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Music
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Music Feature
Jan 10, 2019
Video
Extraordinary Popular Delusions play free jazz two centuries deep
The members of this underappreciated ensemble bring vast and varied experience to their regular weekly shows—which follow no rules but their own.
By Howard Mandel
Tags:
Music Feature
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions
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Jim Baker
,
James Baker
,
Mars Williams
,
Brian Sandstrom
,
Steve Hunt
,
Ed Wilkerson Jr.
,
Beat Kitchen
,
Hotti Biscotti
,
Ken Syska
,
Richard Syska
,
8 Bold Souls
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Shadow Vignettes
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NRG Ensemble
,
Hal Russell
,
Vandermark 5
,
Ken Vandermark
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AACM
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Muhal Richard Abrams
,
Nicole Mitchell
,
Cinghiale
,
Shawn Colvin
,
Nicholas Tremulis
,
jazz
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avant-garde
,
free jazz
,
free improvisation
,
Joe Adamik
,
Lewis Achenbach
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Jazz Occurrence
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Apocryphal Fire in the Warehouse, and Other Explanations
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Fred Anderson
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Velvet Lounge
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Birdhouse
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Deja Vu
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Psychedelic Furs
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Phenix Horns
,
Tortoise
,
Herbert Brün
,
Shulamit Ran
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Club Lower Links
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Lunar Cabaret
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HotHouse
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Caffeine
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Kent Kessler
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Nervous Center
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Liquid Soul
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Mike Harmon
,
Todd Carter
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TV Pow
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Brad Marcus
,
Dave Jemilo
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Green Mill
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ARP 2600
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Green Mill All-Stars
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Malachi Ritscher
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Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 2, 2018
Video
Swedish trumpeter Emil Strandberg brings lyrical grace to his austere free improvisation
Last year Emil Strandberg added British violinist Philipp Wachsmann to his working trio to make an impressively delicate and economical improvised album.
By Peter Margasak
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Jazz
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Music
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Post No Bills
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Emil Strandberg
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Philipp Wachsmann
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Patric Thorman
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Sten Sandell
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TVÅ
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A Trust in the Uncertain and a Willingness to be Exposed
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free improvisation
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jazz
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Seval
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Video
Blogs
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Bleader
May 19, 2017
Audio
Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and local trio ZRL present new strains of free improvisation
French-Austrian duo Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and Chicago trio ZRL highlight this weekend's options for adventurous live music.
By Peter Margasak
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Jazz
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Music
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Post No Bills
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Isabelle Duthoit
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Franz Hautzinger
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Axel Dörner
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free improvisation
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Lily
,
Un Serpent Dans la Nuit
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Lia Kohl
,
Ryan Packard
,
Zachary Good
,
ZRL
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1
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Audio
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 14, 2017
Audio
Eugene Chadbourne’s paradigm-smashing
There’ll Be No Tears Tonight
is back in print
Corbett vs. Dempsey's record label reissues Eugene Chadbourne's mind-warping 1980 collision of free improv, country music, and bebop.
By Peter Margasak
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12 O'Clock Track
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Music
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Post No Bills
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Eugene Chadbourne
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free improvisation
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There'll Be No Tears Tonight
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John Zorn
,
Tom Cora
,
David Licht
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
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12 O'Clock Track
,
The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me
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Audio
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 25, 2016
John Corbett guides you into the netherworld of free improvisation
Chicago gallerist and scholar John Corbett demystifies improvisation in a concise new book that he'll read from on Saturday.
By Peter Margasak
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Jazz
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Music
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Post No Bills
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John Corbett
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books
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jazz
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free improvisation
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Microgroove
,
A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation
,
Glenn Kotche
,
Derek Bailey
,
Tim Daisy
,
Jason Stein
,
Jason Adasiewicz
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 7, 2014
Dieb13's weightless vinyl
The Viennese turntable improviser makes his Chicago debut tonight.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Jazz
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Music
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Post No Bills
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Dieb13
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Mats Gustafsson
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Swedish Azz
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ErikM
,
Burkhard Stangl
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turntablism
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free improvisation
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jazz
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 17, 2013
Free music dialogues between drummer Tim Daisy and bass clarinetist Jason Stein
Peira Records unleashes some new music, including a strong improvised duo outing from Tim Daisy and Jason Stein.
By Peter Margasak
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Music
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Post No Bills
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Tim Daisy
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Jason Stein
,
Brian Labycz
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Peira Records
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free improvisation
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jazz
,
Tomeka Reid
,
Hideout
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 29, 2012
Notes among silences
To make us listen closer, composer Radu Malfatti gets rid of most of the notes
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Silence vs. Noise Week
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Music
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Post No Bills
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silence
,
noise
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John Cage
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4'33"
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Radu Malfatti
,
free improvisation
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Wandelweiser Group
,
Variations on a Theme
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 21, 2010
Katherine Young's Bold Bassoon
Bassoonist and former Chicagoan Katherine Young returns to town for concerts tonight at Elastic and Saturday at Post Family Gallery.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
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Post No Bills
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Katherine Young
,
Elastic
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Architeuthis Walks on Land
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bassoon
,
free improvisation
,
Amy Cimini
,
Post Family Gallery Natura Naturans
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 17, 2009
Video
The boundless sonic creativity of Okkyung Lee
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
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Post No Bills
,
Okkyung Lee
,
Min Xiao-Fen Asian Trio
,
free improvisation
,
Haptic
,
Steve Hess
,
Adam Sonderberg
,
Elastic
,
Vijay Iyer
,
Laurie Anderson
,
Christian Marclay
,
Billy Martin
,
Ikue Mori
,
DJ Olive
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 6, 2009
Peter Evans brings new meaning to the word "virtuosic"
Monster trumpeter Peter Evans plays a free solo set Monday night at Corbett vs. Dempsey.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
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Post No Bills
,
John Corbett
,
Free Improvisation
,
Peter Evans
,
Corbett vs. Dempsey
,
Perspectives Festival
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 11, 2007
Tri-continental sounds at the Hideout
Fixtures of the improvised-music scenes in Lebanon and Norway touch down at the Hideout.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
,
Post No Bills
,
Mazen Kerbaj
,
Free Improvisation
,
Lebanese music
,
Frode Gjerstad
,
Paal Nillsen-Love
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 23, 2007
Branching out
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch keeps getting better and better.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
,
Post No Bills
,
Chicago Jazz
,
Free Improvisation
,
Jaimie Branch
,
Princess, Princess
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 30, 2007
Free synth
The experimental trio Yuganaut finds new uses for the analog synthesizer.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
,
Post No Bills
,
Free Improvisation
,
Yuganaut
,
analog synthesizer
,
Stephen Rush
,
Tom Abbs
,
Geoff Mann
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 8, 2007
A Valentine for no one in particular
Cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm sets his Valentine Trio loose.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
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Post No Bills
,
Fred Lonberg-Holm
,
Free Improvisation
,
Valentine Trio
,
Frank Rosaly
,
Jason Roebke
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 30, 2007
Improvised sounds, far apart
Two radically different horn players descend on Chicago this weekend.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
,
Post No Bills
,
Free Improvisation
,
Jason Steele
,
Ron Miles
,
David Gross
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 7, 2007
Snow storm
Experimental filmmaker and musician Michael Snow comes to Chicago to present a survey of old and new work.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
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Post No Bills
,
Michael Snow
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CCMC
,
Free Improvisation
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
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