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- Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
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Brooklyn-based saxophone and drum duo meld composition and improvisation seamlessly
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2017
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Young jazz bassist Hayden Prosser explores nonlinear structures on his bracing debut
Berlin-based bassist Hayden Prosser has a distinctly European aesthetic, albeit influenced by Americans such as Tim Berne and Jim Black.
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 8, 2017
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On Incidentals, Tim Berne’s Snakeoil add elements to their dense avant-garde jazz—and somehow create more space
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2017
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 7, 2016
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Drummer Jim Black finds melody in chaos with his piano trio
Drummer Jim Black, pianist Elias Stemeseder, and bassist Thomas Morgan test the strength of their tunes by subjecting them to off-kilter rhythms and disorderly improvisations.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2013
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New York reedist Oscar Noriega makes a rare visit to Chicago
The language of jazz affords instant collaborations—New York reedist Oscar Noriega performs Sunday with a first-time combo of Chicagoans.
- Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2013
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The easy stylistic yin and yang of drummer Ches Smith
Ches Smith, who rolls through Chicago next week in Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, easily straddles ideas from both jazz and rock in his great quintet These Arches.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2013
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Bassist and onetime Chicagoan Devin Hoff returns for April
A conversation with bassist Devin Hoff about his April residency in Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2012
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Jazz: Bassist Michael Formanek gets back into the fray
Veteran bassist Michael Formanek is operating at full speed again
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2011
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Umbrella Music Festival announces its 2011 program
This year's Umbrella Music Festival features Franz Hautzinger, Ab Baars, Sten Sandell, Tim Berne, John Butcher, Marshall Allen, and Mary Halvorson.
