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Music, Music Feature Mar 25, 2020
The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again

For 19 years, their first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Music Feature, Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, Chad Taylor, Matthew Lux, Joshua Abrams, Josh Johnson, Noel Kupersmith, Chicago Underground, Chicago Underground Orchestra, Chicago Underground Duo, Chicago Underground Trio, Chicago Underground Quartet, Good Days, The New Breed, Tortoise, Dorian’s, Exploding Star Orchestra, Desert Encrypts, São Paulo Underground, Playground, Suite for Max Brown, Astral Spirits, jazz, avant-garde, free jazz, experimental, George Fludas, Green Mill, Sun Ra, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Myths and Morals, Bright Light in Winter, Pharoah Sanders, Chris Schlarb, Batida, Strange Wing, Nostalgia, Tunnel Chrome, Four in the Evening, A Re-Occurring Dream

Music, Music Feature Aug 31, 2016
The Reader’s comprehensive guide to the 2016 Chicago Jazz Festival

This year’s lineup captures the music’s proliferating diversity, with the Bad Plus, Anat Cohen, Erwin Helfer, Tarbaby, JD Allen, the Liberation Music Orchestra, and much more.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, Millennium Park, Cultural Center, Von Freeman Pavilion, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Jazz and Heritage Pavilion, Young Jazz Lions Stage, Orbert Davis, Soul Migration, Great Migration, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra, Bad Plus, Ornette Coleman, Science Fiction, Candido Camero, Charles Rumback, Erwin Helfer, George Fludas, Barry Altschul, 3Dom Factor, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Michael Zerang, Blue Lights, Anat Cohen, Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Cameron Pfiffner, Adolphe’s Ax, Brian Carpenter, Ghost Train Orchestra, Greg Rockingham, JD Allen, Nate Lepine, Tarbaby, Oliver Lake, Benny Golson

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, 35th annual Chicago Jazz Fest, T.S. Galloway, Dudley Owens, Irvin Pierce, Rajiv Halim Orozco, Mwata Bowden, Corey Wilkes, Larry Bowen, Pharez Whitted, Audrey Morrison, Norman Palm, Willie Woods, Larry Gray, Robert Irving III, Geof Bradfield, 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, Melba!, Ryan Cohan, Joel Adams, Mike Allemana, Clark Sommers, George Fludas, Wadada Leo Smith's Ten Freedom Summers, Golden Quartet, Pacifica Red Coral, Jesse Gilbert, Anthony Davis, John Lindberg, Pheeroan Aklaff, Randolph Cafe, Alison Bjorkedal, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Chicago Cultural Center, Corylus, Mankwe Ndosi, AACM, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Darius Savage, JoVia Armstrong, Fat Babies, Beau Sample, Alex Hall, Jake Sanders, Paul Asaro, Dave Bock, John Otto, Andy Schumm, Jon Doyle, Randy Weston, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Larry Gray Trio, John Moulder, Charles Heath, Harrison Bankhead Sextet, Preston Bradley Hall, Hinda Hoffman Trio, Ron Perrillo, Dennis Carroll, Garland Room, What Is This Thing Called "Jazz"?, Paul Wertico, The Rhythm Method, Roosevelt University, Hamid Drake's Chicago Trio, Ernest Dawkins, Jack DeJohnette, Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Von Freeman Pavilion, George Freeman, Christopher McBride Quartet, Marquis Hill, Jeff Swanson, Michael Lough, Xavier Breaker, Ben Paterson Organ Quartet, Hammond B-3, George Fludas, Kyle Asche, Victor Garcia, Miguel de la Cerna Quartet, Hyde Park Jazz Society, Ari Brown, Avreaayl Ra, Mike Smith Quartet, Jordan Baskin, Jeff Hamann, Brian Ritter, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, Eigen Aoki, Tsukasa Taiko, Tatsu Aoki, Ken Chaney, Young-Holt Unlimited, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Cafe, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Garland Room, Chicago Cultural Center

Music, Three Beats May 8, 2012
Three Beats: Ben Vida plays inside your head

Plus: Naledge takes on two records and a master's in social work, and Bobby Broom's first album of originals
- By Miles Raymer and Peter Margasak
- Tags: Three Beats, Ben Vida, Ornette Coleman, Maryanne Amacher, Walter Ruttmann, Ralph Steiner, Palomar Ensemble, Jabari Evans, Naledge, Kidz in the Hall, Chief Keef, Chicago rap, Bobby Broom, jazz guitar, Deep Blue Organ Trio, Dennis Carroll, George Fludas, Upper West Side Story

Blogs, Bleader Oct 9, 2009
Geof Bradfield's African Flowers

Chicago jazz reedist Geof Bradfield unveils an ambitious new suite inspired by his African travels.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Geof Bradfield, African Flowers, Chicago, jazz, Urban Noma, George Fludas, Clark Sommers, Ryan Cohan, Jeff Parker, Ted Sirota, Dan Cray, Chicago Cultural Center, Chamber Music America, Rhythm Road, U.S. State Department, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Africa, Victor Garcia, Rule of Three, Duke Ellington, Origin Records

Blogs, Bleader Aug 31, 2009
Sam Yahel Opens for Steely Dan
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Sam Yahel, jazz, Steely Dan, Hammond B-3, organ, George Fludas, Matt Penman, Jochen Ruckert, Walt Weiskopf, Michael Leonhart, Joe Strasser, Larry Young, Hometown

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The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again

For 19 years, their first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.

The Reader’s comprehensive guide to the 2016 Chicago Jazz Festival

This year’s lineup captures the music’s proliferating diversity, with the Bad Plus, Anat Cohen, Erwin Helfer, Tarbaby, JD Allen, the Liberation Music Orchestra, and much more.

Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.

Three Beats: Ben Vida plays inside your head

Plus: Naledge takes on two records and a master's in social work, and Bobby Broom's first album of originals

Geof Bradfield's African Flowers

Chicago jazz reedist Geof Bradfield unveils an ambitious new suite inspired by his African travels.

Sam Yahel Opens for Steely Dan

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The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again

For 19 years, their first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.

The Reader’s comprehensive guide to the 2016 Chicago Jazz Festival

This year’s lineup captures the music’s proliferating diversity, with the Bad Plus, Anat Cohen, Erwin Helfer, Tarbaby, JD Allen, the Liberation Music Orchestra, and much more.

Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.

Three Beats: Ben Vida plays inside your head

Plus: Naledge takes on two records and a master's in social work, and Bobby Broom's first album of originals

Geof Bradfield's African Flowers

Chicago jazz reedist Geof Bradfield unveils an ambitious new suite inspired by his African travels.

Sam Yahel Opens for Steely Dan

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