Howard Reich

Lauren Deutsch, longtime executive director of the non-profit Jazz Institute of Chicago, will be stepping down from that post. Having headed the Jazz Institute since 1996, she will become director...

Clarinetist Anat Cohen has performed often in Chicago through the years, but never in as plush an instrumental setting as she led Saturday night at the University of Chicago's Logan...

The exceptional clarinetist Anat Cohen has spanned many genres in concert and on recordings, but never has she covered so much ground so cohesively as on her beguiling new recording,...

Not many musicians focus their attention on the bass clarinet, but, then again, not many play the instrument as adroitly as Chicagoan Jason Stein. He has proven that through the...

When trumpeter Sean Jones is at his best, listeners hear a convergence of virtuosity, musicality and sensitivity. Such was the case Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, where Jones led...

To Chicago's indomitable cabaret community, it's the Oscars and Emmys rolled into one. For the 19th Anniversary Gala of Chicago Cabaret Professionals — a nonprofit organization that champions the art...

If you didn't know better, you might have guessed it was New Year's Eve at Petterino's on Monday night. Champagne flowed, glasses were raised, music filled the room. But as...

Two world premieres, one piano colossus, a brilliant look at Thelonious Monk and a couple of vibraphonists swinging hard in a house of worship. Now that's a jazz festival —...