Howard Reich

A concert by nonagenarian Tony Bennett, a pairing of singers Kristin Chenoweth and Michael Feinstein and the jam band Snarky Puppy will lead the jazz-related offerings at the Ravinia Festival...

Back in the late 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, Chicagoans on the South Side gathered in alleyways to listen to live music, savor some barbecue and revel in each other’s company....

For jazz listeners, this weekend will offer more music than there may be time to consume. Among the highlights: “Celebrating Von Freeman’s 95th: The Ladies! Women of Chicago Jazz.” Chicago...

Four years ago, the Kenwood Academy Jazz Band embarked on a journey that would make headlines, history and searing music. Jason Moran, an exceptional jazz pianist and MacArthur Fellowship winner,...

There’s more to the art of one of Chicago’s most poetic jazz pianists than listeners may have realized. For though Rob Clearfield has produced immensely attractive music leading his own...

A high point of last year’s Chicago Jazz Festival proved to be more dramatic than most of us realized. From the audience perspective, it was clear musical history was being...

Heather Ireland Robinson, mostly recently the executive director of the Beverly Arts Center, will take that position at the helm of the non-profit Jazz Institute of Chicago on Thursday. Ireland...

Two concert grands. Two colossal virtuosos. One indelible evening. Granted, listeners who packed Orchestra Hall in Symphony Center on Friday evening already had high hopes for Cuban piano masters Chucho...