Chicago Jazz Magazine's Feature Interview for March 2020 Growing up in the Chicagoland area Alyssa Allgood was inspired by music at an early age and becoming...

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Pianist/Organist and Steinway artist Ben Paterson discusses his influences, musical concepts and career in this January 2020 interview

Drummer/Educator, Joel Spencer sits down with the founder of Chicago Jazz Magazine, Mike Jeffers, for the December 2019 feature interview.

Chicago Jazz Magazine talks with the founder of the Swing Shift Orchestra, Alan Gresik, about the founding of the orchestra and performing for over 20 years ...

Musician-Educator-Entrepreneur Charles Rick Heath IV sits down for the September 2019 Chicago Jazz Magazine feature interview.

Vocalist Dee Alexander sits down with Chicago Jazz Magazine founder, Mike Jeffers, to talk about her career, influences, inspirations, musical concepts and t...

It has been just over a year since Chicago Jazz Magazine switched to an all-digital monthly format. We thought we would celebrate the anniversary with a reca...

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW Saxophonist Jim Gailloreto sits down for an in-depth interview with Chicago Jazz Magazine founder Mike Jeffers for the June 2019 fea...

Vocalist Tammy McCann first started performing as a classical vocalist but when she heard a Thelonious Monk tune being played in a practice room at college e...

Pianist Greg Spero sits down for an in-depth interview to discuss his influences, concepts, passions and much more. Spero talks about his time touring the wo...

Joannie Pallatto and Bradley Parker-Sparrow, the husband and wife team that founded Southport Records, sit down with Mike Jeffers to talk about their backgro...

Henry Johnson was born in Chicago but moved to Memphis at an early age. He started playing guitar around the age of 13 and by 14 he was already starting to p...

Pianist/Arranger/Composer and Guggenheim Fellow Ryan Cohan’s expansive body of work ranges from solo piano pieces to arrangements for symphony orchestra and...

Chicago Jazz Magazine presents the December 2018 feature interview with guitar master Fareed Haque. Chicago Jazz Magazine founder, Mike Jeffers, discuss Far...

Chicago Jazz Magazine presents the November 2018 feature interview with Blue Note recording artist Patricia Barber. Chicago Jazz Magazine founder, Mike Jeff...

Photo by Todd Rosenberg FULL INTERVIEW WITH MARQUIS HILL Growing up in Chicago, Marquis Hill, took full advantage of all of the incredible resources Chicago ...

Growing up in Chicago Kobie was first influenced by watching his father (Alious C. Watkins) play drums in the church. Of course this lead him to get curious...

Chicago native Frank Russell has been playing bass since age 14 when he shifted from guitar and found his true voice. Frank grew up in a home with a loving ...