Orbert Davis on Inventing a Genre of Jazz and Paying Tribute to the Greats
The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic artistic director talks about the uniqueness of his orchestra and how it'll honor Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonious Monk.
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The 10th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival Boasts Its Best Lineup Yet
Use the musical math below to find your perfect set at this year’s event.
Toronzo Cannon Is a Travelin’ Blues Man
How a local bus driver climbed to blues stardom
Robbie Fulks’s New Album Adds Sophistication to Southern Grit
The alt-country singer’s latest, Upland Stories, releases in April.
In Kalamazoo, an agonizing wait for a mass shooter’s motive
Investigators say they are baffled. Neighbors are totally bewildered. All around this traumatized city, residents wonder whether they will ever learn why Jason Brian Dalton allegedly gunned down random strangers...
Singing music biographies for the holidays
Ever since Bob Dylan and Keith Richards wrote memoirs that turned into unexpected hits, the holiday season has been rife with books that take similar deep dives into the lives...
Review: ‘Katrina: After the Flood’ by Gary Rivlin
"Katrina fatigue" might best describe the condition of those in New Orleans who lived through the 2005 hurricane and subsequent flood only to continue to struggle through another set of...
Review: ‘Deal’ by Bill Kreutzmann with Benjy Eisen
Like any formidable memoir from a counterculture veteran, "Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead" is heavy on sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll....
Little Free Libraries aim to grow beyond neighborhood curiosity
Since Liz Siegel and Greg Jacobs live two blocks from the Sulzer Regional Library in Lincoln Square, logic would dictate that there really is no need for their sidewalk kiosk...
Review: ‘A City Called Heaven’ by Robert Marovich
Chicago gospel had an unexpected moment this Grammy season when, late into the awards telecast, Beyonce and an all-male choir reprised "Take My Hand, Precious Lord," a song Mahalia Jackson...