The mightiest double bill at the Chicago Jazz Festival
Two staggeringly prolific titans of the genre—saxophonist Chico Freeman and bassist Ron Carter—play back-to-back Chicago Jazz Festival sets at Pritzker Pavilion.
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Two staggeringly prolific titans of the genre—saxophonist Chico Freeman and bassist Ron Carter—play back-to-back Chicago Jazz Festival sets at Pritzker Pavilion.
Double-CD set collects four Jamal LPs including At The Pershing, which sold 47,000 at a time when 15,000 was big news for a jazz album
Photo caption: Third World Press Publisher Haki R. Madhubuti and Useni Eugene Perkins.
Playing jazz with sparseness and space was, for one particular player, his path to greatness.
Jamal was born in Pittsburgh, broke through with his small group music in Chicago in the 1950s, and recorded scores of records through 2016 — a 65-year recording career. He died April 16.