Lounge, free jazz, Steve McCall, AACM, George Lewis, Douglas Ewart, Matana Roberts, Hamid Drake

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2010
Fred Anderson Gravely Ill

Chicago jazz icon Fred Anderson is in a coma after a serious heart attack.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Fred Anderson, coma, heart attack, Chicago jazz, Douglas Ewart, Dan Melnick, Jazz Institute of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2008
George Lewis at the Chicago Cultural Center

Musician and author George Lewis to speak and perform at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday with Nicole Mitchell and Douglas Ewart
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Chicago Cultural Center, Nicole Mitchell, AACM, George Lewis, Douglas Ewart

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Its ten days of neighborhood concerts, satellite shows, and aftersets include Kidd Jordan, Angel Bat Dawid, Jeff Parker, Marc Ribot, and Ben Sidran.

The cofounder and executive director of Experimental Sound Studio is stepping down—and the rest of the staff is stepping up.

Previews of every act in Millennium Park and beyond, including Fred Hersch in his overdue festival debut and AACM cofounder Muhal Richard Abrams leading a historic reunion of the Experimental Band

Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album, Songs My Mother Loves, might change that.

Plus: WHPK's Mario Smith on a J Dilla orchestra, the Reader's Philip Montoro on microtonal black metal, and more

2013 Chicago Jazz Festival aftershows: Kidd Jordan, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, and other late-night diversions

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, June 18

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more

"There was a freedom in jazz and all of the different chances you could take."

Wadada Leo Smith plays the U. of C.'s Goodspeed Recital Hall with Douglas Ewart and Mike Reed

Featuring Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections, the Kurt Elling Quintet with Ernie Watts, the Ramsey Lewis 75th birthday celebration, and much more

Tenor-sax giant Fred Anderson and the community he sustained

Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson has died at 81.

Chicago jazz icon Fred Anderson is in a coma after a serious heart attack.

Musician and author George Lewis to speak and perform at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday with Nicole Mitchell and Douglas Ewart

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