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Syracuse, N.Y. — Jazz Appreciation Month just got a lot jazzier in Central New York. The touring performance schedule continues at Jazz Central with a return engagement by Chico Freeman and his ...

The Chicago Jazz Festival, long a favorite among the summer music festivals, returns for Labor Day weekend, celebrating jazz of all types and highlighting local talent alongside international artists ...

Dark Blue; Interlude V-2; Latina Bonita; Interlude V-6; My Scenery; Interlude V-9; Five Days in May; Vonski; Interlude V-8; Inner Orchestrations; ercussion Song Two; Chico; nterlude V-5; What's in ...

Guitarist George Freeman performs with his nephew, tenor saxophonist Chico Freeman, not pictured, on opening night of the Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion on Aug. 31, 2023.

When I looked over the lineup for this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival, the first thing that leaped out at me was the pair of sets at Pritzker Pavilion on Thursday—saxophonist Chico Freeman celebrating ...

Wataru Uchida is a saxophonist and composer who has been leading jazz projects in New York City since 2003. He studied saxophone performance and composition with Chico Freeman. In 2001, Wataru worked ...

Jazz and genes sustained George Freeman, who died Monday at age 97 — just a few days shy of gigs he was supposed to play at the Green Mill to celebrate his 98th birthday. Mr. Freeman was a Chicago ...