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Music, Music Feature Aug 22, 2018
The complete schedule of the 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival

All 68 sets in Millennium Park and the Cultural Center, including Maceo Parker, Jaimie Branch, Jason Stein, Diane Reeves, Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, jazz, schedule, Millennium Park, Cultural Center, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Nicole Mitchell, Eric Revis, Chris Speed, Sabertooth, Matthew Shipp, Jaimie Branch, Jason Stein, Darcy James Argue, Secret Society, Maceo Parker, Ramsey Lewis, John Wright, Geof Bradfield, Quin Kirchner, Dustin Laurenzi, Greg Ward, 10 Tongues, Mandorla Awakening, Orbert Davis

Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
The ten best jazz records of 2016

The cream of this year’s crop includes a large-ensemble concept album about conspiracy theories, a tug-of-war between loops and live-band grooves, and an amazing hybrid of jazz and hip-hop.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, jazz, best, top ten, 2016, albums, Mary Halvorson Octet, Away With You, Firehouse 12, JD Allen Trio, Americana, Savant, Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables, Pi, Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs, Jeff Parker, The New Breed, International Anthem, Jim Black Trio, The Constant, Intakt, Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone, Anna Högberg Attack, Omlott, Tim Stine Trio, Astral Spirits, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Real Enemies, New Amsterdam, Darcy James Argue, Secret Society, Ensemble Double Up, Henry Threadgill, Meltframe, Susan Alcorn, Gregg August, Rudy Royston, Jason Moran, David Virelles, Curtis MacDonald, Roman Filiu, Jose Davila, Christopher Hoffman, Craig Weinrib, Butch Morris, Zooid, Cory Smythe, Chris Tordini, Fung Chern Hwei, Kyle Armbrust, Rubin Kodheli, Jamire Williams, Paul Bryan, Josh Johnson, Thomas Morgan, Elias Stemeseder, Damion Reid, Carlos Homs, Maciek Lasserre, HPrizm, Gaston Bandimic, Malin Wättring, Elin Larsson, Lisa Ullén, Elsa Bergman, Anna Lund, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly

Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2016
Darcy James Argue's new Real Enemies reflects on paranoia in American politics

New York bandleader and composer Darcy James Argue built his new album around the history of conspiracy theories.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Darcy James Argue, Secret Society, Real Enemies, politics, jazz, Casus Belli, Richard Hofstadter, Kathryn S. Olmsted

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