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Music, Music Feature Mar 25, 2020
The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again

For 19 years, their first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Music Feature, Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, Chad Taylor, Matthew Lux, Joshua Abrams, Josh Johnson, Noel Kupersmith, Chicago Underground, Chicago Underground Orchestra, Chicago Underground Duo, Chicago Underground Trio, Chicago Underground Quartet, Good Days, The New Breed, Tortoise, Dorian’s, Exploding Star Orchestra, Desert Encrypts, São Paulo Underground, Playground, Suite for Max Brown, Astral Spirits, jazz, avant-garde, free jazz, experimental, George Fludas, Green Mill, Sun Ra, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Myths and Morals, Bright Light in Winter, Pharoah Sanders, Chris Schlarb, Batida, Strange Wing, Nostalgia, Tunnel Chrome, Four in the Evening, A Re-Occurring Dream

Music, Concert Preview Feb 28, 2020
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Celebrated guitarist Jeff Parker builds electrifying jazz songs out of experimental demos on Suite for Max Brown
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Jeff Parker, The New Breed, Suite for Max Brown, jazz, Tortoise, Rodan, Los Angeles, International Anthem, Korg, synthesizer, Ruby Parker, Makaya McCraven, Paul Bryan, Recommended

Music, Music Feature May 9, 2017
International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, International Anthem, Scott McNiece, David Allen, Uncanned Music, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Rob Mazurek, Hear in Now, Tomeka Reid, jazz, improvised music, The New Breed, Fly or Die, Not Living in Fear, Mazz Swift, Silvia Bolognesi, In the Moment, Rob Mazurek, Emmett Kelly, Alien Flower Sutra, A.M. Frison, Tommaso Moretti, Ben Lamar Gay, Bottle Tree, Gilt Bar, Curio, Trio in Curio, Ian Springer, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, the Bedford, Bar Deville, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Hungry Brain, Nick Mazzarella, Skylark, Elastic, Hideout, Anton Hatwich, Dylan Ryan, Frank Rosaly, Matt Lux, Mikel Avery, Rob Jacobs, Wei Zhongle, Bambi Kino Duo, Brian Case, Justin Walter, Ahleuchatistas, Irreversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Camae Ayewa, Moor Mother, Ohmme, Junius Paul, Dave Vettraino, Natalie Joy, Alternate Moon Cycles, Jamire Williams, Josh Johnson

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
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The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again

For 19 years, their first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.

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Celebrated guitarist Jeff Parker builds electrifying jazz songs out of experimental demos on Suite for Max Brown

International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.

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.

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The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again

For 19 years, their first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.

Recommended Celebrated guitarist Jeff Parker builds electrifying jazz songs out of experimental demos on Suite for Max Brown

International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.

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.

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Celebrated guitarist Jeff Parker builds electrifying jazz songs out of experimental demos on Suite for Max Brown