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Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2018
Saxophonist Tim Berne strengthens his bond with pianist Matt Mitchell on the knotty new Angel Dusk

Tim Berne comes to town Tuesday with a different group, Broken Shadows, that celebrates the music of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Julius Hemphill.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Tim Berne, Broken Shadows, Ornette Coleman, Julius Hemphill, Dewey Redman, Matt Mitchell, Førage, Angel Dusk, Perception/Reception

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2017
Audio
Saxophonist Anna Webber turns to the Internet to inspire music for her Simple Trio

Her recent album Binary uses code, patterns, and transliteration to create music.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Anna Webber, Simple Trio, Binary, John Hollenbeck, Matt Mitchell, Disintegratiate, jazz, Tim Berne, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2016
Video
Percussionist Dan Weiss builds sonic sculptures from snippets of jazz drums on his new album

On Sixteen: Drummers Suite, Dan Weiss uses terse passages from the playing of legendary drummers to build rigorous, complex large-ensemble pieces.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Dan Weiss, Fourteen, Sixteen: Drummers Suite, jazz, drums, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Tony Williams, Miles Davis, Anna Webber, David Binney, Miguel Zenon, Matt Mitchell, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2016
Video
Powerhouse New York reedist Darius Jones gives a rare Chicago performance

The alto saxophonist performs Saturday night with a strong crew of Chicago players
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Darius Jones, Little Women, Le bébé de Brigitte, Matt Mitchell, Sean Conly, Ches Smith, Nasheet Waits, Guelph Jazz Festival, Emilie Lesbros, "Universal Translator", Video

Music, Record Roundup Aug 19, 2014
DJ Mustard's lean, mean ratchet party 10 Summers and 14 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers dig into a cornucopia of new music, including Pallbearer's stately, mournful doom, Willis Earl Beal's raw, mystical antipop, and Jack Ruby's staggeringly savage no wave.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, Murder CIty Devils, The Group, Pallbearer, Cold Specks, Daniel Bachman, Willis Earl Beal, The Rentals, Susanna Wallumrød, Susanna, Jenny Hval, DJ Mustard, Agata Zubel, Susanna Wallumrød, Jack Ruby, Tarbaby, Anna Webber, Bölzer, MCD, records, Schema/RCA, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Ennio Morricone, Walter Branchi, Renzo Restuccia, John Heineman, Bruno Battisti D'Amario, Mario Bertoncini, Profound Lore, Billy Anderson, Brett Campbell, Mute, Bathetic, CIMMfest, Hot Charity, XL, Polyvinyl, Weezer, Matt Sharp, Patrick Carney, SusannaSonata, Roc Nation/Republic, beat makers, beats, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Lil Wayne, YG, Boosie Bad Azz, Kairos, composers, vocalists, new music, Wislawa Szymborska, Klangforum Wien, Czeslaw Milosz, Samuel Beckett, Interscope, Feeding Tube, Chris Gray, Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits, Marc Ducret, Oliver Lake, Frantz Fanon, Rogue Art, Skirl, John Hollenbeck, Matt Mitchell, Invictus

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2014
Video
Masterful hybrid sounds from percussionist Dan Weiss

The percussionist delivers a through-composed gem borrowing from jazz, Indian music, hard rock, and more.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Dan Weiss, Fourteen, Rudresh Mahanthappa, jazz, Indian music, tabla, Pandit Samir Chatterjee, Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus, Jacob Sacks, Thomas Morgan, Matt Mitchell, Miles Okazaki, David Binney, Ohad Talmor, Jacob Garchik, Ben Gerstein, Lana Cencic, Judith Berkson, Maria Neckam, Katie Andrews, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2013
Audio
Ben Paterson, Dave Douglas, Keefe Jackson, and a tribute to Bill Russo mark a busy weekend in jazz

Who says it's dead in December—a slew of live jazz options for the weekend
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Ben Paterson, Essential Elements, Jon Dietemyer, Joshua Ramos, Von Freeman, Dave Douglas, Jon Irabagon, Linda Oh, Matt Mitchell, Rudy Royston, Time Travel, Beware of Doug, Bill Russo, Bill Williams, Stan Kenton, Lee Konitz, Everybody Rides the Carousel, jazz, Keefe Jackson, Likely So, A Round Goal, Paul Giallorenzo, Audio

Music, Record Roundup Sep 20, 2013
Danny Brown's thoughtfully raunchy Old and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including the Dirtbombs' bubblegum garage, Glasser's peculiar electro-pop, and Traxman's user-friendly footwork.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Luca Cimarusti, Kevin Warwick, Tal Rosenberg, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, Daníel Bjarnason, composers, pianists, Reykjavik Sinfonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ben Frost, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Danny Brown, Fool's Gold, Bedroom Community, rappers, rap, Connections, Anyway, Adam Elliott, Times New Viking, Kevin Elliott, The Dirtbombs, In the Red, Mick Collins, Glasser, True Panther Sounds, Cameron Mesirow, Arve Henriksen, Rune Grammofon, trumpeters, oboists, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Ingar Zach, Lars Danielsson, The Internet, Odd Future, Syd the Kyd, beat makers, Matt Martians, Pi, Matt Mitchell, Ches Smith, Nohome, Trost, F.M Einheit, Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmüller, Caspar Brötzmann, Warp, Oneohtrix Point Never, Daniel Lopatin, synthesizers, samples, library science, Parquet Courts, What's Your Rupture?, Iannis Xenakis, Decca, Universal Music, 20th-century classical music, tape delay, Touche Amore, Deathwish Inc., emo, screamo, Traxman, Lit City Trax, footwork, TV Ghost, Tim Gick, Charles Waters Quartet, Amish, jazz, Chris McIntyre, Andrew Barker, George Rush, mixtapes

Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2010
Claudia Quintet in Palos Park Wednesday

John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet performs music from its latest album, "Royal Toast," in Palos Park Wednesday night.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Claudia Quintet, John Hollenbeck, Gary Versace, Royal Toast, Moraine Valley Community College, jazz, minimalism, new music, Matt Mitchell

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Saxophonist Tim Berne strengthens his bond with pianist Matt Mitchell on the knotty new Angel Dusk

Tim Berne comes to town Tuesday with a different group, Broken Shadows, that celebrates the music of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Julius Hemphill.

Audio
Saxophonist Anna Webber turns to the Internet to inspire music for her Simple Trio

Her recent album Binary uses code, patterns, and transliteration to create music.

Video
Percussionist Dan Weiss builds sonic sculptures from snippets of jazz drums on his new album

On Sixteen: Drummers Suite, Dan Weiss uses terse passages from the playing of legendary drummers to build rigorous, complex large-ensemble pieces.

Video
Powerhouse New York reedist Darius Jones gives a rare Chicago performance

The alto saxophonist performs Saturday night with a strong crew of Chicago players

DJ Mustard's lean, mean ratchet party 10 Summers and 14 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers dig into a cornucopia of new music, including Pallbearer's stately, mournful doom, Willis Earl Beal's raw, mystical antipop, and Jack Ruby's staggeringly savage no wave.

Video
Masterful hybrid sounds from percussionist Dan Weiss

The percussionist delivers a through-composed gem borrowing from jazz, Indian music, hard rock, and more.

Audio
Ben Paterson, Dave Douglas, Keefe Jackson, and a tribute to Bill Russo mark a busy weekend in jazz

Who says it's dead in December—a slew of live jazz options for the weekend

Danny Brown's thoughtfully raunchy Old and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including the Dirtbombs' bubblegum garage, Glasser's peculiar electro-pop, and Traxman's user-friendly footwork.

Claudia Quintet in Palos Park Wednesday

John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet performs music from its latest album, "Royal Toast," in Palos Park Wednesday night.

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Tim Berne comes to town Tuesday with a different group, Broken Shadows, that celebrates the music of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Julius Hemphill.

Her recent album Binary uses code, patterns, and transliteration to create music.

On Sixteen: Drummers Suite, Dan Weiss uses terse passages from the playing of legendary drummers to build rigorous, complex large-ensemble pieces.

The alto saxophonist performs Saturday night with a strong crew of Chicago players

Ten Reader writers dig into a cornucopia of new music, including Pallbearer's stately, mournful doom, Willis Earl Beal's raw, mystical antipop, and Jack Ruby's staggeringly savage no wave.

The percussionist delivers a through-composed gem borrowing from jazz, Indian music, hard rock, and more.

Who says it's dead in December—a slew of live jazz options for the weekend

Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including the Dirtbombs' bubblegum garage, Glasser's peculiar electro-pop, and Traxman's user-friendly footwork.

John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet performs music from its latest album, "Royal Toast," in Palos Park Wednesday night.

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