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    May 9, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Miguel de la Cerna tells a tragic story with 'Almas Perdidas' ('Lost Souls')

    Chicago jazz musician Miguel de la Cerna likes to refer to himself as "your basic piano player, commercial musician," but that modest self-assessment greatly understates the case.
    Chicago jazz musician Miguel de la Cerna likes to refer to himself as "your basic piano player, commercial musician," but that modest self-assessment greatly understates the case. De la Cerna proved the point dramatically last year, when he partnered...

    Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Stranger Than Fiction, Politics, Arts and Culture, Culture

    2. May 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Chicago Jazz Festival 2013 lineup announced

    Drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, pianists Jason Moran and Robert Glasper and saxophonists Donald Harrison, Charles Lloyd, Jimmy Heath and Rudresh Mahanthappa will headline the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, running Aug. 29 through Sept. 1.
    Drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, pianists Jason Moran and Robert Glasper and saxophonists Donald Harrison, Charles Lloyd, Jimmy Heath and Rudresh Mahanthappa will headline the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, running Aug. 29...

    Tags: Students, Chicago Jazz Fest, Grant Park, Teaching and Learning, Culture

    3. Apr 11, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Jazz meets tango in Pablo Aslan's grand experiment

    In 1959, Astor Piazzolla – a genius of tango composition and performance – released "Take Me Dancing," an album he later deemed an artistic "sin." The jazz-inspired recording, which Piazzolla had hoped would enable him to break through to...

    Tags: Argentina, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Astor Piazzolla

    4. Dec 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Jazz pianist, educator Ken Chaney dead at 73

    Pianist Ken Chaney wasn't as famous as many of his Chicago colleagues, but the high caliber of his playing, the originality of his composing-arranging and the extent of his advocacy efforts for jazz made him an important figure in Chicago music.
    Pianist Ken Chaney wasn't as famous as many of his Chicago colleagues, but the high caliber of his playing, the originality of his composing-arranging and the extent of his advocacy efforts for jazz made him an important figure in Chicago music. As...

    Tags: Entertainment, Roosevelt University, Mirage (music group), Ramsey Lewis, Music Industry

    5. Jan 22, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Why the Chicago Jazz Festival left Grant Park

    For decades, the defenders of the status quo have insisted that the Chicago Jazz Festival must remain anchored in Grant Park.
    For decades, the defenders of the status quo have insisted that the Chicago Jazz Festival must remain anchored in Grant Park. They said the dreadful acoustics there were just fine. They said the dilapidated Petrillo Music Shell served the fest well....

    Tags: Chicago Jazz Fest, Arts and Culture, Old Town School of Folk Music, Grant Park, Millennium Park

    6. Dec 6, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Jeb Bishop's 50th birthday celebration could feel like a mini-fest

    Trombonist Jeb Bishop has been a key player on Chicago's avant-garde jazz scene for the past two decades, working prolifically with such similarly indispensable figures as reedists Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis, guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Kent Kessler.
    Trombonist Jeb Bishop has been a key player on Chicago's avant-garde jazz scene for the past two decades, working prolifically with such similarly indispensable figures as reedists Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis, guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Kent...

    Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Sparrow (music group), John Coltrane, Arts and Culture, Hyde Park

    7. Dec 4, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. 'Funkin' With Electric Soul' takes on legends Jimi Hendrix, James Brown

    You usually don't hear jazz singers taking on James Brown's "Sex Machine" or Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."
    You usually don't hear jazz singers taking on James Brown's "Sex Machine" or Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." But one brave Chicago vocalist will be plunging headlong into this music Friday night, when the apparently fearless Dee Alexander takes the...

    Tags: James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Radio, Arts and Culture, Old Town School of Folk Music

    8. Nov 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Chicago jazz jets to Poland for the holidays

    Several of Chicago's most admired jazz musicians won't be spending Thanksgiving at home – they'll be converging in Poland, instead.
    Several of Chicago's most admired jazz musicians won't be spending Thanksgiving at home – they'll be converging in Poland, instead. For the seventh year straight, the city of Poznan – a vibrant cultural hub – will present its Made in...

    Tags: Louis Armstrong, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Howard Reich, Jazz (genre)

    9. Nov 9, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Anat Cohen brings new -- and old -- sounds to the clarinet

    Only one clarinetist on earth could have come up with the album "Claroscuro," its stylistic breadth expressing the singular esthetic of soloist Anat Cohen.
    Only one clarinetist on earth could have come up with the album "Claroscuro," its stylistic breadth expressing the singular esthetic of soloist Anat Cohen. That Cohen careens on this disc from original compositions to Brazilian fare, from historic...

    Tags: Louis Armstrong, Music Theater, Benny Goodman, Entertainment, Israel

    10. Oct 4, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. A buoyant, stylistically wide-ranging weekend in Chicago jazz

    Any doubts that the fall season has gotten fully underway should be swept aside by this weekend's nearly brisk lineup of jazz offerings:
    Any doubts that the fall season has gotten fully underway should be swept aside by this weekend's nearly brisk lineup of jazz offerings: "Women of Chicago Jazz Piano": Jazz listeners tend to think of Chicago as a tenor saxophone town, and for good...

    Tags: Louis Armstrong, Northwestern University, Wynton Marsalis, Old Town School of Folk Music, Hyde Park

    11. Sep 7, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Judith Stein is the hardest-working woman in jazz

    If you've ever attended a major jazz event in Chicago, there's a good chance you've met Judith Stein.
    If you've ever attended a major jazz event in Chicago, there's a good chance you've met Judith Stein. She's the enthusiastic woman perpetually doling out postcards for the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, urging everyone to come to the South Side for what has...

    Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Chicago Jazz Fest, University of Chicago

    12. Aug 24, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. How to awaken a sleeping jazz festival

    Two months ago, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival made a bold move, presenting performances for the first time on the South Side of Chicago, in Ellis Park. Throngs turned out.
    Two months ago, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival made a bold move, presenting performances for the first time on the South Side of Chicago, in Ellis Park. Throngs turned out. Next month, the World Music Festival will take a bold step, for the first time...

    Tags: Chicago Jazz Fest, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Grant Park, Arts

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