Author Howard Reich is joined in conversation by jazz luminaries vocalist Dee Alexander, trumpeter, composer, and educator Orbert Davis, and pianist and MacArthur Fellow Reginald R. Robinson.

In his latest book, The Majesty of Chicago Jazz, 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 thirty years as the Chicago Tribune’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 twenty-five of the most important Chicago jazz artists who pushed the art form forward.

Books will be available for purchase.

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