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If you’ve been walking around Hyde Park long enough, chances are you’ve caught a glimpse of Isaiah Collier, the 25-year-old multi-instrumentalist and Chicago native. Or, at the very least, you’ve

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...

His memorable hooks in their songs include “Christmas Wrapping,” “Heartbreak Beat,” and more

According to the Chicago Tribune, Psychedelic Furs and The Waitresses' Saxophonist Mars Williams passed away yesterday from ampullary cancer after being diag...

Great Black Music, Ancient to Future ADN presents a long-overdue tribute to the members of the premiere jazz group the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Famadou Don Moye, Malachi Favors Maghostus, and Lester Bowie recorded dozens of innovative and genre-bending albums, morphing everything from free jazz to Dixieland to reggae to African drumming. We have

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Here are a few of our staff picks for things to do Oct. 13-19.

‘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.

Avant-garde jazz saxophonist and Darius Milhaud successor approaches jazz-related composition via avant-garde classical techniques

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.