Aug 27, 2024 12:26 PM
Blindfold Test: Greg Ward
Alto saxophonist Greg Ward’s win in this year’s Critics Poll Rising Star category, at age 42, was a long time…
Saxophonist Greg Ward, left, gets a lesson in how to wear the blindfold before journalist Michael Jackson administers the test.
Aug 27, 2024 12:26 PM
Alto saxophonist Greg Ward’s win in this year’s Critics Poll Rising Star category, at age 42, was a long time…
Altoizm is Greg Ward, Sharel Cassity and Rajiv Halim.
Jan 4, 2022 12:59 PM
As the track and field Olympics played out in a stadium full of robots in Tokyo, the alto sax olympics convened for a…
Sarah Elizabeth Charles, one of more than 100 artists to receive a Jazz Coalition grant
Aug 24, 2021 2:10 PM
The Jazz Coalition, an artistic and financial support initiative for jazz musicians during the pandemic, has announced…
On Sunday, Bill Warfield is set to stream a show with his New York Jazz Quintet.
Sep 30, 2020 8:59 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Lakecia Benjamin performs during this year’s Winter Jazzfest, which ran Jan. 8–18 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
May 26, 2020 9:52 AM
Set up in early May, the Jazz Coalition is rallying support for musicians unmoored from their regular incomes during…
Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.
Oct 7, 2019 9:40 AM
The 2019/2020 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago is set to return Nov. 1.
During the past two-plus…
Bassist and bandleader Linda May Han Oh calls Aventurine her most ambitious compositional work to date.
May 31, 2019 9:18 AM
Linda May Han Oh has gotten used to carrying her double bass up the four flights of stairs to the Harlem walk-up she…
Lewis Achenbach paints on an acrylic sheet as musicians, including flutist Dalia Chin (left), perform at Constellation in Chicago on Dec. 13.
Dec 20, 2017 5:53 PM
The 13th installment of the Jazz Occurrence series—an ongoing run of Chicago-area gatherings that pair visual art…
Greg Ward (left) with Preston Jackson outside The Whistler in Chicago April 23.
May 18, 2017 3:09 PM
Most jazz up-and-comers have musical mentors, but not so many of those elders serve as life coaches, too. When…
Saxophonist Greg Ward (left) and dancers Dalton Rhodes (foreground) and Mecca Madyun Ajanku perform at Constellation in Chicago on June 3.
Jun 22, 2016 9:40 AM
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,” goes the famous quote. But writing music for…
