1980 Records has released music in Chicago for over a decade and also curates the Experimental Artist Series (which recently had its 20th installment). 1980 Records and Hungry Brain are teaming up to throw 3 days of music curated by the label this November (3rd–5th). There will be 3 acts a night, featuring an exciting blend of new music/singer-songwriter/experimental/and improvisational jazz. The event is free...
Find out more »In the midst of the bone-crushing Chicago winter of 2013, guitarist Andrew Trim and drummer Devin Drobka performed for the very first time as Dim Lighting. Working as the opening act on a bill with several jazz groups, the pair played a set of spontaneous compositions based entirely on song titles that were chosen by the small but attentive audience that had braved the weather...
Find out more »New York bassist Max Johnson makes a rare Chicago appearance, in two groupings with some Elastic regulars. 9 PM : JOHNSON/JOHNSON/DAISY Russ Johnson – trumpet Max Johnson – bass Tim Daisy – drums 10 PM : JOHNSON/REMPIS/JOHNSON/DAISY Russ Johnson – trumpet Dave Rempis – saxophones Max Johnson – bass Tim Daisy – drums Max Johnson is a bassist, composer and bandleader based in New York...
Find out more »The 10:00 PM show is presented in partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival. Through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble, and his wide-ranging collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Woody Allen to David Bowie, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times. The operas – “Einstein on...
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