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Scott Silver looked over the crowd during his group's regular Monday night gig at Youngstown Cafe in Davenport and smiled. When his Scott Silver's Chicago Jazz Band first played at the north Davenport ...

Do you know that game where people try to avoid hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! for as long as possible into December? It’s telling that the game exists, revealing not just that the song is ...

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It’s the second Thursday of the month, and the sun has just begun to set. Dempster Street is seemingly quiet — with the exception of one coffee shop. Even at dinnertime, Evanston Pour is packed.

Micah Collier, Frank Morrison and Lily Finnegan are asserting themselves as new bandleaders, composers and teachers with a fresh perspective. Catch them at the Englewood Jazz Festival or Hyde Park ...