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Art Ensemble of Chicago

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Live: Wadada Leo Smith Throws Himself A Lively Birthday Party At Roulette

    K. Leander Williams/tru2blu.pix​Wadada Leo Smith 70th Birthday Celebration Roulette Friday, December 16 Better than: Hearing one band for the price of three. Last year during a pre-concert interview at the Library Of Congress in Washington D.C., composer-trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith got a laug ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 8, 2010

    Mostly Other People Do the Killing

    K. Leander Williams/tru2blu.pix​Wadada Leo Smith 70th Birthday Celebration Roulette Friday, December 16 Better than: Hearing one band for the price of three. Last year during a pre-concert interview at the Library Of Congress in Washington D.C., composer-trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith got a laug ... More >>

  • Unknown

    January 15, 2008

    The Black-Rock Revolution, and How We Rebooted It

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

  • Music

    August 28, 2007

    Melody Lingers On

    Mastering Dylan, flubbing Darin, and paying tribute to the inimitable Max Roach

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    Harmolodic Convergence

    Ornette Coleman's triumphant return dominates the humble debut of the 'Voice' jazz critics' poll

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    'Voice' Jazz Poll Critics' Ballots

    Ornette Coleman's triumphant return dominates the humble debut of the 'Voice' jazz critics' poll

  • Music

    May 24, 2005

    Jazz Goes to College

    Dismantling canons, describing contexts, the new jazz studies come of age.

  • Specials

    April 26, 2005

    Letters

    Dismantling canons, describing contexts, the new jazz studies come of age.

  • Music

    April 12, 2005

    Free Again

    The revolution of 1969 never came, but the 'Free America' series has now been reissued

  • Music

    June 1, 2004

    Blue Shift

    Collaging keyboardist meets the challenge of jazz-improv with techno surge protectors

  • Music

    May 18, 2004

    More to the Story

    John Abercrombie and Louis Sclavis fill those redolent silences between the phrases

  • Specials

    January 20, 2004

    Letters

    John Abercrombie and Louis Sclavis fill those redolent silences between the phrases

  • Music

    September 30, 2003

    Love and Crunk

    Rowdy Big Boi and fly Andre 3000 divide and conquer the Dirty South book of hiphop rules

  • Music

    September 16, 2003

    Overview and Meditation

    Missing Lester Bowie Two Different Ways, the Art Ensemble of Chicago Returns Twice

  • Music

    April 29, 2003

    The Academy's Pulitzer

    Why Jazz and Pop Don't Make the Cut

  • Music

    March 4, 2003

    Your Roots Are Showing

    The SEM Orchestra Finds the Old in New Composers

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

    The SEM Orchestra Finds the Old in New Composers

  • Music

    November 13, 2001

    All Around the Town

    Uri Caine at the Turn of Another Century

  • NYC Life

    February 27, 2001

    Heavy Duty

    Jazz Mainstays Boost The Voltage

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    Kind of Blue

    Jazz Competes With Its Past, Settles for the Hard Sell

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    Jingo All the Way

    Burns Stays Blind to Jazz Abroad

  • Music

    September 26, 2000

    Music

    Burns Stays Blind to Jazz Abroad

  • Music

    July 18, 2000

    Bridge Across the Cliff

    Burns Stays Blind to Jazz Abroad

  • Music

    July 11, 2000

    Summer of Drugs

    Burns Stays Blind to Jazz Abroad

  • Music

    June 20, 2000

    Knitting at Home

    Burns Stays Blind to Jazz Abroad

  • Music

    June 20, 2000

    Saved by the Classics

    Bell Meets (Is?) Big Brother

  • Music

    June 6, 2000

    Music

    Bell Meets (Is?) Big Brother

  • Music

    March 21, 2000

    Music

    Bell Meets (Is?) Big Brother

  • Music

    December 7, 1999

    Lester Bowie 1941–1999

    The Avant-Garde’s Tireless Trumpeter Goes Out Swinging

  • Music

    December 7, 1999

    Gone Fishing

    Remembrances of Lester Bowie

  • Music

    January 5, 1999

    Old Guys Yes, Retro Never

    Remembrances of Lester Bowie

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