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- Music, Chicagoans of Note Oct 15, 2020
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Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer
“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”
- Music, Music Feature Oct 1, 2020
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets
With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2020
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Chicago’s September jazz festivals cope with COVID
The city is replacing its traditional huge outdoor affair with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.
- Music, Chicagoans of Note Jun 9, 2020
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Olivia Junell, codirector of Experimental Sound Studio
“Right before the shelter-in-place got announced, we started thinking: OK, how can we help?”
- Music, In Rotation Oct 15, 2019
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Curator Adia Sykes on a voice that takes you back to the golden age of soul
Plus: ESS codirector Olivia Junell on a sound she could listen to forever, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on a fusion of apocalyptic synths and ancient rhythms, and more
- Music, Music Feature Sep 30, 2019
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Photos: The Hyde Park Jazz Festival
The south side’s own world-class jazz fest played host to dozens of shows and more than a hundred musicians.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 6, 2019
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Why is Chicago jazz so successful in Europe?
Expat musicians Frank Rosaly and Rob Clearfield discuss the differences between pursuing jazz here and overseas.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2019
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Mike Reed honors the modern golden age of Chicago jazz
The bandleader and drummer assembles an ensemble of composer-performers from The City Was Yellow, a “real book” documenting 30 years of the city’s jazz scene.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 23, 2019
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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.
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 21, 2018
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The 2018 Hyde Park Jazz Festival celebrates tradition and innovation in its diverse bill
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2017
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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.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 6, 2017
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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.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 26, 2017
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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.
- Music, Fall Preview Sep 3, 2016
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Fall’s best concerts and music festivals
Chance the Rapper's Magnificent Coloring Day, Seu Jorge, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2015
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2014
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J.D. Allen and Sean Jones highlight a busy weekend for jazz
Both horn men arrive in town with strong new records.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2014
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2013
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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
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2013
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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.
- Music, Music Sidebar Sep 26, 2013
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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
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2012
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The rise of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival
The sixth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival opens up its artistic parameters
- Music, Music Sidebar Sep 25, 2012
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Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Miguel Zenon, Wycliffe Jordon, and dozens of other cats flood Hyde Park
- Music, Music Sidebar Sep 22, 2011
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Don Byron, Corey Wilkes, Dee Alexander, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2010
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Dinner & a Show: Saturday 9/25
Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.