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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 1, 2010
Ahmad Jamal Closes This Year's Made in Chicago Series as the Jazz Fest Gets Underway

Pianist Ahmad Jamal, who broke out as a jazz star while living in Chicago in the 50s, celebrates his 80th birthday with a blowout concert in Millennium Park following the opening day of this year's Chicago Jazz Festival.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Ahmad Jamal, Chicago Jazz Festival, Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz, Chicago jazz, Jeff Lindberg, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Millennium Park, A Quiet Time, At the Pershing: But Not for Me

Blogs, Bleader, Jun 17, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include Pavement, the Dwarves, Ahmad Jamal, Exodus, Delorean, Unsane, West Fest, the Legendary Pink Dots, the Faint, and School of Seven Bells.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, West Fest, Pavement, Pritzker Pavilion, Unsane, Legendary Pink Dots, Dwarves, the Faint, Exodus, School of Seven Bells, Exodus, Ahmad Jamal

Music, Soundboard, Sep 3, 2009
The List, September 3-9, 2009

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Dead Meadow, Polvo, Ahmad Jamal, the Race, the Spits, Chris Corsano, and more
- by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Ann Sterzinger, Jessica Hopper, Brian Costello, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Soundboard, Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears, Dead Meadow, Polvo, Ahmad Jamal, African Festival of the Arts, Lucky 7s, Chicago Jazz Festival, The Race, Spits, Happy Mondays, Chris Corsano, Adventures in Modern Music, Thrones, Joe Preston, King Wilkie