Saxophonist Chris Madsen has earned himself a solid reputation on the Chicago jazz scene ever since moving to the Windy City in 2006 after attending Juilliard’s jazz program under the tutelage of such masters as Wynton Marsalis, Victor Goines, and Wycliffe Gordon. Madsen now serves as jazz faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of W … [Read more...]
Typical Sisters – “Hungry Ghost” (Stream)
Typical Sisters -- the Chicago trio of guitarist Greg Uhlmann, bassist Clark Sommers, and drummer Matt Carroll -- exist in a nice groove. They're doing something mostly simple with an extra edge to it that gives them a certain listenable quality, like there's a little something more buried beneath the surface that's they'll get to when you give them time… and then they find p … [Read more...]