For as long as Bruce Finkelman can remember, the Morton Salt factory has set his heart racing. It’s not that he gets salt cravings any worse than the next guy. Rather, he remembers that wh…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:08AMIn 2018, Back Alley Jazz, an offshoot of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, thrummed the heartstrings of nostalgic south-siders when it resuscitated the popular neighborhood-alley jams that took p…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:30PMCamae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother, has always been one to cite her sources. In addition to performing as a member of Philly-based free-jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, the contralto wo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:00PMJoseph Bologne, the son of a Senegalese woman and her French enslaver, was nothing short of a Parisian celebrity in his time. This is his only surviving opera, and it's great fun.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:25PMSaxophonist Isaiah Collier and his celebrated quartet, the Chosen Few, are among our city’s mightiest conduits of spiritual jazz. So when Collier and Chosen Few percussionist Michael Shekw…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMDrummer Makaya McCraven has always been a bit of a rabble-rouser. He mixes audio from his live gigs with studio overdubs in intricately layered tracks that feel like jazz approached with a D…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMSince January 2020, vocalist Julian Otis and Elastic Arts executive director Adam Zanolini have programmed AfriClassical Futures, a series offering an antidote to the overwhelming whiteness …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:00PMTacked to the wall of a beloved Hyde Park dive, a time capsule hides in plain sight. "Looking for someone?"…
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