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Music Review
Nov 25, 2020
Recommended
Rob Mazurek’s latest with his Exploding Star Orchestra finds hope in the cosmos
By Bill Meyer
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Rob Mazurek
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Exploding Star Orchestra
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Dimensional Stardust
,
International Anthem
,
Nonesuch
,
jazz
,
Marfa
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Millennium Park
,
Damon Locks
,
Chad Taylor
,
Mikel Patrick Avery
,
John Herndon
,
Recommended
Music
,
Music Review
Nov 9, 2020
Recommended
Brooklyn saxophonist James Brandon Lewis finds inspiration in DNA on
Molecular
By Aaron Cohen
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James Brandon Lewis
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jazz
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Intakt Records
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Brooklyn
,
New York
,
Molecular
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DNA
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Aruán Ortiz
,
Brad Jones
,
Chad Taylor
,
Recommended
Music
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Music Feature
Mar 25, 2020
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.
By Noah Berlatsky
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Rob Mazurek
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Jeff Parker
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Chad Taylor
,
Matthew Lux
,
Joshua Abrams
,
Josh Johnson
,
Noel Kupersmith
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Chicago Underground
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Chicago Underground Orchestra
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Chicago Underground Duo
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Chicago Underground Trio
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Chicago Underground Quartet
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Good Days
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The New Breed
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Tortoise
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Dorian’s
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Exploding Star Orchestra
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Desert Encrypts
,
São Paulo Underground
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Playground
,
Suite for Max Brown
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Astral Spirits
,
jazz
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avant-garde
,
free jazz
,
experimental
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George Fludas
,
Green Mill
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Sun Ra
,
Art Ensemble of Chicago
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Myths and Morals
,
Bright Light in Winter
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Pharoah Sanders
,
Chris Schlarb
,
Batida
,
Strange Wing
,
Nostalgia
,
Tunnel Chrome
,
Four in the Evening
,
A Re-Occurring Dream
Music
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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
By Bill Meyer
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Jaimie Branch
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Fly or Die
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Ben LaMar Gay
,
Empty Bottle
,
trumpet
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Brooklyn
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International Anthem
,
Chad Taylor
,
Jason Ajemian
,
Lester St. Louis
,
Tomeka Reid
,
Prayer for Amerikkka
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Music
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Music Feature
Aug 27, 2019
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.
By Bill Meyer
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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Jazz Festival
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Rob Mazurek
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Chicago Underground
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Chicago Underground Duo
,
Chicago Underground Trio
,
Chicago Underground Quartet
,
Chicago Underground Orchestra
,
Exploding Star Orchestra
,
Desert Encrypts
,
Desert Encrypts Vol. 1
,
Chad Taylor
,
Kris Davis
,
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
,
Marfa
,
Brazil
,
The City Was Yellow
,
Flamingos Dancing on Luminescent Moonbeams
,
Playground
,
Astral Spirits
,
Love Waves Ecstatic Charge
,
Lee Anne Schmitt
,
The Farnsworth Scores
,
Psychotropic Electric Eel Dreams IV
Music
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Concert Preview
Jul 25, 2019
Recommended
Genre-defying composer and improviser Rob Mazurek explores different parts of the world across three new recordings
By Bill Meyer
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Rob Mazurek
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Desert Encrypts, Vol. 1
,
Chicago Underground Duo
,
Love Waves Ecstatic Charge
,
Psychotropic Electric Eel Dreams IV
,
Florasonic
,
Experimental Sound Studio
,
Green Mill
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Chad Taylor
,
Marfa
,
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Music
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Music Feature
Aug 27, 2018
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.
By John Corbett
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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Jazz Festival
,
jazz
,
Eric Revis
,
bass
,
Eric Revis Quartet
,
Kris Davis
,
Ken Vandermark
,
Chad Taylor
,
Sing Me Some Cry
,
Branford Marsalis Quartet
,
Tales of the Stuttering Mime
,
Laughter’s Necklace of Tears
,
Betty Carter
,
Peter Brötzmann
,
Nasheet Waits
,
Kurt Rosenwinkel
,
J.D. Allen
,
Steve Coleman
,
Green Mill
Blogs
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May 7, 2018
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.
By Ashley Mizuo
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Do This
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Dael Orlandersmith
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support the girls
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andrew bujalski
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until the flood
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breeders
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constellation
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Paul Schrader
,
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kim deal
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frankie cosmos
,
Greta Kline
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Music
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Concert Preview
Apr 27, 2018
Recommended
Drummer Chad Taylor, a quintessential ensemble player, creates atmosphere and color on his solo debut
By Peter Margasak
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Chad Taylor
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Myths and Morals
,
Radiant Imprints
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Recommended
Music
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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:
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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
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Lightbox Orchestra
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Princess, Princess
,
Musket
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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
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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
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In Rotation
Nov 25, 2014
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
By Tal Rosenberg
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Tears for Fears
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Songs From the Big Chair
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The Promontory
,
Chad Taylor
,
Rob Garmer
,
We Theory
,
David Bowie
,
David Bowie Is
,
Nat King Cole
,
The Greatest of Nat King Cole
,
Victor Nwankwo
,
Soundcloud
,
Elliot Bergman
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 29, 2012
Video
12 O'Clock Track: Chicago Underground Duo, "Moon Debris"
New music from the Chicago Underground Duo
By Peter Margasak
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Music
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Post No Bills
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Chicago Underground Duo
,
Rob Mazurek
,
Chad Taylor
,
Pulsar Quartet
,
Throne of the House of Good and Evil
,
Hideout
,
Whistler
,
Age of Energy
,
Moon Debris
,
Northern Spy
,
Video
Music
,
Music Feature
May 5, 2011
Jazz Genealogy
Matana Roberts releases the first chapter of a 12-part epic that traces African-American history back across the Atlantic.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music Feature
,
Matana Roberts
,
Sticks & Stones
,
Joshua Adams
,
Chad Taylor
,
Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
,
Marie Therese Metoyer
,
Gitanjali Jain
,
Lisa Gamble
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 21, 2011
Remembering Fred Anderson
A stellar group of Fred Anderson collaborators pays homage to the late saxophonist Tuesday night at the Jazz Showcase.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
,
Post No Bills
,
Fred Anderson
,
Velvet Lounge
,
Jazz Showcase
,
Edward "Kidd" Jordan
,
Hamid Drake
,
Chad Taylor
,
Harrison Bankhead
,
Henry Grimes
,
Tatsu Aoki
,
Jim Baker
,
Chicago jazz
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 19, 2010
Vandermark Salutes Don Cherry
Ken Vandermark premieres his new Don Cherry Project at the Hideout on Wednesday.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
,
Post No Bills
,
Ken Vandermark
,
Don Cherry
,
Don Cherry Project
,
DKV Trio
,
free jazz
,
suites
,
Elastic
,
Hideout
,
Ars Nova
,
Pandelis Karayorgis
,
Dave Rempis
,
Jeb Bishop
,
Chad Taylor
,
Nate McBride
,
Jeff Parker
,
Complete Communion
,
Brown Rice
Music
,
Music Review
Jan 7, 2010
Never Mind the Critics
Here’s what local musicians (and other tastemakers) were listening to in 2009.
By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and Jessica Hopper
Tags:
Music Review
,
Robbie Fulks
,
Bruce Lamont
,
Latham Zearfoss
,
Ken Vandermark
,
Alex White
,
Gant-Man
,
Curt Cameruci
,
Josh Young
,
Chuck Inglish
,
Josh Berman
,
Howard Greynolds
,
Yakuza
,
Chances Dances
,
Sonore
,
Frame Quartet
,
White Mystery
,
Flosstradamus
,
Cool Kids
,
Old Idea
,
Overcoat Management
,
Bad Plus
,
For All I Care
,
Nellie McKay
,
Normal as Blueberry Pie
,
Doris Day
,
Levon Helm
,
Electric Dirt
,
Danny Barnes
,
Pizza Box
,
Geraint Watkins
,
In a Bad Mood
,
Helen Money
,
In Tune
,
Mastodon
,
Crack the Skye
,
Keelhaul
,
Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity
,
Yoko Ono
,
Between My Head and the Sky
,
Shakira
,
She Wolf
,
Whitney Houston
,
Million Dollar Bill
,
Le Loup
,
Le Loup Family
,
Johannes Bauer
,
Clayton Thomas
,
Tony Buck
,
Aus: Live in Nickelsdorf
,
Peter Brotzmann
,
Toshinori Kondo
,
Massimo Pupillo
,
Paal Nilssen-Love
,
Hairy Bones
,
Legends of Benin
,
Analog Africa
,
Andy Moor and Anne-James Chaton
,
Le Journaliste
,
Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music
,
Terrie Hessels
,
Terp
,
The Ex
,
Nobunny
,
Love Visions
,
Mickey
,
HoZac
,
She's So Crazy
,
I Am Your Trash
,
Mic Terror and Million Dollar Mano
,
Juke Them Hoes
,
Miike Snow
,
JJ No. 2
,
Mannequin Men
,
Lose Your Illusion, Too
,
Discovery
,
Mayer Hawthorne
,
A Strange Arrangement
,
The XX
,
Henry Threadgill Zooid
,
This Brings Us To, Vol. 1
,
Chad Taylor
,
Circle Down
,
Han Bennink Trio
,
Parken
,
Disappears
,
Lux
,
Katie Stelmanis
,
Believe Me
,
Crying
,
Doug Paisley
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 23, 2007
Digital Primitives warping time
Digital Primitives warp the primordial with the sound of now.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
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,
Post No Bills
,
Nick Cave
,
Digital Primitives
,
Cooper-Moore
,
Chad Taylor
,
Assif Tsahar
Music
,
Critic's Choice
Jul 4, 2002
Active Ingredients
By Peter Margasak
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Chad Taylor
,
Quartet
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,
Chicago
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