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- Music, Music Review Nov 25, 2020
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Rob Mazurek’s latest with his Exploding Star Orchestra finds hope in the cosmos
- Music, Music Review Nov 9, 2020
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Brooklyn saxophonist James Brandon Lewis finds inspiration in DNA on Molecular
- Music, Music Feature Mar 25, 2020
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The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again
For 19 years, their first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 13, 2019
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Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die band celebrates a new record that nixes the sophomore jinx
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2019
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Rob Mazurek refracts melody and groove through cosmic complexity
The trumpeter and polymath returns to his old hometown with the adventurous quartet Desert Encrypts Vol. 1.
- Music, Concert Preview Jul 25, 2019
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Genre-defying composer and improviser Rob Mazurek explores different parts of the world across three new recordings
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2018
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Bassist Eric Revis works at the conflux of the mainstream and its far-out tributaries
The quartet he brings to Jazz Fest is packed with inside-outside explorers: pianist Kris Davis, reedist Ken Vandermark, and drummer Chad Taylor.
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2018
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Breeders at the Vic and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Until the Flood at the Goodman and more goings-on 5/7-5/10.
- Music, Concert Preview Apr 27, 2018
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Drummer Chad Taylor, a quintessential ensemble player, creates atmosphere and color on his solo debut
- 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, In Rotation Nov 25, 2014
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Victor Nwankwo of DJ duo We Theory on his Nigerian parents' old records
Plus: Rob Garmer (the other half of We Theory) on David Bowie's new single, the Reader's Tal Rosenberg on revisiting Tears for Fears, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 29, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Chicago Underground Duo, "Moon Debris"
New music from the Chicago Underground Duo
- Music, Music Feature May 5, 2011
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Jazz Genealogy
Matana Roberts releases the first chapter of a 12-part epic that traces African-American history back across the Atlantic.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2011
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Remembering Fred Anderson
A stellar group of Fred Anderson collaborators pays homage to the late saxophonist Tuesday night at the Jazz Showcase.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2010
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Vandermark Salutes Don Cherry
Ken Vandermark premieres his new Don Cherry Project at the Hideout on Wednesday.
- Music, Music Review Jan 7, 2010
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Never Mind the Critics
Here’s what local musicians (and other tastemakers) were listening to in 2009.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2007
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Digital Primitives warping time
Digital Primitives warp the primordial with the sound of now.
- Music, Critic's Choice Jul 4, 2002
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