One you didn’t get the chance to hear live nearly enough even before the lockdown and the other was completely unknown until Friday night. Thankfully, the post showing them in concert together will stay live for at least a few more weeks, giving a greater number of people the chance to enjoy two wonderful musical …
Early on during this rocky and perilous crisis, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in Hyde Park has been presenting culturally exciting online options for public access. A few weeks ago, they managed to outdo themselves. Like expert tailors dabbling in magic, they wove together a lavish suite of artistic components commemorating …
Last week’s (May 8th) Cocktail Hour with jazz vocalist Kurt Elling turned out to be such a joy ride, waiting for this week’s installment is little like looking forward to a birthday present. What on earth is he going to do this week? Perfectly in tune with the times, and through the fortunate sponsorship of …
Music lovers may be keenly feeling the loss of live sounds; but as we all know, it’s the musicians who are suffering the full brunt of its absence from the city’s stages. They’ve joined the mass migration to the world-wide-web out of necessity, playing from home and broadcasting their performances via Facebook Live or another …
Even though the marriage’s prospects looked promising; it was still surprising to see it succeed with such dazzling effect. Chicago Sinfonietta, one of Chicago’s great musical assets, celebrated Diwali at Symphony Center Monday night with a program that merged two classical music worlds. It also sagely incorporated the dynamic richness of South Asian dance by …
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Jazz lovers have long memories and pride themselves on their loyalty to trusted music resources. That dedication explains why the Jazz Showcase was bulging at the seams Tuesday night with fans honoring retiring 90.9 WDCB radio host Barry Winograd. Winograd will be leaving his daily 10am to 2pm slot September 20th with early morning host …
It’s hard to say whether the story of Blue Note Records is the most implausible of love stories or an incredible and fascinating odyssey. The brainchild of a young refugee who discovered and fell intractably in love with an American music form while a teenager in Germany, the Blue Note label has come to represent …
Even though describing Lizz Wright as a soul and gospel singer hit the mark, leaving it there would be much too narrow. Her style and the music she chooses to sing come through in her conversation which invariably remains grounded in a spirituality that straddles the religious and the secular. It’s an awareness and understanding …
Lightning can be caught in a bottle just about any time when great music can be found roaming the streets. Like during Tuesday night’s show (3/26) at the Jazz Showcase. Throwing a CD release party in what might as well be considered his home town, jazz pianist Greg Murphy served up fine ear candy all …
Some have tried to shove disco and house into a tiny box and dismiss them as insignificant sounds of an age. That’s their right. But for others who understand the vastness of music’s capability to release, restore and fulfill, these two musical genres were and are Rosetta stones unlocking the key to earthly nirvana. They …
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