As my music collection continues to balloon to an unwieldly weight with new suggestions and discoveries pouring in from all genres, I find myself more and more thankful for the bedrock albums and artists who I can always turn to. I hear considerable amounts of clutter and a lot of music that fails to move [...]
What’s Left of Jazz
Chicago’s Jazz Festival turned 30 this year, news you couldn’t miss if you attended, because someone made sure to remind us every chance they had. This was imperative because this festival is one of the last pillars of jazz in the country, but as always, the organization that runs it needs money.
There was a [...]
Showcasing Jazz
Accomplished 2 things over the weekend: seeing Corey Wilkes and checking out the newly reopened Jazz Showcase.
Wilkes is incredible. The new Showcase… not so much. Acoustically superb, but the cover costs are exorbitant, the drink prices are at the brim of tolerance (and taste suspiciously watered down), the chairs are horribly uncomfortable, and the tables [...]
