- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife, Jun 19, 2013
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Best Jazz Facial Hair
Nick Mazzarella
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife, Jun 19, 2013
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Best New Venue
Constellation
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2013
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Bassist Jason Roebke in musical conversation
Ubiquitous Chicago bassist Jason Roebke makes himself heard on a strong new duo album with reedist Tobias Delius.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 31, 2013
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Guitarist Mary Halvorson makes her presence felt
Guitarist Mary Halvorson, who performs tonight with violist Jessica Pavone at the Washington Park Arts Incubator, has been on a tear lately
- 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.
- Music, Music Review, May 14, 2013
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Deerhunter's dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2013
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Chicago reedist Dave Rempis launches Aerophonic Records
Chicago free-jazz reedist launches his own Aerophonic Records with a pair of gems by Wheelhouse and the Rempis Percussion Quartet.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, May 2, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Johnny Griffin
This masterful jazz saxophonist isn't exactly obscure, but he's been unjustly overshadowed since his heyday in the 50s and 60s.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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Saxophonist and Morton Grove native Jon Irabagon heats up
Saxophonist Jon Irabagon, a native of Morton Grove, is reaching an artistic high lately.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 19, 2013
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Drummer Frank Rosaly emerges as a bandleader with Cicada Music
Drummer Frank Rosaly celebrates the release of Cicada Music, his debut album as a bandleader, with a show at the Hideout on Wednesday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Secret Society's "Coney Island," a slice of modern big-band music
Music from the innovative Brooklyn group, led by Darcy James Argue
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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Saxophonist Dave Liebman and jazz-tango bassist Pablo Aslan in Chicago
Versatile saxophonist Dave Liebman and jazz-tango bassist Pablo Aslan perform in Chicago this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 9, 2013
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Protean saxophonist Kenny Garrett kicks off a stint at the Jazz Showcase
The former sideman for the likes of Art Blakey and Miles Davis tours in support of the recent Seeds From the Underground.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 5, 2013
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ICP celebrates 45 years; Eric Reed celebrates Monk
A recent box set collects the entire history of ICP Records, while on his latest album pianist Reed salutes Thelonious Monk.
- 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, Mar 22, 2013
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The accidental jazz of German indie-rock singer Monika Roscher
A bizarre new record from Germany's Monika Roscher Big Band serves up a robust collision of indie rock and big-band horns.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2013
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The dense, driving chamber jazz of the Danny Fox Trio
New York's Danny Fox Trio brings its rigorous brand of chamber jazz to the Hungry Brain on Sunday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2013
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt's new electric sound
On his latest album, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt introduces a new band and revisits an old sound.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 1, 2013
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The Stark Reality's psychedelic, funky, jazzy kids' music
A new release from Now-Again collects the complete work of the strange late-60s Boston jazz-funk-rock band Stark Reality.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2013
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Jazz guitarist Michael Musillami gives a rare Chicago performance tonight at Skylark
The adventurous Connecticut jazz guitarist makes a stop at the Skylark with his long-running trio and guest trumpeter Russ Johnson.
