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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.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Alvin Fielder, jazz, drums, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Roscoe Mitchel, Sound, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Mississippi, Meridian, New Orleans, Kidd Jordan, Max Roach, Ed Blackwell, Xavier University, exas Southern University, Houston, Herb Brockstein, George “Dude” Brown, Lowell Fulson, Amos Milburn, Pluma Davis Sextet, UIC, pharmacist, pharmacology, Sun Ra Arkestra, Muhal Richard Abrams, Fred Anderson, Lester Lashley, Joseph Jarman, Jack DeJohnette, John Stubblefield, Black Arts Music Society, Improvisational Arts, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Ahmed Abdullah, Charles Brackeen, Joel Futterman, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Jazz Camp, A Measure of Vision, Jackson, Video

Music, In Rotation Aug 22, 2017
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Cheer-Accident mastermind Thymme Jones on the upside of Herb Alpert’s nervous breakdown

Plus: Top 40 encyclopedia Tony Young on whether Linkin Park outcharted the Beatles, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on century-old 78s from a survivor of the Armenian genocide, and more
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: In Rotation, Youssou N’Dour, Millennium Park, Yitél, mbalax, Senegal, Muslim, Zabelle Panosian, I Am Servant of Your Voice: April-May, 1917, Bandcamp, Transgender Law Center, Canary Records, Armenian, Hamidian massacres, 78s, Free Salamander Exhibit, Beat Kitchen, Nils Frykdahl, Undestroyed, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Thymme Jones, Cheer-Accident, Michael Mantler, Edward Gorey, The Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories, Robert Wyatt, Jack DeJohnette, Terje Rypdal, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Herb Alpert, Tijuana Brass, Going Places, It Was a Very Good Year, The Shadow of Your Smile, Shades of Blue, Love So Fine, She Touched Me, The Brass Are Comin’, I’ll Be Back, cicadas, Tony Young, Top 40 Tony, Billboard, Hot 100, Hot Rock Songs, Beatles, Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, Pioneer, Fisher Studio Standard, Video

Film, Movie Feature Apr 13, 2016
Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival

More than five dozen music-related dramas and documentaries screen at this year's fest.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Movie Feature, Bill Evans Time Remembered, Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Bruce Spiegel, Tony Bennett, Jack DeJohnette, Orrin Keepnews, Paul Motian, Blackhearts, Fredrik Horn Akselsen, Arnt Gronbech, Vegar Larsen, Keep of Kalessin, Luciferian, Naer Mataron, F

Blogs, Bleader Dec 31, 2015
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Peter Margasak's favorite albums of 2015, numbers 10 through 1

Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak finishes counting down his 40 favorite records of the year—the top ten include Henry Threadgill, Joanna Newsom, and Yarn/Wire.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Year in Review, Best of 2015, Michael Pisaro, A Mist is a Collection of Points, Mbongwana Star, From Kinsasha, Josh Berman Trio, A Dance and a Hop, Yarn/Wire, Currents Vol. 3, Liberty Ellman, Radiate, Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago, International Contemporary Ensemble, Anna Thorvaldsdottir: In the Light of Air, Joanna Newsom, Divers, JD Allen, Graffiti, Henry Threadgill Zooid, In For a Penny, In For a Pound, Video

Music, Record Roundup Mar 10, 2015
Swervedriver's watered-down I Wasn't Born to Lose You and 11 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including Cannibal Ox's long-awaited comeback album, Jack DeJohnette's love letter to Chicago-born jazz, and Ata Kak's oddball Ghanaian electro-rap.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, Ata Kak, Oba Sima, Cannibal Ox, Blade of the Ronin, DJ Clent, Last Bus to Lake Park, Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago, Ghost Bath, Moonlover, Harm's Way, Rust, Jarboe & Helen Money, José Prates and Mieco Askanasy, Tam . . . Tam . . . Tam . . . !, Martin Sky, Everywhere but Here, Swervedriver, I Wasn't Born to Lose You, Dread Prophecy: The Strange and Wonderful Story of Yabby You, Yabby You, Ingar Zach & Miguel Angel Tolosa, Loner

Music, Music Feature Nov 25, 2014
You have no excuse to give anyone a holiday album

Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, 2014 holiday gift guide, Captain Beefheart, Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972, Rip Rense, Pierre Boulez, The Complete Columbia Album Collection, Ensemble InterContemporain, Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore, Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3, Steve Grossman, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, Bob Dylan, The Band, The Complete Basement Tapes, Clinton Heylin, William Onyeabor, Akos Rozmann, 12 Stations/Tolv Stationer (1978-2001), 12 Stations, Stephen O'Malley, The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions, Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, Duke Jordan, Shorty Rogers, Russ Freeman, Erroll Garner, Dodo Marmarosa, Howard McGhee, Little Green Men, Wilco, Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014, Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, John Stirratt, Bill Bentley, David Bither, Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Teddy Edwards, Steve Marlow, Jonathan Horwich, Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings 1947-1959, Alan Lomax, Parchman Farm, The Soul of Designer Records, Style Wooten, Roland Janes

Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2013
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The contemplative beauty of Charles Lloyd, boxed

ECM Records collects the five contemplative albums reedist Charles Lloyd, who headlines the Chicago Jazz Festival tonight, cut with Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson beginning in 1989.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Charles Lloyd, Chicago Jazz Festival, Bill Frisell, jazz, Jason Moran, Bobo Stenson, ECM Records, Quartets, Fish Out of Water, Notes From Bib Sur, Forest Flower, Jack DeJohnette, Audio

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
The Reader's guide to the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

The fest moves to Millennium Park with its best lineup in five years—including Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Atomic, Robert Glasper, Jimmy Heath, Satoko Fujii, and lots of Hamid Drake.
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival 2013, 35th Annual Chicago Jazz Fest, Grant Park, Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Pritzker Pavilion, Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz, Hamid Drake, Roosevelt University, Jack DeJohnette, AACM, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, William Parker, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Bindu, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers, Jason Moran, Fats Waller Dance Party, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak, Gregory Porter, Donald Harrison, Ganz Hall, Von Freeman Pavilion, Young Jazz Lions Pavilion, Harris Theater

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

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2013
City announces 2013 lineups for Downtown Sound, Loops & Variations, and Made in Chicago

What's scheduled for some of this summer's best free concert series.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Downtown Sound, Loops & Variations, Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz, Jack McLarnan, Carlos Tortolero, Lee Ranaldo, Marc Ribot, Sharon Van Etten, Speck Mountain, Glen Hansard, Daniel Lanois, Brokeback, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Angela James, Lee Fields, Theo Huff, Dawes, Cairo Gang, Fatoumata Diawara, Alasdair Roberts, Handsome Family, Azita, Dessa, Psalm One, Falty DL, Bill Kouligas, Matmos, Fonema Consort, ICE, Nosaj Thing, Dan Deacon, Eighth Blackbird, Glenn Kotche, Lesley Flanigan, Olaf Arnalds, Sarah Neufeld, Jeff Parker, Dee Alexander, Nels Cline, Dana Hall, Pat Mallinger, Cameron Pfiffner, Jack DeJohnette, Victor Garcia, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2013
Audio
Mining musical riches from Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette

Two new multidisc sets examine fragments in the musical visions of Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969, bootleg series, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Chick Corea, Bitches Brew, In a Silent Way, Special Edition, David Murray, Arthur Blythe, John Purcell, Chico Freeman, ECM, Columbia/Legacy, Slowdown, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2012
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Vonski honored as an NEA Jazz Master tonight in NYC

Chicago tenor sax great Von Freeman gets his NEA Jazz Master award online tonight
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Von Freeman, NEA Jazz Masters, National Endowment for the Arts, Jack DeJohnette, Sheila Jordan, Charlie Haden, Jimmy Owens, Lincoln Center, Chicago jazz, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2007
Jazz Notes

The Jazz Showcase presents a relocation benefit, the Steppenwolf presents Bill Frisell, and American Idol presents free-jazz progeny--sorta.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Steppenwolf, American Idol, Jazz Showcase, Joe Segal, Bill Frisell, Steve Hunt, Leslie Hunt, Paul Motian, Jack DeJohnette, Danilo Perez

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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.

Video
Cheer-Accident mastermind Thymme Jones on the upside of Herb Alpert’s nervous breakdown

Plus: Top 40 encyclopedia Tony Young on whether Linkin Park outcharted the Beatles, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on century-old 78s from a survivor of the Armenian genocide, and more

Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival

More than five dozen music-related dramas and documentaries screen at this year's fest.

Video
Peter Margasak's favorite albums of 2015, numbers 10 through 1

Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak finishes counting down his 40 favorite records of the year—the top ten include Henry Threadgill, Joanna Newsom, and Yarn/Wire.

Swervedriver's watered-down I Wasn't Born to Lose You and 11 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including Cannibal Ox's long-awaited comeback album, Jack DeJohnette's love letter to Chicago-born jazz, and Ata Kak's oddball Ghanaian electro-rap.

You have no excuse to give anyone a holiday album

Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco

Audio
The contemplative beauty of Charles Lloyd, boxed

ECM Records collects the five contemplative albums reedist Charles Lloyd, who headlines the Chicago Jazz Festival tonight, cut with Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson beginning in 1989.

The Reader's guide to the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

The fest moves to Millennium Park with its best lineup in five years—including Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Atomic, Robert Glasper, Jimmy Heath, Satoko Fujii, and lots of Hamid Drake.

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.

City announces 2013 lineups for Downtown Sound, Loops & Variations, and Made in Chicago

What's scheduled for some of this summer's best free concert series.

Audio
Mining musical riches from Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette

Two new multidisc sets examine fragments in the musical visions of Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette.

Video
Vonski honored as an NEA Jazz Master tonight in NYC

Chicago tenor sax great Von Freeman gets his NEA Jazz Master award online tonight

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The Jazz Showcase presents a relocation benefit, the Steppenwolf presents Bill Frisell, and American Idol presents free-jazz progeny--sorta.

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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.

Plus: Top 40 encyclopedia Tony Young on whether Linkin Park outcharted the Beatles, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on century-old 78s from a survivor of the Armenian genocide, and more

More than five dozen music-related dramas and documentaries screen at this year's fest.

Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak finishes counting down his 40 favorite records of the year—the top ten include Henry Threadgill, Joanna Newsom, and Yarn/Wire.

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including Cannibal Ox's long-awaited comeback album, Jack DeJohnette's love letter to Chicago-born jazz, and Ata Kak's oddball Ghanaian electro-rap.

Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco

ECM Records collects the five contemplative albums reedist Charles Lloyd, who headlines the Chicago Jazz Festival tonight, cut with Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson beginning in 1989.

The fest moves to Millennium Park with its best lineup in five years—including Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Atomic, Robert Glasper, Jimmy Heath, Satoko Fujii, and lots of Hamid Drake.

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

What's scheduled for some of this summer's best free concert series.

Two new multidisc sets examine fragments in the musical visions of Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette.

Chicago tenor sax great Von Freeman gets his NEA Jazz Master award online tonight

The Jazz Showcase presents a relocation benefit, the Steppenwolf presents Bill Frisell, and American Idol presents free-jazz progeny--sorta.

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