“Man I love Detroit. It’s so black in here,” exclaimed legendary saxophonist Donald Washington, kissing the mike onstage Friday night at the Bohemian National Home, as musicians behind him slapped each other on the back and wiped sweat on their sleeves. Washington, in town from Minneapolis, meant to encourage the catcalling crowd in Bohemian’s...
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Fucking idiots … I always have to defend my former hometown Chicago from my musician boyfriend and all his friends who insist that, aside from the jazz and experimental stuff, Chicago’s scene is super lame. But I can’t do it this time, not after reading Deanna Issacs’ recent piece in the Chicago Reader: “Second...
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