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Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2018
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Sabertooth celebrate 25 years of nocturnal renditions

The Jazz Festival honors the Green Mill’s resident wee-hours organ quartet in broad daylight.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Sabertooth, Sabertooth Jazz Quintet, Green Mill, 25th anniversary, 25 years, Dave Jemilo, Cameron Pfiffner, Pat Mallinger, Ted Sirota, Pete Benson, Jazz Bulls, Get Me High Lounge, Fangs for Listening Suite, Circle of Fans, Pure Cane Trio, Heavyweight Dub, Rebel Souls, Grateful Dead, George Freeman, Mike Allemana, organ, Video

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2018
The jazz doesn’t stop when the park goes dark

This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, jazz, aftershows, jam sessions, Green Mill, Jazz Showcase, Hereafter Fest, Elastic, Constellation, Chris Speed Trio, Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Kidd Jordan, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Alvin Fielder, Ira Sullivan, Dee Alexander, Nina Simone, Fareed Haque, David Boykin, Håvard Wiik, Mako Sica, Hamid Drake, George Freeman, Makaya McCraven, Nolatet, AACM Generations, Alfonso Ponticelli, Swing Gitan

Music, Music Feature Aug 30, 2017
Seven portraits of the Chicago Jazz Festival

The compelling characters on this year’s lineup include avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell, indefatigable experimenter Mary Halvorson, and defiantly joyful South African survivor Louis Moholo-Moholo.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, jazz, Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Jazz Village, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Faddis, Sheila Jordan, Jason Moran, Donny McCaslin, David Bowie, Black Star, Ray Anderson, BassDrumBone, Rebirth Brass Band, WDCB, Young Jazz Lions, NextGenJazz, Jazz Institute of Chicago, George Freeman, Mike Allemana, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Josh Berman, Tim Fitzgerald, Mary Halvorson, Roscoe Mitchell, Allison Miller, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Matt Wilson

Music, Concert Preview Jul 20, 2017
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Veteran jazz guitarist George Freeman sounds more vital than ever in his new organ quartet
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, George Freeman, Mike Allemana, Live at the Green Mill, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Sep 16, 2014
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The life of John Wright, the Chicago jazz pianist they call "South Side Soul"

At 80 years old, he's lost three wives and his eyesight, but he still has his deep groove, his generous spirit, and his countless friends, family, and fans.
- By Jake Austen
- Tags: Music Feature, John Wright, South Side Soul, Wright Gathering, Matteson, Dinah Washington Way, Chicago Jazz Festival, Smitty's Corner, Wendell Phillips High School, PianoForte, George Freeman, John Ladle, Korean War, Prestige Records, Makin' Out, Mr. Soul, Al Carter-Bey, WHPK, Lavon Pettis, Cliff Barnett, Johnny Ramsey, Oscar Lindsay, Dinah Washington, Evelyn Wright, Miguel de la Cerna, Video

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, 35th annual Chicago Jazz Fest, T.S. Galloway, Dudley Owens, Irvin Pierce, Rajiv Halim Orozco, Mwata Bowden, Corey Wilkes, Larry Bowen, Pharez Whitted, Audrey Morrison, Norman Palm, Willie Woods, Larry Gray, Robert Irving III, Geof Bradfield, 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, Melba!, Ryan Cohan, Joel Adams, Mike Allemana, Clark Sommers, George Fludas, Wadada Leo Smith's Ten Freedom Summers, Golden Quartet, Pacifica Red Coral, Jesse Gilbert, Anthony Davis, John Lindberg, Pheeroan Aklaff, Randolph Cafe, Alison Bjorkedal, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Chicago Cultural Center, Corylus, Mankwe Ndosi, AACM, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Darius Savage, JoVia Armstrong, Fat Babies, Beau Sample, Alex Hall, Jake Sanders, Paul Asaro, Dave Bock, John Otto, Andy Schumm, Jon Doyle, Randy Weston, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Larry Gray Trio, John Moulder, Charles Heath, Harrison Bankhead Sextet, Preston Bradley Hall, Hinda Hoffman Trio, Ron Perrillo, Dennis Carroll, Garland Room, What Is This Thing Called "Jazz"?, Paul Wertico, The Rhythm Method, Roosevelt University, Hamid Drake's Chicago Trio, Ernest Dawkins, Jack DeJohnette, Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Von Freeman Pavilion, George Freeman, Christopher McBride Quartet, Marquis Hill, Jeff Swanson, Michael Lough, Xavier Breaker, Ben Paterson Organ Quartet, Hammond B-3, George Fludas, Kyle Asche, Victor Garcia, Miguel de la Cerna Quartet, Hyde Park Jazz Society, Ari Brown, Avreaayl Ra, Mike Smith Quartet, Jordan Baskin, Jeff Hamann, Brian Ritter, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, Eigen Aoki, Tsukasa Taiko, Tatsu Aoki, Ken Chaney, Young-Holt Unlimited, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Cafe, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Garland Room, Chicago Cultural Center

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
Aftershows: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival

2013 Chicago Jazz Festival aftershows: Kidd Jordan, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, and other late-night diversions
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, 35th annual Jazz Fest, aftershows, George Freeman-Mike Allemana Quartet, Aram Shelton Quartet, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Ira Sullivan, Hereafter Fest VII, Satoko Fujii, KAZE, Renee Baker, David Boykin, Dan Godston, Microcosmic Sound Orchestra, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, William Parker, George Freeman, Dan Shapera, Joe Jenkins, Bradley Parker-Sparrow, Joanie Pallatto, Remembering Fred Anderson, Mwata Bowden, Tatsu Aoki, Douglas Ewart, Dushun Mosley, Hanah Jon Taylor, Francis Wong, Kioto Aoki, Delmark Records Jazz Brunch, Ernest Dawkins Quartet, Frank Catalano, Mike Smith, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Constellation, Jazz Showcase, Elastic, Heaven Gallery, Katerina's, Jazz Record Mart, Hungry Brain

Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2013
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Guitarist Mike Allemana gets behind another of the Freeman brothers

Longtime Von Freeman sideman Mike Allemana starts a new project with George Freeman.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Mike Allemana, George Freeman, Lin's Holiday, The Out Patient, Happy Fingers, jazz, Von Freeman, Hammond B-3, Video, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2012
Outsider musicians, an unsung soul-jazz genius, and a cool T-shirt on the B Side

David Liebe Hart, crusty black metal, and a nice Bulls/Rick Ross mashup
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, David Liebe Hart, Chicago Bulls, Rick Ross, Catholic Tapes, Mayor Daley, Von Freeman, George Freeman, Adventures in Modern Music, Empty Bottle, Flatbush Zombies, Micachu and the Shapes, Beth Orton, Ssion

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 4, 2012
The Secret History of Chicago Music: George Freeman

Though overshadowed by his older brother, saxophonist Von Freeman, this unsung guitar hero is a soul-jazz genius
- By Plastic Crimewave
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, George Freeman, jazz, The Secret History of Chicago Music

Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2012
Video
Monday: celebrating Von Freeman

On Monday the Jazz Showcase hosts a tribute to the late Von Freeman that features his band from the New Apartment Lounge
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Von Freeman, New Apartment Lounge, Jazz Showcase, Chicago jazz, Mike Allemana, Michael Rayor, Matt Ferguson, Willie Pickens, Ari Brown, Art Hoyle, Dan Anderson, Christopher McBride, George Freeman, Video

Music, Three Beats Jul 7, 2011
Three Beats: George Freeman reflects on seven decades in jazz

Plus: The Slayer magazine book comes to Chicago, and Cloud Mouth plays a round robin
- By Peter Margasak, Philip Montoro, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Three Beats, George Freeman, National Endowment for the Arts, Von Freeman, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Gene Ammons, Shirley Scott, Rock Wojick, Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen, Slayer magazine, Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries, Tara G. Warrior, Peter Beste, Cloud Mouth, the Reptilian, the Caution Children, We Were Skeletons, Itto, Ghastly Sleep, Chicago Public Library, Roosevelt Branch

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Sabertooth celebrate 25 years of nocturnal renditions

The Jazz Festival honors the Green Mill’s resident wee-hours organ quartet in broad daylight.

The jazz doesn’t stop when the park goes dark

This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.

Seven portraits of the Chicago Jazz Festival

The compelling characters on this year’s lineup include avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell, indefatigable experimenter Mary Halvorson, and defiantly joyful South African survivor Louis Moholo-Moholo.

Recommended
Veteran jazz guitarist George Freeman sounds more vital than ever in his new organ quartet

Video
The life of John Wright, the Chicago jazz pianist they call "South Side Soul"

At 80 years old, he's lost three wives and his eyesight, but he still has his deep groove, his generous spirit, and his countless friends, family, and fans.

Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.

Aftershows: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival

2013 Chicago Jazz Festival aftershows: Kidd Jordan, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, and other late-night diversions

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Guitarist Mike Allemana gets behind another of the Freeman brothers

Longtime Von Freeman sideman Mike Allemana starts a new project with George Freeman.

Outsider musicians, an unsung soul-jazz genius, and a cool T-shirt on the B Side

David Liebe Hart, crusty black metal, and a nice Bulls/Rick Ross mashup

The Secret History of Chicago Music: George Freeman

Though overshadowed by his older brother, saxophonist Von Freeman, this unsung guitar hero is a soul-jazz genius

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Monday: celebrating Von Freeman

On Monday the Jazz Showcase hosts a tribute to the late Von Freeman that features his band from the New Apartment Lounge

Three Beats: George Freeman reflects on seven decades in jazz

Plus: The Slayer magazine book comes to Chicago, and Cloud Mouth plays a round robin

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The Jazz Festival honors the Green Mill’s resident wee-hours organ quartet in broad daylight.

This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.

The compelling characters on this year’s lineup include avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell, indefatigable experimenter Mary Halvorson, and defiantly joyful South African survivor Louis Moholo-Moholo.

At 80 years old, he's lost three wives and his eyesight, but he still has his deep groove, his generous spirit, and his countless friends, family, and fans.

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.

2013 Chicago Jazz Festival aftershows: Kidd Jordan, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, and other late-night diversions

Longtime Von Freeman sideman Mike Allemana starts a new project with George Freeman.

David Liebe Hart, crusty black metal, and a nice Bulls/Rick Ross mashup

Though overshadowed by his older brother, saxophonist Von Freeman, this unsung guitar hero is a soul-jazz genius

On Monday the Jazz Showcase hosts a tribute to the late Von Freeman that features his band from the New Apartment Lounge

Plus: The Slayer magazine book comes to Chicago, and Cloud Mouth plays a round robin

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