Chicago jazz plays through its blue period
Feb. 26
No city except New York has more historical importance to jazz than Chicago. Louis Armstrong forged his legend here, first with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, then when he recorded his legendary records with The Hot Fives and The Hot Sevens. Jazz is scarce on the airwaves these days, and just last year Chicago Public Radio abandoned its weekday jazz programming. The Chicago Music Commission, a non-profit organization seeking to promote the city's music industry, presented a study last month that ranked Chicago fourth behind Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York in the number of seats available at small, popular music venues. "When we look at consumption of recorded music.Chicago has a comparatively weak appetite for country music, jazz and gospel," the report stated. Commercially, jazz may be moving through an unstable phase in Chicago, but artistically, Broom compares it favorably with other cities.
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