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- Music, Music Feature Nov 25, 2020
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A eulogy for Danny’s Tavern
For decades, this cozy candlelit bar in Bucktown nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
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Nonpareil improvising guitarist Sandy Ewen returns to Chicago
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2018
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Reedist Aram Shelton reconnects with old friends on his first return visit since 2015
Aram Shelton gigs with current Copenhagen comrade Håkon Berre and long-running Chicago collaborators Tim Daisy, Jason Roebke, and Josh Berman.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 15, 2018
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Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis builds an intentional community in jazz
By organizing concerts, mentoring young musicians, and connecting players from across the States and abroad, he models the commitment and generosity that keep the scene viable.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 27, 2017
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Chicago bass clarinetist Jason Stein isn’t kidding around
Not even arena gigs with his famous sister, comedian Amy Schumer, can tempt him from his drive to make better jazz.
- 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 29, 2017
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Chicago cornetist Josh Berman shakes up his refined practice
He’s historically worked slowly and carefully, but he’s playing the Jazz Festival with an untested new quartet.
- 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.
- Music, In Rotation Aug 23, 2016
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Now Is Podcast host Ben Remsen on the jazz giants who walk among us
Plus: Axons drummer Amanda Kraus on a program for percussionists and the people who love them, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on Horseback’s latest weird trip, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2016
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Remembering Jazz Record Mart from inside
The legendary Jazz Record Mart wasn't a treasure just because of its massive inventory—it was also a hothouse of musical creativity.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 26, 2016
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Detholz! and friends throw a Groundhog Day party in memory of bassist Ben Miranda
Plus: Caribbean dance night Feel the Rhythm makes its overdue return, postpunks Ganser gear up for a big year, and more.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
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Aftershows: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival
2013 Chicago Jazz Festival aftershows: Kidd Jordan, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, and other late-night diversions
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2013
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My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21
The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2011
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Mike Reed's PPT closes out the tenth year of Sunday Transmissions
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things plays the final concert in the yearlong tenth-anniversary celebration of the Sunday Transmission series at the Hungry Brain.
- Music, Three Beats Oct 6, 2011
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Three Beats: Cabdriver Dmitry Samarov exhibits his sketches of shows
Plus: Cornetist Josh Berman and his new quartet, and Priority Male taps garage rockers the Keggs for a vinyl reissue
- Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Aug 11, 2011
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Culture Vultures: Extreme Kung Fu, Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, and Cupola Bobber's The Field, the Mantel
In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they're watching, reading, and seeing
- 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 Jan 13, 2010
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Best of 2009, Part One
My top 40 albums of 2009, installment one
- Music, Music Review Jan 7, 2010
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Never Mind the Critics
Here’s what local musicians (and other tastemakers) were listening to in 2009.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 24, 2009
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The List: December 24-30, 2009
Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Robbie Fulks, Roy Hargrove, Josh Berman's Old Idea, Fiery Furnaces, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2009
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The Toy Killers: from Weasel Walter’s no wave archives to your ears
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 3, 2009
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Josh Berman steps out
Chicago cornetist Josh Berman has finally made a record of his own, and he's celebrating its release with the fine quintet Old Idea tonight at the Hideout.
- Blogs, Bleader May 28, 2009
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Post No Bills Podcast #1
The first Post No Bills Podcast is live, with music by Azita, Josh Berman, the Rail Band, Marcio Local, and many more.