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Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2020
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Chicago’s September jazz festivals cope with COVID

The city is replacing its traditional huge outdoor affair with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Millennium Park at Home: Jazz Music, Jazz Postcards, pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Constellation, Elastic Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Quarantine Concerts, Option Series, Catalytic Sound, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Adam Zanolini, Kate Dumbleton, Peter Margasak, Solo Impro Festival, Doek Festival, Cristina Marx, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, Jon Langford, Sam Trump, Zeshan B, Mucca Pazza, the Promontory, Dee Alexander, Khari B., Junius Paul Quartet, Souleyes—An Exercise in Reconstruction, Jazz Festival Citywide, Citywide Jazz, Midway Plaisance, University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts, Bobby Broom Trio, Tito Carrillo Quintet, Twin Talk, Nick Mazzarella Trio, Abigail Riccards, Von Freeman, Clifford Jordan, Fred Hersch Trio, Muhal Richard Abrams, Experimental Band, Myra Melford, Angel Bat Dawid, Corey Wilkes, Greg Ward, Tomeka Reid, Avreeayl Ra, Joshua Abrams, HPJF, Video

Music, Music Feature Aug 20, 2020
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.
- By Neil Tesser
- Tags: Music Feature, Joe Segal, Jazz Showcase, Dearborn Station, NEA Jazz Master, bebop, jazz, Brown Shoe, North Park Hotel, Blackstone Hotel, Happy Medium, obituary, RIP, death, “Symphony Sid” Torin, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Save the Children, Milt Jackson, Gary Burton, Phil Woods Quintet, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jazz Festival

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 5, 2019
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Bill MacKay and Katinka Kleijn document their dynamic duo with an album

Plus: Friends band together to help Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal with medical bills, and power-pop veteran Jeff Lescher of Green celebrates a new solo record.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Bill MacKay, Katinka Kleijn, Stir, Drag City, Elastic Arts, Timothy Breen, Hermine, Brett Naucke, Jazz Showcase, Joe Segal, benefit, fund-raiser, Dee Alexander, Ari Brown, Joey DeFrancesco, Studebaker Theater, Henry Johnson, Jeff Lescher, Green, Indiegogo, All Is Grace, Outta Space, Jason Mosher, Video

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, Music Feature Aug 27, 2018
The jazz doesn’t stop when the park goes dark

This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, jazz, aftershows, jam sessions, Green Mill, Jazz Showcase, Hereafter Fest, Elastic, Constellation, Chris Speed Trio, Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Kidd Jordan, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Alvin Fielder, Ira Sullivan, Dee Alexander, Nina Simone, Fareed Haque, David Boykin, Håvard Wiik, Mako Sica, Hamid Drake, George Freeman, Makaya McCraven, Nolatet, AACM Generations, Alfonso Ponticelli, Swing Gitan

Music, Music Feature Aug 30, 2017
The jazz after the fest

The city’s usual bounty of shows gets a big bump this weekend.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, aftershows, Hereafter Fest, afterfest, HotHouse Jazz Fest Afterset, HotHouse, Jazz Showcase, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazz Club Tour, jam sessions, Ira Sullivan, Edward “Kidd” Jordan

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2017
Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert in Millennium Park, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

James Brown vs. Charlie Brown, iO's Musical Improv Festival, and more things to do August 14-17
- By Emily Wasielewski
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Musical Improv Festival, iO Theater, Charles McPherson Quartet, Jazz Showcase, Clark After Dark, Unites Services Organization of Illinois, The Remains, DFBRL8R Gallery, Emo Philips, Zanies, Readings from the Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks, City Lit Books, Not Quite: Asian American by Law, Asian Woman by Desire, Ada Cheng, Women & Children First, Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert, Pritzker Pavilion, James Brown vs. Charlie Brown, Drinking & Writing

Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2017
That's Weird Grandma: Attack of the Phantom of the BBQ and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

The film program "Remnants of a Dream" at Gallery 400, Art on Clark, and more happenings from July 17-20
- By Emily Wasielewski
- Tags: Arts, Do This, A Fool's Journey: A Misfit Circus Cabaret, Remnants of a Dream, MINT: Musical Improv Night, Women Employed, Art on Clark, Rhythm World 27, That's Weird, Grandma: Attack of the Phantom of the BBQ, Chopin Theatre, Gallery 400, MCL Chicago, Neo-Futurarium, Jazz Showcase

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2016
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt visits Chicago with one of his best bands

Jeremy Pelt's latest record explores mainstream hard bop, but the band the trumpeter leads in Chicago delivers a more agitated sound.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Jeremy Pelt, Power Quintet, High Art, Ascona, jazz, Jazz Showcase, hard bop, Ben Allison, Simona Premazzi, Jonathan Barber, Video

Music, Music Feature Aug 31, 2016
The fest around Jazz Fest

This year’s preshows and aftershows include Tony Malaby, Kidd Jordan, Ira Sullivan, Alvin Fielder, and Edward Wilkerson Jr.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, aftershows, preshows, Jazz Club Tour, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Ira Sullivan, Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Alvin Fielder, Tony Malaby, Edward Wilkerson Jr., HotHouse, Hereafter Fest, Microcosmic Sound Orchestra, David Boykin Expanse, Hairpin Arts Center, Constellation, Jazz Showcase, jam sessions, Vincent Chancey

Blogs, Bleader Oct 9, 2014
Reader's Agenda Thu 10/9: CIFF, Garden Gala, and Helen Sung Quartet

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, October 9
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Chicago International Film Festival, Miss Julie, Garden Gala, Midwest Pesticide Action Center, Garfield Park Conservatory, Helen Sung, Jazz Showcase, piano

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best jazz club

Green Mill
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2014, Green Mill, Jazz Showcase, Best jazz club, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sat 5/24: Randolph Street Market, Memorial Day parade, and Eric Reed Trio

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, May 24
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Randolph Street Market, Dr. Feelgood, Memorial Day parade, Daley Plaza, Lt. Col. Tammy Duckworth, Eric Reed, Jazz Showcase, Hamilton Price, Wesley Anderson

Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sun 4/20: Adult Easter Egg Hunt, American Me, and Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, April 20
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Easter, Adult Easter Egg Hunt, Longman & Eagle, Logan Square, Lula Cafe, Wolfbait & B-Girls, Saki, Striding Lion Performance Group, American Me, Annie Arnoult Bessera, Eli Finkel, Links Hall, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jazz Showcase, Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sat 4/19: Chicago Zines, 20x2 Chicago, and Record Store Day

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, April 19
- By Osita Nwanevu
- Tags: Do This, Arts, zines, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Roctober, Jake Austen, Chris Ware, The Secret History of Chicago Zines, Powell's Bookstore, Empty Bottle, Ono, Bil Vermette, Plastic Crimewave Sound, 20x2, Chicago, Schuba's, Dan Henrick, Eamon Daly, Hyde Park Records, Soul Reunion, Syl Johnson, Ruby Andrews, Linda Clifford, Jazz Showcase, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Kurt Rosenwinkle Trio, Star of Jupiter

Music, Music Feature Mar 20, 2014
An oral history of the Green Mill

The neon-lit bar at Lawrence and Broadway, now a legendary jazz club, has been around for 107 years—and has more stories than any tavern in town. Here are a few from the past three decades.
- By Patrick Sisson
- Tags: Music Feature, Green Mill, Uptown, bars, jazz clubs, history, oral history, Chicago Tribune, Phohibition, jazz, Pop Morse's Roadhouse, beer gardens, Tom Chamales, Green Mill Gardens, Moulin Rouge, Uptown Theatre, Jazz Age, Jack McGurn, Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn, Al Capone, tunnels, smuggling, Joseph Lewis, Rendezvous Cafe, comedy, The Joker Is Wild, movies, Billie Holiday, Al Jolson, Texas Guinan, cabaret, 300 Club, James Doherty, nightlife, Jason Cole, Batsis brothers, Steve Brend, Dave Jemilo, bar owners, American Indian Center, Patricia Barber, speakeasies, bartenders, Brad Goode, musicians, performers, halfway houses, hillbillies, Sharon's Hillbilly Heaven, liquor licenses, Marc Smith, Uptown Poetry Slam, paintings, statues, Jimmy Moscarello, plumbing, Aragon Ballroom, Ed Pedersen Quintet, Ed Pedersen, Brad Goode Qunitet, Vu Jazz Quintet, Susie Hansen Band, Deja Vu Big Band, Mike Finnerty, Mike Finnerty & the Heat Merchants, 4 AM bars, Neil Tesser, jazz critics, cocktails, Ted Sirota, Sabertooth Organ Quartet, Clifford Jordan, Jazz Showcase, Wilbur Campbell, Blackstone Hotel, Katerina's, The Jazz Bulls, Fred Anderson, London House, Mr. Kelly's, Von Freeman, Andy's, Elastic, poetry, poetry slams, football players, Chicago Fire, Chicago Poetry Ensemble, martinis, booking, Mighty Blue Kings, old-fashioneds, manhattans, classic cocktails, E2, Gold Star Sardine Bar, Sheila Jordan, accents, Starbucks, drinking, Malort, Malort face, Chicago Reader

Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 3/11: Chi-Town Jazz Festival, It Gets Better, and Moshin Hamid

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, March 11
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Chi-Town Jazz Festival, Pat Metheny Unity Band, Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Showcase, It Gets Better, Schubas, Lily Be, Jill Howe, Greg Ledger, Precious, Moshin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Alison Cuddy, First United Methodist Church at The Chicago Temple

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 9/19: Expo Chicago, Englewood Jazz Festival, and Miguel Zenon

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 19
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Expo Chicago, International Exposition of Contemporary Modern Art, Navy Pier, Festival Hall, Tony Karman, Englewood Jazz Festival, Ernest Dawkins, Kelan Phil Cohran, Timuel Black, Khari B., Miguel Zenon, Rhythm Collective, Jazz Showcase, Hamilton Park Cultural Center

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 20, 2013
Best shows to see: Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster

Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include the Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster, Wrekmeister Harmonies, and Major Stars.
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Music, live music, concert listings, Soundboard, Nicholas Payton, Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Jazz Showcase, Old Town School, Constellation, Bohemian National Cemetery

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music May 2, 2013
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Johnny Griffin

This masterful jazz saxophonist isn't exactly obscure, but he's been unjustly overshadowed since his heyday in the 50s and 60s.
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Johnny Griffin, The Secret History of Chicago Music, jazz, saxophonists, John Arnold Griffin III, Gene Ammons, King Kolax, blues, T-Bone Walker, DuSable High School, Count Basie, Passport, Paris Reunion Band, Woody Shaw, Slide Hampton, Jazz Showcase, Walter Dyett, Lionel Hampton, big band, Blue Note, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eddie Davis, Bud Powel, Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, Montreux Jazz Festival, Dizzy Gillespie

Blogs, Bleader Apr 30, 2013
Audio
Pianist Benny Green keeps the classic hard-bop sound alive

Art Blakey disciple Benny Green keeps the hard bop flame alive, plays Jazz Showcase.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Benny Green, Art Blakey, hard bop, Jazz Showcase, Magic Beans, Paraphrase, Sonny Clark, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Apr 23, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 4/23: Cadaver, Brotherhood of Fred, and Jim Wallis

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, April 23.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Tavi Gevinson, Cadaver, Museum of Contemporary Art, Christopher Lloyd, Kathy Bates, Fred Anderson, Jazz Showcase, Brotherhood of Fred, Ernest Dawkins, Tatsu Aoki, Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake, New York Times, Jim Wallis, On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good, University of Chicago, Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Blogs, Bleader Apr 9, 2013
Protean saxophonist Kenny Garrett kicks off a stint at the Jazz Showcase

The former sideman for the likes of Art Blakey and Miles Davis tours in support of the recent Seeds From the Underground.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Kenny Garrett, jazz, Benito Gonzalez, Seeds From the Underground, Joe Hen's Waltz, Jazz Showcase

Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2013
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt's new electric sound

On his latest album, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt introduces a new band and revisits an old sound.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Jeremy Pelt, Water and Earth, Mystique, Miles Davis, jazz, fusion, Bitches Brew, David Bryant, Roxy Cross, Dana Hawkins, Frank LoCrasto, Jazz Showcase, Columbia College

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