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Music, Music Feature Jan 23, 2019
Why won’t City Hall fight for Chicago’s homegrown music scene?

The Chicago Independent Venue League shouldn’t have to push back against the Live Nation handouts in the Lincoln Yards development—but the city doesn’t protect its own treasures.
- By Mark Guarino
- Tags: Music Feature, CIVL, Chicago Independent Venue League, Sterling Bay, Lincoln Yards, Rahm Emanuel, Live Nation, the Hideout, Katie Tuten, Music Venue Trust, Mark Davyd, agent of change, TIF, tax increment financing, Katie Tuten, Metro, Smart Bar, Gman Tavern, Thalia Hall, Empty Bottle, the Promontory, Subterranean, Beat Kitchen, Schubas, Lincoln Hall, Sleeping Village, the Whistler, Martyrs’, Brian Hopkins, alderman, Sarah Hopkins, Ticketmaster, C3 Presents, Ari Emanuel, George Lucas, Amazon, House of Blues, Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Aragon, Subterranean, Kingston Mines, Allstate Arena, Community Development Commission, Cortland/Chicago River Tax Increment Financing district, Chicago Plan Commission, Music City, Night Mayor, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Mark Kelly, Year of Chicago Theatre, Robert Gomez, Chicago Music Commission, Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago, Amy Terrill, Music Canada, Lounge Ax, Julia Adams, Juicebox, See Chicago Dance, Bronzeville Echoes, Choose Chicago, Rick Carney, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Eighth Blackbird, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Music Commission, Red River Cultural District, Lori Lightfoot, Susana Mendoza, Toni Preckwinkle, Amara Enyia

Music, Concert Preview Sep 21, 2018
Recommended
The 2018 Hyde Park Jazz Festival celebrates tradition and innovation in its diverse bill
- By Izzy Yellen
- Tags: Concert Preview, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Ben LaMar Gay, Mike Reed, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2018
The first black leader of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Heather Ireland Robinson, talks segregation and infrastructure

Robinson embarks on her 20th year in Chicago arts administration by taking the reins of the Jazz Institute.
- By Jordannah Elizabeth
- Tags: Music, Jazz Institute of Chicago, jazz, Heather Ireland Robinson, MKH Arts Management, Beverly Arts Center, South Side Community Art Center, Marwen, After School Matters, Gallery 37, Jazz Links, Chicago Park District, Cultural Advisory Council, Arts Alliance Illinois, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, South Side Jazz Coalition, Room43, Norman's Bistro, Hyde Park Jazz Society, Women's Jazz Leadership Initiative

Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2017
Video
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt highlight this weekend’s Hyde Park Jazz Festival

The 11th annual installment of the south-side jazz summit is typically packed with strong bookings.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, jazz, Ben Goldberg, Jeremy Pelt, Nick Mazzarella, Tomeka Reid, Andrew Cyrille, Bill McHenry, Make Noise!, From the Granary, Subject/Object/Subject: for Joan Wadleigh Curran, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 6, 2017
Video
The brightest lights at the 2017 World Music Festival

This free fest is a constellation of international stars—including Afrobeat scion Seun Kuti, rambunctious Cape Verdean accordionist Bitori, and Afro-Venezuelan flame keeper Betsayda Machado.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, World Music Festival, World Music Festival 2017, World Music Festival Chicago, Salif Keita, Mdou Moctar, Bharath Symphony, Betsayda Machado, Betsayda Machado y la Parranda El Clavo, Eva Salina, Seun Kuti, Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Afrobeat, Nicole Mitchell & Ballaké Sissoko: Bamako*Chicago Sound System, Nicole Mitchell, Ballaké Sissoko, Bitori, Trio Da Kali, L. Subramaniam, Saban Bajramovic, Ragamala, ragas, Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park, Tanmoy Bose, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Debashish Bhattacharya, Ambi Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam, Bindu Subramaniam, India, Mali, Venezuela, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Talé, Philippe Cohen Solal, Roots Manuva, Esperanza Spalding, Bobby McFerrin, Mamane Diabaté, Aboussi Cissoko, Lema Lema: Eva Salina Sings Saban Bajramovic, Romani, Jalopy Chorus, Sousume Tamachek, Tuareg, Anar, Music From Saharan Cellphones, Sahel Sounds, Christopher Kirkley, Niger, Rain the Color Blue With a Little Red in It, El Clavo, Barlovento, cumbes, cumbe, La Parranda El Clavo, Loé Loá: Rural Recordings Under the Mango Tree, Odelia, Fodé Lassana Diabaté, Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, Mamadou Kouyaté, Toumani Diabaté, Bassekou Kouyaté, Tiken Jah Fakoly, AfroCubism, Lucy Duran, World Circuit, Kronos Quartet, Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet, Victor Tavares, funaná, Analog Africa, accordion, Bitori Nha Bibinha, Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands, Chando Graciosa, At Peace, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Taj Mahal, Liu Fang, Vincent Segal, Ludovico Einaudi, Driss El Maloumi, Fassery Diabaté, Fatima Kouyaté, Black Earth Ensemble, Jeff Parker, Joshua Abrams, Mankwe Ndosi, Jovia Armstrong, Struggle Songs, Robert Glasper, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 26, 2017
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch finally spreads her wings

More than 12 years after her blazing debut on the Chicago jazz scene, she releases Fly or Die, her first album as a bandleader.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Jaimie Branch, trumpet, jazz, improvised music, Fly or Die, quartet, International Anthem, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, Tomeka Reid, Ben Lamar Gay, Hideout, Wei Zhongle, Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson, Anton Hatwich, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lightbox Orchestra, Princess, Princess, Musket, Tusker, Velvet Lounge, Protest Heaven, Heaven Gallery, Harold Arts, Joe Jeffers, Dave Douglas, Festival of New Trumpet Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Phrenology Festival, Hungry Brain, Axel Dörner, Wilmette, Long Island, Toby Summerfield, New Fracture Quartet, Tim Daisy, Project Project, Jacob Wick, New Trier, Charles Schlueter, John McNeil, Joe Morris, Steve Lacy, Matthew Lee, Dave Ballou, Towson University, Mars Williams, MusiCares, Scott McNiece, David Allen, Manhattan Inn, Le Poisson Rouge, Mike Pride, Brandon Lopez, Bar Below Rye, Makaya McCraven, Matthew Schneider, Moon Bros., Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Music, Fall Preview Sep 3, 2016
Fall’s best concerts and music festivals

Chance the Rapper's Magnificent Coloring Day, Seu Jorge, and more
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Fall Preview, The Handsome Family, Cold Waves V, Chance the Rapper, Chance the Rapper's Magnificent Coloring Day, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Das Rheingold, Ear Taxi Festival, Meshuggah, High on Fire, Freaky Deaky, Seu Jorge, The Life Aquatic, David Bowie, Text of Light, Alan Licht, Lee Ranaldo, Stan Brakhage, Bauhaus, László Moholy-Nagy, Institute of Design, IIT, DJ Khaled

Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2015
There's an overload of must-see jazz concerts in Chicago this weekend

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is at the center of a dizzying variety of live music this weekend.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, Ravi Coltrane, Kurt Elling, Jeremy Cunningham, Henry Threadgill, David Virelles, Roscoe Mitchell, the Freedom Principle, Museum of Contemporary Art

Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2014
J.D. Allen and Sean Jones highlight a busy weekend for jazz

Both horn men arrive in town with strong new records.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, J.D. Allen, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Bloom, "Car-Car (The Blues), " Orrin Evans, Alexander Claffy, Jonathan Barber, Sean Jones, Im.Pro.Vise: Never Seen Before

Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2014
Video
This year's Hyde Park Jazz Festival salutes veteran documentarian Dick Fontaine

Three of Fontaine's musician profiles screen at Black Cinema House this Saturday afternoon.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Jazz, Film, Music, Dick Fontaine, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, John Cage, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sonny Rollins, Living Theatre, Ornette Coleman, Black Cinema House, South Side Projections, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 9/28: Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Monument, and a Chicago-style Oktoberfest

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, September 28
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Dee Alexander, Anat Cohen, Ken Vandermark, Gerald Clayton, Carrie Hanson, Monument, Saint Alphonsus Church, Oktoberfest

Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2013
Best shows to see: Plague Bringer, Jenny Hval, Pink Frost, and more

Roy Roberts and the best Hyde Park Jazz Festival ever are also on this weekend's fully loaded docket.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Do This, Music, Plague Bringer, Roy Roberts, Pink Frost, Jenny Hval, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, best shows to see

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 26, 2013
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival paints a portrait of the Chicago scene

Thirty-two acts at 11 venues, including Dee Alexander, Anat Cohen, Ken Vandermark, and Gerald Clayton
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Kate Dumbleton, Gerald Clayton, Anat Cohen, Douglas Lora, Willie Pickens, Jeff Parker Trio, Ken Vandermark, Music of the Midwest School, Tomeka Reid, Dee Alexander, Sun Ra, DownBeat magazine, Peter Margasak, Eternals, Damon Locks, Frank Rosaly's Green and Gold, Logan Center, International House, DuSable Museum, Univ. of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, DuSable Museum of African American History, International House, University of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2012
Audio
The rise of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival

The sixth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival opens up its artistic parameters
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Miguel Zenón, Kate Dumbleton, Wycliffe Gordon, jazz, Greg Ward, Sun Rooms, Dee Alexander, Dana Hall, Tomeka Reid, Zach Brock, Laurent Coq, La Muerte de Rocamadour, Rayuela, Audio

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 25, 2012
Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Miguel Zenon, Wycliffe Jordon, and dozens of other cats flood Hyde Park
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Miguel Zenon, Jason Adasiewicz, Pharaz Whitted, Dee Alexander, Ari Brown, Eric Schneider, Wycliffe Gordan, Greg Spero

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 22, 2011
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Don Byron, Corey Wilkes, Dee Alexander, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Dee Alexander, Tomeka Reid Trio, Orbert Davis Quintet, Terisa Griffin, Fareed Haque Trio, Tony Monaco, Maggie Brown Quartet, Don Byron New Gospel Quintet, Calje, Ricky Luis, Corey Wikes Sextet, Nicole Mitchell & the Black Eart Ensemble, Ari Brown Quintet, Tatsu Aoki, Miyumi Project, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 9/25

Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.
- By John V. Santore
- Tags: Chicagoland, Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Counter, Landmark's Century Centre, jack goes boating, renaissance place, colin, Facets Cinematheque, Lincoln Park's Noodle House, catfish, river east 21, dao, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, International House, University of Chicago, Hyde Park Union Church, Experimental Station, Hyde Park Art Center, Medici on 57th, Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet, jazz showcase, Hackneyâ€™s Printersâ€™ Row, world music festival, Barbara Furtuna, Second Presbyterian Church, La Cantina Grill, Kings Go Forth, Edgewater Gralley, Banadir, Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, theater wit, harmony grill, menorca, freddy's pizza, chelsea handler, chicago theatre, emerald loop bar and grill, emerald loop bar & grill

Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2010
The Best of the Rest

Other notable shows this weekend include Birds of Avalon at Ronny's, the Vibrators at Reggie's Music Joint, Of Montreal with Janelle Monae at the Riviera Theatre, and Caribou with Emeralds at Metro.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, World Music Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Caribou, Birds of Avalon, Ronny's, Bradford Cox, Deerhunter, Of Montreal, Riviera Theatre, Hideout, Subterranean, Janelle Monae, Vibrators, Metro

Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2010
Video
This Week in Reader Music

Pop metal, cult metal, world music, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, Chicago Reader, Sharp Darts, Gossip Wolf, the Photo Pit, the List, Secret History of Chicago Music, Enuff Z'nuff, Dawnbringer, World Music Festival Chicago, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Video

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 23, 2010
Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Saturday's jazz marathon features an impressive cast of local players, including Ernest Dawkins, Nicole Mitchell, Willie Pickens, Dana Hall, Robert Irving III, and Dee Alexander.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Dee Alexander, Dana Hall, Ernest Dawkins, Nicole Mitchell, Hyde Park, Willie Pickens, Orbert Davis, University of Chicago, International House, University of Chicago, Experimental Station, DuSable Museum of African American History, Robie House, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park Bank, Hyde Park Union Church, Little Black Pearl Workshop, Oriental Institute Museum, Quadrangle Club, University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Smart Museum of Art, Midway Plaisance Park

Music, Music Sidebar Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Music

Music venues, festivals, series, ensembles, and more
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and John Dunlevy
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Bowen Violin Shop, Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago Presents, University of Chicago Presents, Mandel Hall, Contempo, Eighth Blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, Fulton Recital Hall, Experimental Station, Experimental Station, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Hyde Park Art Center, Notes to Nonself, Hyde Park Jazz Society, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Room 43, Hyde Park Records, Hyde Park Suzuki Institute, International House, Eastern European Folk Festival of Music & Dance, Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap, Linda's Place, Little Black Pearl, Marsha's Music Together, Renaissance Society, Robie House, Emerging Jazz Series, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago Folk Festival, University of Chicago Department of Music, University Wind Ensemble, Middle East Music Ensemble, Issa Boulos, Newberry Consort, Oriental Institute Museum, Friends of the Gamelan, Hyde Park Union Church, WHPK, The Pride of the South Side, Pure Hype, JP Chill, Sitting in the Park, Bob Abrahamian

Arts & Culture, Art Sidebar Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Arts & Museums

Museums, fairs, a transitory art project, and more
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Art Sidebar, Hyde Park museums, University of Chicago museums, Chicago art museums, Artisans 21 Gallery, DOVA Temporary Gallery, Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Matthew Metzger, Faie African Art, 57th Street Art Fair, Experimental Station, 57th Street Children's Book Fair, Hyde Park School of Dance, Renaissance Society, Harper Court Arts Council, 57th Street, Harper Court, Home Gallery, Laura Shaeffer, Andrew Nord, Anders Nilsen, Art House Co-op, Sketchbook Library, Hyde Park Alliance for Arts & Culture, HyPa, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago Metro History Fair, Little Black Pearl, Hidden Pearl Gallery, Museum of Science and Industry, Palace of Fine Arts, 1893 World's Fair, German U-boat, You! The Experience, The Opportunity Shop, Home Gallery, Laura Shaeffer, Oriental Institute Museum, Pioneers to the Past, Renaissance Society, Hamza Walker, Ordway Prize, Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Prairie School, Geek's Guide to Wright's Robie House, Smart Museum of Art, The Darker Side of Light, Hyde Park Historical Society, Little Black Pearl Workshop

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 24, 2009
Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Spotlighting the south-side jazz scene with free jazz performances at 13 venues all day Saturday
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Cassandra Wilson, International House, Hyde Park Art Center, Dee Alexander, Von Freeman, Dusable Museum, Ernest Dawkins, Willie Pickens, Experimental Station, 8 Bold Souls, Midway Plaisance Park, Little Black Pearl Workshop, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, DuSable Museum of African American History, Oriental Institute Museum, Smart Museum of Art, International House, University of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2008
A marathon of south-side jazz in Hyde Park

A who's who of south-side jazz gathers Saturday for the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Chicago Jazz, Hyde Park Jazz Festival

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