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Artist and poet Avery R. Young shares a behind the scenes look at his contributions to the latest edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennal (CAB 5).

The "master of time" who recorded in blockbuster jazz combos The Ramsey Lewis Trio and Young-Holt Unlimited, as well as his own Redd Holt Unlimited passed away May 23 from complications associated with lung cancer. He was 91.

Mr. Holt, who grew up on the West Side, became a jazz legend in the 1960s and ’70s playing in a number of groups, including the Ramsey Lewis Trio. He also played a regular gig at the East Bank Club for 20 years until the pandemic lockdown.

Too often, we treat access to art as a privilege, something that is “nice to have,” not a baked-in necessity of human life, writes Lesle Honore, the CEO of Urban Gateways. But arts generate social capital and economic growth, and are essential to Chicago’s future.

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