- Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2016
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New York's Slavic Soul Party! reimagine Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
Wild Balkan brass band Slavic Soul Party! add their distinctive flavor to Ellington's late-60s Eastern-inspired masterpiece.
- Music, In Rotation Mar 31, 2016
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Jim Dorling of the Pillowhammer on a kinder, gentler sort of earworm
Plus: Sam Wagster of the Father Costume on Alice Coltrane’s astral meditations, the Reader’s Peter Margasak on one of the greatest bands in jazz, and more.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 2, 2015
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Your comprehensive guide to the 37th annual Chicago Jazz Festival
Previews of every act in Millennium Park and beyond, including Fred Hersch in his overdue festival debut and AACM cofounder Muhal Richard Abrams leading a historic reunion of the Experimental Band
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2012
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Saturday: Terell Stafford plays Billy Strayhorn
Trumpeter Terell Stafford and his quintet highlight a weekend celebrating the music of Bill Strayhorn
