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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 Feature Aug 20, 2020
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Remembering Chicago jazz anchor Joe Segal
It's not such a bad thing to be set in your ways when your ways are worth saving.
- 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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Mike Reed honors the modern golden age of Chicago jazz
The bandleader and drummer assembles an ensemble of composer-performers from The City Was Yellow, a “real book” documenting 30 years of the city’s jazz scene.
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2018
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Celebrating the work that iconic Chicago saxophonist Von Freeman did with Sun Ra
Von Freeman played in Sun Ra's Arkestra in 1959 and '60, and this week French horn player and Chicago native Vincent Chancey leads a strong local group through tunes Ra played in those days.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2018
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The first black leader of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Heather Ireland Robinson, talks segregation and infrastructure
Robinson embarks on her 20th year in Chicago arts administration by taking the reins of the Jazz Institute.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2018
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Lauren Deutsch steps down after 21 years as executive director of the Jazz Institute of Chicago
Veteran arts administrator Heather Ireland Robinson, who worked for the JIC in the early 2000s, steps into Deutsch's shoes on Thursday, March 1.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 30, 2017
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Seven portraits of the Chicago Jazz Festival
The compelling characters on this year’s lineup include avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell, indefatigable experimenter Mary Halvorson, and defiantly joyful South African survivor Louis Moholo-Moholo.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 30, 2017
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The jazz after the fest
The city’s usual bounty of shows gets a big bump this weekend.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 31, 2016
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The fest around Jazz Fest
This year’s preshows and aftershows include Tony Malaby, Kidd Jordan, Ira Sullivan, Alvin Fielder, and Edward Wilkerson Jr.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 26, 2016
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Jazz bassist and vocalist Katie Ernst rises like the tide
She isn’t just helping herself with her talent, wit, and confidence—she’s also lifting up her peers and students.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2011
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Tenor saxophonists Wilkerson and Brown blow into Hamilton Park on Friday
Local tenor heavies Edward Wilkerson Jr. and Ari Brown visit Hamilton Park for a free Friday show.
- Music, Music Sidebar Sep 2, 2010
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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
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2010
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Chicago Jazz Fest Lineup Announced
The Jazz Institute of Chicago has announced the lineup for this year's Jazz Festival, which includes Henry Threadgill's Zooid, the Brad Mehldau Trio, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, and the Either/Orchestra with Mahmoud Ahmed.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2010
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Fred Anderson Gravely Ill
Chicago jazz icon Fred Anderson is in a coma after a serious heart attack.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2009
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Von Freeman and Barry Harris Take It to the Parks
Jazz greats Von Freeman and Barry Harris play a free concert in La Follette Park on Friday.