His legacy keeps huffin' & puffin' along.
Clubs presenting the latest underground free jazz.
Producer of the improvisational and experimental.
Muddy Waters' Harmonica Players
A survey by Scott Dirks
The legend continues.
Tenor Sax & Bandleader. Still on LP!
Multi bandmember and instrumentalist.
Michael Frank's Earwig Records
The story of one of Chicago's most authentic blues labels.
The Blues Essence of King Oliver
Confessions of a Mail Order Manager
Steve Dawson reveals the links between the Jazz Record Mart and Dolly Varden.
Defending Ken Burns -
from the abuse of music critics.
Frank Youngwerth's Early
Jazz - a supplementary look at how it all
began.
Jazz on Video - Liked
the clips? Most of the films, shows & concerts are available in
their entirety.
A great place to read some debate about the series is the Jazz Institute of Chicago website.
There's also an interesting interview with Burns done by the mostly-humor magazine The Onion.
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An interview with the owner and operator of Chicago's leading source of improvised music.
A JRM employee remembers his great grandfather, and important Chicago bandleader.
60s Blues enthusiasts back together.
The artist's original liner notes for his first album.
Delmark producer and Nessa Records founder talks about the first recordings of Chicago's great avant-garde organization.
A mature voice in Jazz.
A look back at Chicago's Blues Clubs.
News from the recent concert.
Two views of the man from Saturn.
The early recordings of the foremost folk & blues label.
Avant Garde jazz recordings of the '60s and '70s.
Bob Koester recalls recently passed music-makers. Updated 6/1/04.
Taking a look at jazz & blues on video. Updated 6/1/04.
What we're writing about what they're writing about the music. Updated 6/1/04.
Drummers Which albums feature the best drumming?
All-Time Best Jazz Vocals: How words were best put to jazz.
10 Quintessential Jazz Bassists: Masters of the low notes.
Top 10 Blues Albums Since
1967
Dave's Faves Some of the best of what's
new in jazz. Updated 9/29/98.
Blues Clubs R&N's guide to shows
you where you can hear blues in Chicago. Updated 6/18/2001.
New Experimental Music New releases
of an experimental nature. Updated 9/29/98
