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Movie Tuesday: Jazz on film

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Both highly collaborative art forms often play on improvisation and the music of chance.

By Ben Sachs

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David Dann on his new biography of blues-rock guitarist Michael Bloomfield 3

From Glencoe to Monterey Pop to oblivion: Michael Bloomfield’s huge talent and unique style changed rock guitar forever, but while Clapton and Hendrix entered the canon, he faded away.

By Jack Riedy
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In Bertha Garcia’s hands the elusive chorizo verde is a symphonic sausage

Green chorizo is now on the menu at Xocome Antojeria.

By Mike Sula
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Oglesby Manor survived the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Will gentrification and neighborly discord spell the death of this housing co-operative?

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Kyle Bruckmann, a linchpin of the Bay Area’s new-music scene, returns to the scene of his early post-everything exploits

By Bill Meyer | 10.11.19
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On 94 Camry Music, Chicago rapper Femdot shows he could soon be one of the best anywhere

By Leor Galil | 10.11.19
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By Steve Krakow | 10.11.19
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