Over my too many years of attending the Chicago Jazz Festival, I’ve been most excited by two types of sets. The fest sometimes gives us a rare (hopefully not last) chance to see a legendary elder of ...

Scott Silver looked over the crowd during his group's regular Monday night gig at Youngstown Cafe in Davenport and smiled. When his Scott Silver's Chicago Jazz Band first played at the north Davenport ...

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Micah Collier, Frank Morrison and Lily Finnegan are asserting themselves as new bandleaders, composers and teachers with a fresh perspective. Catch them at the Englewood Jazz Festival or Hyde Park ...

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The Chicago-rooted quintet, which features some of the city’s most adventuresome players, will appear with the Chicago Philharmonic on Tuesday at the Auditorium Theatre.

CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Jazz Festival is back, and among this year's headliners are jazz master Amina Claudine Myers, Charlie Sepúlveda, Kenny Garrett and Sounds From The Ancestors, and the ...

Partway through the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s midday Saturday set, artistic director Orbert Davis made a sheepish admission. The band had just gotten back from the Havana International Jazz Festival ...

Members of the San Marcos High School Band Jazz Ensemble gather for a group photo during their recent visit to Chicago. (Courtesy photo) The San Marcos High School Band Jazz Ensemble will reprise its ...

The Chicago Jazz Festival kicks off at Millennium Park Sept .2 before moving to Roosevelt University for Mitchell's performances and heads indoors to Chicago Cultural Center throughout the day Sept. 3 ...

When the Chicago Jazz Orchestra decided to record a tribute to Wes Montgomery, the choice of who would sit in for the legendary guitarist was obvious: Bobby Broom, a stellar guitarist in his own right ...