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- Music, Music Review Dec 9, 2020
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Chicago squares off against New York City on the fourth volume of Mars Williams’s Ayler Xmas project
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jun 24, 2020
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Adam and Eve hunt for apples on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist and publisher Yewon Kwon.
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 13, 2019
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Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die band celebrates a new record that nixes the sophomore jinx
- Music, Music Feature Dec 10, 2019
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Mars Williams brings his Albert Ayler Xmas across Europe and back home to Chicago
This year’s free-jazz holiday tour includes two shows at the Hungry Brain with his band Witches & Devils and special guests.
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 7, 2019
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Expatriates Fred Lonberg-Holm and Jaimie Branch return to Chicago, and they’re ready to party
- 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 Aug 22, 2018
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The complete schedule of the 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival
All 68 sets in Millennium Park and the Cultural Center, including Maceo Parker, Jaimie Branch, Jason Stein, Diane Reeves, Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
- Music, Concert Preview Apr 20, 2018
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As Anteloper, Jaimie Branch and Jason Nazary push in a bruising, electronics-kissed direction
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2018
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Peter Margasak’s 40 favorite albums of 2017, numbers 30 through 21
Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak counts down his 40 favorite records of the year—this installment includes music by Björk, Jaimie Branch, and Jürg Frey.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2017
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Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker push back against winter’s bleakness with their second annual holiday party
Chicago guitarists Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker invite musical friends of all stripes to the Hideout on Friday for a night of holiday cheer.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2017
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Peter Margasak’s favorite jazz albums of 2017
The Reader's resident jazz expert publishes his ballot from the annual NPR Jazz Critics Poll.
- Music, Music Feature May 9, 2017
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International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz
This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2017
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‘Robot Revolution’ at MSI, Michelle Alexander and Naomi Klein in conversation, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Indie Boots Theater Festival, Bit Bash Takeover, and more happenings from May 8-11
- Music, Concert Preview Apr 27, 2017
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Trumpeter Jaimie Branch returns to Chicago to celebrate the release of her first LP
- Music, Music Feature Apr 26, 2017
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Trumpeter Jaimie Branch finally spreads her wings
More than 12 years after her blazing debut on the Chicago jazz scene, she releases Fly or Die, her first album as a bandleader.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2010
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"Five Years" of Jazz at Heaven Gallery
Protest Jazz, the weekly series at Heaven Gallery, celebrates its fifth anniversary—sort of.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2008
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Harold Arts struts its stuff
Musicians involved with the Harold Arts residency perform all over town this week.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2007
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Jazz in Pilsen
A renewed booking effort brings some top-notch jazz to Pilsen.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 23, 2007
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Branching out
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch keeps getting better and better.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2007
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Jaimie Branch blows with the best
Chicago trumpet wunderkind joins the elite at Dave Douglas' Festival of New Trumpet Music.
