May 18, 2020 2:04 PM
Steve Lehman, Pi Recordings Begin Digital Relief Campaign
Pi Recordings, the New York label focused on avant sounds for the past two decades, has hit pause on its regular…
Steve Lehman’s Xenakis And The Valedictorian is the first of Pi Recordings’ digital releases aimed at providing assistance to performers who have lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic.
May 18, 2020 2:04 PM
Pi Recordings, the New York label focused on avant sounds for the past two decades, has hit pause on its regular…
A staple of Chicago’s jazz scene, Junius Paul’s debut full-length, Ism, takes into consideration the city’s past musical triumphs while incorporating the bassist’s own passions.
Dec 20, 2019 2:13 PM
Bassist Junius Paul is an unmistakable emblem of free Chicago.
In demand as both a performer and composer, Paul’s…
The sound of pianist Marilyn Crispell changed following a trip to a festival in Stockholm: “I heard them playing stuff that really, really touched me.”
Oct 31, 2019 2:42 PM
In 1985, writer Graham Lock joined saxophonist Anthony Braxton and his band on a tour of England, making stops in…
The AACM Great Black Music Ensemble is Alexis Lombre (left), Dee Alexander, Adam Zaonilni, Steve Berry, Frank Morrison, Ed House, Ernest Dawkins, Ben Lamar Gay, Maggie Brown, Darius Savage, Art Turk Burton, Taalib-Din Ziyad and Donovan Mixon.
Jul 9, 2019 12:37 PM
Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has been an inspirational leader within the music and…
