Earlier this week, Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events announced the 2025 lineup ...

For fans hoping for dancing bears, tie-dye, and Cherry Garcia Ice Cream, Garcia’s Jazz Club might be a letdown. The new West ...

The Chicago jazz sound amounts to a sum of the city ... rhythms at one of Kelan Philip Cohran’s gatherings at the 63rd Street Beach in the late 1960s; even the antiracist street protests ...

Today's Music—Right Now! Fantastic music by The Empress, Jon Bentley, John Ellis, Nnenna Freelon, Kevin Fort, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Dave Robbins, Rodney Whitaker, Laura Dreyer, Carloss Mena, Ben ...

where bluegrass and jazz find common ground. She is also the co-founder of The Compass Records Group, a progressive bluegrass label that recently entered its 30th year, home to Chicago’s Special ...

In 1917, the U.S. Navy, fearing dissipation and violence among sailors, shuts down Storyville, scattering jazz musicians, who join riverboat bands or move to cities such as Memphis, Chicago ...