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- Film, Movie Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
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Movie Tuesday: Jazz on film
Both highly collaborative art forms often play on improvisation and the music of chance.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 11, 2019
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David Dann on his new biography of blues-rock guitarist Michael Bloomfield
From Glencoe to Monterey Pop to oblivion: Bloomfield’s huge talent and unique style changed the instrument forever, but while Clapton and Hendrix entered the canon, he faded away.
- Music, Music Feature May 1, 2019
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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world
The Chicago singer and poet’s new album lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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Two recent Tim Buckley releases from the vaults capture the singer’s improvisational genius
Taped during a 1969 Los Angeles engagement, Tim Buckley's Venice Mating Call and Greetings From West Hollywood showcase his gift for spontaneous experimentation.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2017
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A lost 1976 album from Brazilian musical polymath Hermeto Pascoal finally surfaces
Hermeto Pascoal's idea-packed Viajando Com o Som: The Lost '76 Vice-Versa Studio Session represents a major addition to his discography.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 18, 2017
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Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline
Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.
- Film, Movie Feature Apr 13, 2016
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
More than five dozen music-related dramas and documentaries screen at this year's fest.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2016
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 21, 2016
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Louis Armstrong takes a complex solo in Court Theatre's Satchmo at the Waldorf
Was Pops trivial? Yes. Pivotal? Yes.
- Music, In Rotation Feb 23, 2015
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Ono cofounder P. Michael on soul singer Billy Stewart
Plus: Lamont "Bim" Thomas of Obnox on Cleveland’s rock riches, the Reader's Luca Cimarusti on a bizarre record from the star of Teen Mom, and more
- Music, In Rotation Dec 17, 2014
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Guitarist Ryley Walker on the saxophone quartet that rearranged his brain jelly
Plus: Bike lawyer Colin Cameron on a song that sounds like Einstürzende Neubauten covering Leonard Cohen, the Reader's Luca Cimarusti on everything you could ever want to know about prog rock, and more
- Music, Music Feature Nov 25, 2014
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You have no excuse to give anyone a holiday album
Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2014
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Listen to 'Conference of the Birds,' go see Dave Holland's Prism on Saturday
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is the title track off of the bassist's 1973 album—he plays the Chicago Jazz Festival Saturday night.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jun 12, 2014
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Booker Little
This brilliant Chicago-schooled jazz trumpeter recorded dozens of albums—including several with Max Roach and Eric Dolphy—before his death at age 23.
- Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Sat 5/31: CAKE, the Dance Mile, and Corey Wilkes Quintet
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, May 31
- Music, In Rotation Jan 27, 2014
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In Rotation: Ayana Contreras of Vocalo's Reclaimed Soul on a softly stratospheric Andrew Hill LP
Plus: Primeridian's Simeon Viltz on Acid Rap, the Reader's Leor Galil on Elvis impersonators, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Gut-punching keyboard explorations from the Italian duo Satelliti
New uses for the early-70s explorations of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2013
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Saxophonist Dave Liebman and jazz-tango bassist Pablo Aslan in Chicago
Versatile saxophonist Dave Liebman and jazz-tango bassist Pablo Aslan perform in Chicago this weekend.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 14, 2013
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Reader readers built their very own jukebox
We asked what would be in the perfect jukebox, and you queued up the tracks.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2013
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt's new electric sound
On his latest album, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt introduces a new band and revisits an old sound.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2013
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Mining musical riches from Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette
Two new multidisc sets examine fragments in the musical visions of Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2012
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Jazz: A late gem from the late Sam Rivers
A killer one-off reunion of Sam Rivers's trio with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul has been released on CD
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
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Black social clubs, MC Legit, Volcano!, and more on the B Side
Old school DIY, a power-ambient band's "country" record, and more
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jun 13, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Pete Cosey
The late guitar genius, most famous for his role in Miles Davis's electric bands, never recorded under his own name
- Music, Three Beats Jun 11, 2012
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Three Beats: MC Legit drops a free song every Saturday
Plus: Drummer Frank Rosaly claims his Puerto Rican roots with Bootstrap, and power-ambient group Chord make a "country" album
