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Music, Chicagoans of Note Feb 18, 2021
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Beth King, staffer at Intonation Music

“When I was working in politics, we always went to the community for answers. Community organizations are going to be around a lot longer than any politician.”
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Chicagoans of Note, Beth King, Intonation Music Chicago, Mike Simons, Bronzeville, Vera Katz, Doolittle Elementary, Ellis Park, Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush, Kennicott Park, University of Chicago Charter School, Louis Armstrong, Regal Theater, Soundtrap, Video

Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2020
Thirty-five moments that brought Chicago music to the world

The Year of Chicago Music has had less music in it than anybody anticipated, but we still have plenty to celebrate.
- By the Arts & Business Council of Chicago
- Tags: Music Feature, A&BC, Arts & Business Council of Chicago, #ChiMusic35, #ChiMusic35 Challenge, #ChiMusic35 Ambassadors, Cadien Lake James, Damon Locks, Martin Atkins, Vince Lawrence, Rhymefest, Sima Cunningham, Lori Branch, Add-2, Pugs Atomz, Jeff Baraka, Mark Bazer, Ayana Contreras, Leor Galil, Pat Grumley, Mark Kelly, DJ Lady D, Rob McKay, Tim Samuelson, Wayne Williams, Jelly Roll Morton, Common, Sun Ra, Grupo Montéz de Durango, Phuture, Acid Tracks, Bo Diddley, Chess Records, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Rufus, Nat “King” Cole, Eddie Cole’s Solid Swingers, Jim Nash, Dannie Flesher, Wax Trax! Records, Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Kanye West, Ma Rainey, Paramount, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, YouMedia Center, Vee-Jay Records, Jesse Saunders, house, drill, gospel, jazz, blues, footwork, Buddy Guy, Pitchfork Media, Ramsey Lewis, Duranguense, Earth, Wind & Fire, Mahalia Jackson, Thomas A. Dorsey, Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, Soul Train, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Frankie Knuckles, Chance the Rapper, Muddy Waters

Music, In Rotation Mar 9, 2015
Singer-songwriter Rob Nicholas on an album every jazz fan should own

Plus: CPS teacher Paul DeNovi on a bassist who recorded more hits than McCartney, the Reader’s Tal Rosenberg on the best radio freestyle in years, and more
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: In Rotation, Wussy, Attica!, Yo La Tengo, Action Bronson, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97, Louis Armstrong, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923-1934, Rob Nicholas, Green Mill, Brad Mehldau, Punch Brothers, "Familiarity", Phosphorescent Blues, Paul DeNovi, The Day is Done, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Vic Theatre, Chicago Music Exchange, Dr. Licks, Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson, What's Going On

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 3, 2013
The Jungle Book wars, onstage

Mary Zimmerman's best answer to her critics is this flawed, defiant show.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Mary Zimmerman, The Jungle Book, Catey Sullivan, Goodman Theatre, Rudyard Kipling, Disney, Jungle Book, King Louie, Louis Armstrong, The Trouble With Mary, Silk Road Rising, Jamil Khoury, The Arabian Nights, Mirror of the Invisible World, Journey to the West, Satchmo, Allen Ginsberg, Kevin Carolan, Anjali Bhimani, Thomas Derrah, Jeremy Duvall, Mara Blumenfeld, Dan Ostling, The Secret Garden, Shere Khan, Disney on Ice

Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 8, 2013
Second-act troubles afflict By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

Promising at first, Lynn Nottage's ambitious play falls apart after intermission.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, the American dream, Ashkenazic, Alexander the Great, pre-Civil Rights Act America, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Stepin Fetchit, Vera Stark, Lynn Nottage, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Gloria Mitchell, The Belle of New Orleans, Pulitzer Prize, Ruined, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goodman Theatre, Chuck Smith, Erich von Stroheim

Music, Music Feature Dec 5, 2012
Gifts for hungry ears

The cream of the year-end crop of box sets and reissues: Coleman Hawkins, Bessie Smith, Tunji Oyelana, Bill Withers, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Arizona Dranes, He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Drane, Tompkins Square, Church of God in Christ, Michael Corcoran, Jan Garbarek I Dansere, ECM, Bobo Stenson, Sart, Terje Rypdal, Afric Pepperbird, Jon Christensen, Arild Andersen, Witchi-Tai-To, Palle Danielsson, Coleman Hawkins, Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947, Mosaic music label, Mamie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Tunji Oyelana, A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79, Soundway, Wole Soyinka, Andrés Schiff, Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, ECM, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Paul Griffiths, Bessie Smith, The Complete Columbia Recordings, Columbia/Legacy, Louis Armstrong, James P. Johnson, Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985, Analog Africa, Samy Ben Redjeb, Felito, Machuca, Discos Tropical, Wganda Kenya, Sonora Dinamita, Alejandro Duran, Sound Art @ Het Apollohuis, Wergo, Paul Panhuysen, Helene Panhuysen, Het Apollohuis, Jackson MacLow, Z'ev, Mark Trayle, Hugh Davies, Phill Niblock, Arnold Dreyblatt, Alvin Lucier, Music for Solo Performer, Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, and End Time Music 1923-1936, Nathan Salsburg, Don Wahle, Gid Tanner, The Allen Brothers, Dixon Brothers, Susan Archie, Bill Withers, The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums, Michael Eric Dyson

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 22, 2011
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Don Byron, Corey Wilkes, Dee Alexander, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Dee Alexander, Tomeka Reid Trio, Orbert Davis Quintet, Terisa Griffin, Fareed Haque Trio, Tony Monaco, Maggie Brown Quartet, Don Byron New Gospel Quintet, Calje, Ricky Luis, Corey Wikes Sextet, Nicole Mitchell & the Black Eart Ensemble, Ari Brown Quintet, Tatsu Aoki, Miyumi Project, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

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Beth King, staffer at Intonation Music

“When I was working in politics, we always went to the community for answers. Community organizations are going to be around a lot longer than any politician.”

Thirty-five moments that brought Chicago music to the world

The Year of Chicago Music has had less music in it than anybody anticipated, but we still have plenty to celebrate.

Singer-songwriter Rob Nicholas on an album every jazz fan should own

Plus: CPS teacher Paul DeNovi on a bassist who recorded more hits than McCartney, the Reader’s Tal Rosenberg on the best radio freestyle in years, and more

The Jungle Book wars, onstage

Mary Zimmerman's best answer to her critics is this flawed, defiant show.

Second-act troubles afflict By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

Promising at first, Lynn Nottage's ambitious play falls apart after intermission.

Gifts for hungry ears

The cream of the year-end crop of box sets and reissues: Coleman Hawkins, Bessie Smith, Tunji Oyelana, Bill Withers, and more

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Don Byron, Corey Wilkes, Dee Alexander, and more

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Video Beth King, staffer at Intonation Music

“When I was working in politics, we always went to the community for answers. Community organizations are going to be around a lot longer than any politician.”

Thirty-five moments that brought Chicago music to the world

The Year of Chicago Music has had less music in it than anybody anticipated, but we still have plenty to celebrate.

Singer-songwriter Rob Nicholas on an album every jazz fan should own

Plus: CPS teacher Paul DeNovi on a bassist who recorded more hits than McCartney, the Reader’s Tal Rosenberg on the best radio freestyle in years, and more

The Jungle Book wars, onstage

Mary Zimmerman's best answer to her critics is this flawed, defiant show.

Second-act troubles afflict By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

Promising at first, Lynn Nottage's ambitious play falls apart after intermission.

Gifts for hungry ears

The cream of the year-end crop of box sets and reissues: Coleman Hawkins, Bessie Smith, Tunji Oyelana, Bill Withers, and more

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Don Byron, Corey Wilkes, Dee Alexander, and more

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Beth King, staffer at Intonation Music