Several of the city’s most distinctive brass players, a rhythm section led by veteran pianist Ken Chaney, and a hot summer night–for the past couple years, that’s been the formula for the Jazz ...

Bebop at South Shore Cultural Center: As much a logistical as an artistic triumph, the “Bebop Brass!” concert Sunday at the South Shore Cultural Center is precisely the type of event that demonstrates ...

It was a great night on the South Side. On stage, more than a dozen of Chicago’s most accomplished jazz artists — as well as some of its most promising — converged for an evening of premieres and ...

For over seventy-five years, the brass band tradition existed largely unchanged until this forward looking, bebop influenced ensemble completely changed both the style and the repertoire of brass band ...