- Music, Music Feature, Jul 1, 2010
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The House That Fred Built
Tenor-sax giant Fred Anderson and the community he sustained
- Music, Music Sidebar, Sep 2, 2010
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The Reader's Guide to the Chicago Jazz Festival
Featuring Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections, the Kurt Elling Quintet with Ernie Watts, the Ramsey Lewis 75th birthday celebration, and much more
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 3, 2009
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The Reader's Guide to the 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
The Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled an impressive slate of talent that broadens the traditional aesthetic scope of the festival.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 25, 2010
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Chicago Jazz Great Fred Anderson Has Died
Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson has died at 81.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 25, 2012
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Cauleen Smith, John Parot, and other arty stuff to do this weekend
Arty stuff to do this weekend
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 7, 2012
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Local saxophonist Ernest Dawkins plays it Afro Straight
On his new album, the AACM stalwart takes on jazz standards
- Music, In Rotation, Jun 6, 2013
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In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation
Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 5, 2007
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Get in on Nicole Mitchell's next recording
An update on flutist Nicole Mitchell.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2007
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Goodbye to a "creative music" great
The great free-jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins has died.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 9, 2008
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Parker/Lewis: can't lose (sorry)
George Lewis and Jeff Parker talk music, Chicago, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 18, 2010
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Happy News for Nicole Mitchell
Two of Nicole Mitchell's flutes were stolen last month, but her efforts to recover or replace them have come to a happy end.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 14, 2008
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George Lewis at the Chicago Cultural Center
Musician and author George Lewis to speak and perform at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday with Nicole Mitchell and Douglas Ewart
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 19, 2010
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Roscoe Mitchell Keeps Pushing
Veteran reedist Roscoe Mitchell, a charter member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, continues to challenge himself and his listeners; he leads an exciting new group tonight at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 11, 2009
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A revamped AACM steps forward
The newly appointed executive board of Chicago's AACM announces a new traveling concert series, which kicks off this Saturday at the South Side Community Art Center.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 18, 2009
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Fred Anderson Feted in Millennium Park on Thursday
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jul 24, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Malachi Favors
This avant-garde jazz bassist anchored the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago for nearly 40 years.
