May 3, 2022 2:10 PM
Blanchard Opera ‘Fire Shut Up In My Bones’ Confronts Issues of Abuse
If the goal of the Lyric Opera of Chicago was to attract a more diverse crowd by programming jazz composer/trumpeter…
Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones is only the second work by a Black composer to be featured at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
May 3, 2022 2:10 PM
If the goal of the Lyric Opera of Chicago was to attract a more diverse crowd by programming jazz composer/trumpeter…
Violinist Mark Feldman, a new Chicago transplant, performs with drummer Tim Daisy.
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Reed player Ken Vandermark’s face said it all. He was delighted to have played in front of an appreciative audience…
Ken Vandermark is the leader of Marker, a new ensemble that fuses game pieces with sonic tableaus and melodic compositions.
Aug 31, 2017 9:04 AM
On Aug. 20, Ken Vandermark’s latest band, Marker, concluded a residency at Sugar Maple, a craft beer bar in…
The Art Ensemble of Chicago members Don Moye (left), Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors are the subject of a new book, which was released at a Fred Anderson tribute concert in Chicago on March 29.
Apr 4, 2017 4:48 PM
On several levels, Chicago saxophonist Fred Anderson, who died in June 2010, left a void that still needs to be filled.…
Gary Burton performs at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis on March 17. The performance marked the final stop on his farewell tour of the U.S.
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Legendary vibraphonist Gary Burton would have preferred to tiptoe his way out of the jazz world. But upon the advice of…
John Hébert performs at Edgefest in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Oct. 28.
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The 20th edition of Edgefest in Ann Arbor, Michigan, took place Oct. 26–29 and fulfilled all its promises. It showcased…
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