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- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 30, 2019
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Johnny Pate is one of the great unsung architects of Chicago soul
This 95-year-old living legend has played jazz, written blaxploitation soundtracks, and arranged for Stan Getz, B.B. King, and most famously Curtis Mayfield—but he's probably most widely heard via hip-hop samples.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 3, 2014
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Before the Civil Rights Act, Herman Roberts's club defined black nightlife on the south side
As proprietor of Roberts Show Lounge and the 500 Room, Roberts booked the likes of Nat "King" Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton—and responded to segregation and its legacy with ingenuity and class.
- News & Politics, Zoom in Oct 22, 2013
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Zoom in: Bronzeville
Now a nondescript purveyor of handsaws, Meyers Ace Hardware was formerly a local jazz mecca visited by the likes of Louis Armstrong and Count Basie.
- 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.