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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, Music Feature Mar 20, 2014
An oral history of the Green Mill

The neon-lit bar at Lawrence and Broadway, now a legendary jazz club, has been around for 107 years—and has more stories than any tavern in town. Here are a few from the past three decades.
- By Patrick Sisson
- Tags: Music Feature, Green Mill, Uptown, bars, jazz clubs, history, oral history, Chicago Tribune, Phohibition, jazz, Pop Morse's Roadhouse, beer gardens, Tom Chamales, Green Mill Gardens, Moulin Rouge, Uptown Theatre, Jazz Age, Jack McGurn, Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn, Al Capone, tunnels, smuggling, Joseph Lewis, Rendezvous Cafe, comedy, The Joker Is Wild, movies, Billie Holiday, Al Jolson, Texas Guinan, cabaret, 300 Club, James Doherty, nightlife, Jason Cole, Batsis brothers, Steve Brend, Dave Jemilo, bar owners, American Indian Center, Patricia Barber, speakeasies, bartenders, Brad Goode, musicians, performers, halfway houses, hillbillies, Sharon's Hillbilly Heaven, liquor licenses, Marc Smith, Uptown Poetry Slam, paintings, statues, Jimmy Moscarello, plumbing, Aragon Ballroom, Ed Pedersen Quintet, Ed Pedersen, Brad Goode Qunitet, Vu Jazz Quintet, Susie Hansen Band, Deja Vu Big Band, Mike Finnerty, Mike Finnerty & the Heat Merchants, 4 AM bars, Neil Tesser, jazz critics, cocktails, Ted Sirota, Sabertooth Organ Quartet, Clifford Jordan, Jazz Showcase, Wilbur Campbell, Blackstone Hotel, Katerina's, The Jazz Bulls, Fred Anderson, London House, Mr. Kelly's, Von Freeman, Andy's, Elastic, poetry, poetry slams, football players, Chicago Fire, Chicago Poetry Ensemble, martinis, booking, Mighty Blue Kings, old-fashioneds, manhattans, classic cocktails, E2, Gold Star Sardine Bar, Sheila Jordan, accents, Starbucks, drinking, Malort, Malort face, Chicago Reader

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2012
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Vonski honored as an NEA Jazz Master tonight in NYC

Chicago tenor sax great Von Freeman gets his NEA Jazz Master award online tonight
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Von Freeman, NEA Jazz Masters, National Endowment for the Arts, Jack DeJohnette, Sheila Jordan, Charlie Haden, Jimmy Owens, Lincoln Center, Chicago jazz, Video

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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.

An oral history of the Green Mill

The neon-lit bar at Lawrence and Broadway, now a legendary jazz club, has been around for 107 years—and has more stories than any tavern in town. Here are a few from the past three decades.

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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.

An oral history of the Green Mill

The neon-lit bar at Lawrence and Broadway, now a legendary jazz club, has been around for 107 years—and has more stories than any tavern in town. Here are a few from the past three decades.

Video Vonski honored as an NEA Jazz Master tonight in NYC

Chicago tenor sax great Von Freeman gets his NEA Jazz Master award online tonight

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Vonski honored as an NEA Jazz Master tonight in NYC