{"product_id":"the-majesty-of-chicago-jazz-reich","title":"The Majesty of Chicago Jazz, Reich","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor and Chicago native Howard Reich gives readers a front-row seat to the history of Chicago jazz as it roared forth in jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals. Reich covered Chicago jazz for more than 30 years as the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e’s staff critic, and in this collection, he argues that jazz as an art form is inconceivable without Chicago. Carefully choosing from among his thousands of articles on jazz, Reich highlights 25 of the most important Chicago jazz artists who pushed the art form forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Majesty of Chicago Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e begins with two New Orleans visionaries who achieved their artistic pinnacles in Chicago in the Roaring Twenties: Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. In the decades that followed, Chicago produced an uninterrupted line of innovators: revolutionaries Ahmad Jamal and Sun Ra, iconoclasts Von Freeman and Fred Anderson, populists Herbie Hancock and Ramsey Lewis, chameleons Patricia Barber and Kurt Elling and the breakthrough band of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), among others. Reich offers two pieces on each of the book’s 25 visionaries, including profiles, reviews, appreciations and obituaries. The book concludes with a beginner-friendly discography, perfect for those looking to listen along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Majesty of Chicago Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e is captivating for jazz newcomers and aficionados alike — all are guaranteed to learn something surprising here. With a musician’s ear and a journalist’s expertise, Reich offers listeners a valuable guide to the groundbreaking jazz that has come out of Chicago, a city that remains a fertile breeding ground for musical experimentation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoward Reich\u003c\/strong\u003e covered music for the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e for 43 years and served as the newspaper’s staff jazz critic from 1989 to 2021. Reich is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and the author of six other books, including \u003cem\u003eLet Freedom Swing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePortraits in Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e. Reich served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in Music four times, including the year when Wynton Marsalis’ \u003cem\u003eBlood on the Fields\u003c\/em\u003e became the first jazz composition to win (1997).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicago Distribution Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46918742573252,"sku":"210000067224","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/7014\/9060\/files\/pel3geowbitcxl6mbgma.jpg?v=1790987211","url":"https:\/\/symphonystore.com\/de\/products\/the-majesty-of-chicago-jazz-reich","provider":"The Symphony Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}