Howard Reich

Ella Fitzgerald's 100th birthday — on April 25 — has come and gone, but the celebration continues, as well it should. The next major tribute comes in an unexpected form,...

Who knew that 2017 was going to be the year of "Rhapsody in Blue"? During the last few weeks, we've heard two pianists take on the fiendishly difficult piece —...

Listeners who admire Chicagoan Typhanie Monique as a jazz singer would have been pleased by her first set Friday night at Winter's Jazz Club — even if they were somewhat...

Even if you didn't know that Mike Reed's "Flesh & Bone" represents a response to harrowing events he experienced several years ago in the Czech Republic, the music would prove...

It has been nearly a decade since the formidable Chicago jazz singer Typhanie Monique released a recording, leaving fans to wonder what she might come up with next — and...

Dee Alexander, an admired Chicago jazz vocalist with an international following, will launch a new weekly radio program on WDCB-FM 90.9. "Sunday Jazz with Dee Alexander" will be broadcast from...

For two decades, pianist Laurence Hobgood was best known as accompanist and primary arranger for singer Kurt Elling. When the two abruptly parted company in 2013, one wondered how Hobgood...

What happens when top singers from Chicago, New York and beyond meet up in a concert hall? Discoveries and rediscoveries ensue, as they did in abundance Thursday night at Park...

Trumpeter Jon Faddis, singer Sheila Jordan, guitarist George Freeman and centennial tributes to Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Ella Fitzgerald will headline the 39th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, running Aug....