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Roscoe Village is a comfortable neighborhood on Chicago’s north side where you can drop a few bucks on brunch. It’s also highly like that vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz has had an omelet there at time or another. But the locale that this album explores is a more expansive and spiritually nourishing zone. It contains interpretations of tunes composed by Roscoe Mitchell, the multi-instrumentalist, conceptualist, composer, improviser and painter who was a charter member of the Association For Th...

‘It means a lot to be able to give exposure to local artists who might not get it otherwise,’ the longtime fest’s artistic director says.

A flurry of events is coming to Hyde Park this fall. From world-premier jazz performances to a chrysanthemum market, there will be plenty to do in the neighborhood this season.

Pandelis Karayorgis stays relevant by pushing his output to be in direct dialogue with a diverse range of peers and masters.

Bobby Rush and more blues than you can shake a stick at; Midwest Gaming Classic; a rally and voting; Milwaukee Brewers Home Opener and more—This Week in Milwaukee!

The veteran avant gardist has lost none of his intensity with two sets showcasing the full light and shade of his fearsome improvisational playing

Never indulgent and always disarming, Justin Roberts Space Cadet is a fun little power-pop journey for children that will entertain everyone.

Bob Koester in the stacks at the Jazz Record Mart in 2009 Michael Jackson Bob Koester, who died May 12 at age 88, knew what he liked—and what you should like too. For nearly 70 years, he owned Chicagos Jazz Record Mart (and the Delmark label), and it was completely in character for him to snatch an album from the hands of an earnest young shopper. In 1968, tha...

Tim Daisy; Matt Piet at the Hungry Brain pre-COVID Photos by Marek Lazarski and Morgan Ciesielski The COVID-19 pandemic has put tens of millions of Americans out of work, but even considering that bleak landscape, musicians have been hit especially hard—most of their jobs only barely exist now, and the infrastructure that might allow them to return someday is i...