Salazar declared the next tune was officially called “Make It Up As We Go, Hope You Enjoy”. This ain’t Andy’s or the Showcase, and it’s not my scene, but I would very much like it to be.
New Nostalgia @Andy’s, Or, What It Might Look Like If The Jazz Students Got Mortgages But Were Still Geeks
Bandleader Neil Carson described the group to the Andy’s audience as a “jazz-pop-rock” group that “can’t decide” which one they want to be. As he put it, they just “wanna rock out” while “embracing Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong as well as The Police and Metallica.”
PREVIEW: Beyond Standards Trio @Cooper’s Corner
PREVIEW: The fried calamari was pretty solid.
An Interview with Andy’s Jazz Club Co-Manager Chris Chisholm
Club co-manager Chris Chisholm on running the popular River North spot.
La La Land Isn’t Really a “Jazz Movie”, So Let’s Stop Forcing the Issue
The movie that has the film critics crazy and the jazz critics CRAZY.
National Race Conversation Pervades the Music of Two Groups @ Hyde Park Jazz Festival ’16
Alton Sterling receives two tributes in jazz form.
Roxy Coss and Sharel Cassity Quintet @ Jazz Showcase
Roxy Coss and Sharel Cassity are two sax voices you need to look out for if you have even a slight interest in jazz music.
Corey Wilkes @ Jazz Showcase
Corey Wilkes’ on stage persona can best be described as completely self-encapsulating. It’s about as “in the zone” as you one can get.
Bobby Broom Organi-Sation @ Green Mill
Already I could tell the trio knew how to build more than a song. They knew how to build a night.
Snarky Puppy @ City Winery Chicago
Snarky Puppy’s version of having fun is the same way the underground has always had its fun: jumping around, head banging to sick music. All that, even when they're no longer underground.