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Music, Music Feature Nov 23, 2016
Music gifts you can actually wrap

Digital downloads haven’t yet driven box sets extinct—and this year the best include Paul Bowles’s Moroccan field recordings, vintage Ray Charles in mono, a 50-year NRBQ retrospective, and ten discs of foundational 40s bebop from Savoy Records.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta, Numero Group, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49, Mosaic, Lou Reed, The RCA & Arista Album Collection, Sony Legacy, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones in Mono, ABKCO, Frank Sinatra, World on a String, UMe, Music of Morocco: From the Library of Congress, Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959, Dust-to-Digital, Ray Charles, The Atlantic Years: In Mono, Rhino, NRBQ, High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective, Omnivore, Charles Munch, The Complete RCA Album Collection, Sony Classical, Gidon Kremer, Complete Concerto Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon, Transformer, Berlin, Metal Machine Music, Wacky Tobacky, Kremerata Baltica, Sofia Gubaidulina, Offertorium, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Get That Gasoline Blues, Terry Adams, Pure Genius, What’d I Say, Come Fly With Me, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, Stan Getz, Tadd Dameron, Leo Parker, Fats Navarro, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, J.J. Johnson, Brew Moore, Howard McGhee, Neil Tesser, Steve Marlow, Jonathan Horwich, Volta Jazz, Coulibaly Tidiani et L’Authentique Orchestre Dafra Star, Sory Sanlé, Idrissa Koné, Bobo-Dioulasso, Malick Sidibé

Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2015
Seeking a nickname for Kyle Schwarber? Look no further.

Hint: He also bears resemblance to a classic cartoon character.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, Sports, Kyle Schwarber, Chicago Cubs, Neil Tesser, Rick Morrissey, Baby Bull, Orlando Cepeda, Luis Firpo, Juan Diaz, Chicago Sun-Times, Nancy, Sluggo, Ted Cox, Vavoom

Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2015
Jazz critic Neil Tesser wins a lifetime achievement award

The longtime Reader critic is honored by the Jazz Journalists Association.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Jazz, Media, Music, News, Neil Tesser, Jazz Journalists Association, Grammy Awards, Chicago Reader, John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions

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 Feb 4, 2014
Chicago's Neil Tesser wins Grammy

The local jazz critic reflects on his award and on the art and future of liner notes.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Music, News, Neil Tesser, Grammy Awards, Recording Academy, Nokia Theatre, Staples Center, John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions, Concord Music Group, Playboy Guide to Jazz, WBEZ, WSBC, WCFJ, Chicago Reader, BAT Award, Jeanne Fujimoto, Nick Phillips, Stan Getz, liner notes

Columns & Opinion, On Media Apr 3, 2013
Are baseball predictions—and by extension our annual Golden BAT awards—falling out of fashion?

The Tribune's Mark Gonzales is the winner of our 33rd annual Baseball Acumen Test. But the playing field is smaller.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Golden BAT, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Acumen Test, baseball, baseball predictions, Neil Tesser, Bob Gibson, Immanuel Kant, Chicago Sun-Times, predictions, Tony Ginnetti, Chicago Tribune, Chris De Luca, Mark Gonzales, sports, Chicago White Sox, newspapers, sportswriters, Detroit Tigers, expertise, Rick Morrisssey, Rick Telander, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds

Blogs, Bleader Aug 13, 2012
Legendary tenor saxophonist Von Freeman dead at 88

Chicago loses an internationally renowned pillar of its jazz community
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: RIP, Music, Von Freeman, Vonski, Neil Tesser, jazz, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, tenor, saxophone, RIP, obituary, heart failure, Jazz Masters, NEA Jazz Masters, New Apartment Lounge

Blogs, Bleader Oct 13, 2011
This week on the B Side

Looking back at 40 years of the Reader's music writing, plus gossip and live music must-sees
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Reader, Chicago, Von Freeman, Neil Tesser, Disappears, Dam-Funk, Dum Dum Girls, Goran Bregovic & His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra, Double Dagger, Glenn Jones

News & Politics, Chicago Reader at Forty Apr 7, 2011
1984

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Chicago Reader at Forty, media, newspapers, Chicago Sun-Times, Neil Tesser, Chicago Tribune, Rupert Murdoch, Chicago Reader at 40

News & Politics, Media Mar 31, 2011
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Baseball Prophet Phil Rogers Wins Golden BAT

Tribune scribe mixes science and gut feeling
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Phil Rogers, Neil Tesser, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Bobby Cox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Sun-Times, Toni Ginnetti, San Francisco Giants, Golden BAT, PECOTA

News & Politics, Media Apr 1, 2010
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A Virtual Honor, a Real Job

Sun-Times sports editor Chris De Luca has extra reason to appreciate our Golden BAT award.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Chris De Luca, Sun-Times, baseball predictions, Neil Tesser, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Saint Louis Cardinals, Rick Telander, Dan McGrath, Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Sun-Times Media Group, STMG, Newspaper Guild, Jim Tyree, Yankee Stadium, San Francisco Chronicle, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Wiffle BAT, Baseball Prospectus, PECOTA

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2007
You can't listen to Listen Here here

The locally produced jazz program Listen Here introduces live tapings at the Cultural Center--but you still can't hear the show on the radio in Chicago.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Wfmt, Listen Here, Neil Tesser, Mark Ruffin

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Music gifts you can actually wrap

Digital downloads haven’t yet driven box sets extinct—and this year the best include Paul Bowles’s Moroccan field recordings, vintage Ray Charles in mono, a 50-year NRBQ retrospective, and ten discs of foundational 40s bebop from Savoy Records.

Seeking a nickname for Kyle Schwarber? Look no further.

Hint: He also bears resemblance to a classic cartoon character.

Jazz critic Neil Tesser wins a lifetime achievement award

The longtime Reader critic is honored by the Jazz Journalists Association.

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.

Chicago's Neil Tesser wins Grammy

The local jazz critic reflects on his award and on the art and future of liner notes.

Are baseball predictions—and by extension our annual Golden BAT awards—falling out of fashion?

The Tribune's Mark Gonzales is the winner of our 33rd annual Baseball Acumen Test. But the playing field is smaller.

Legendary tenor saxophonist Von Freeman dead at 88

Chicago loses an internationally renowned pillar of its jazz community

This week on the B Side

Looking back at 40 years of the Reader's music writing, plus gossip and live music must-sees

1984

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

Image
Baseball Prophet Phil Rogers Wins Golden BAT

Tribune scribe mixes science and gut feeling

Image
A Virtual Honor, a Real Job

Sun-Times sports editor Chris De Luca has extra reason to appreciate our Golden BAT award.

You can't listen to Listen Here here

The locally produced jazz program Listen Here introduces live tapings at the Cultural Center--but you still can't hear the show on the radio in Chicago.

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Digital downloads haven’t yet driven box sets extinct—and this year the best include Paul Bowles’s Moroccan field recordings, vintage Ray Charles in mono, a 50-year NRBQ retrospective, and ten discs of foundational 40s bebop from Savoy Records.

Hint: He also bears resemblance to a classic cartoon character.

The longtime Reader critic is honored by the Jazz Journalists Association.

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.

The local jazz critic reflects on his award and on the art and future of liner notes.

The Tribune's Mark Gonzales is the winner of our 33rd annual Baseball Acumen Test. But the playing field is smaller.

Chicago loses an internationally renowned pillar of its jazz community

Looking back at 40 years of the Reader's music writing, plus gossip and live music must-sees

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

Tribune scribe mixes science and gut feeling

Sun-Times sports editor Chris De Luca has extra reason to appreciate our Golden BAT award.

The locally produced jazz program Listen Here introduces live tapings at the Cultural Center--but you still can't hear the show on the radio in Chicago.

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