In this episode of Around Town with Mike Jeffers, he talks with Claire Jefferys, wife of acclaimed New York musician Garland Jeffreys, about her powerful new documentary, “Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between.” Co-directed with filmmaker Evan M. Johnson, the documentary explores the extraordinary life of Garland Jeffreys—an artist who broke bou…

In this Chicago Jazz Magazine interview, Mike Jeffers talks with two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling about his upcoming performance at Ravinia on Father’s Day, June 15th, inside the intimate Martin Theatre. Kurt shares insights into his new project celebrating Weather Report, featuring original member and legendary drummer Peter…

Episode 085 Mike talks with Geoff Bradfield and playing with his group Tenor Time at the Green Mill and Juli Wood honoring others jazz musicians at Andy's Jazz Club.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Episode 084 Around Town with Mike Jeffers and Jake Shapiro, Ritchie Goods and Chien Chien Lu. Jake discusses his upcoming gig at the Kenilworth Assembly Hall and Ritchie and Chien Chien discuss the challenges of touring.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Episode 083 Mike Jeffers interviews Anne and Mark Burnell about their upcoming Halloween gig at Rhapsody and Clark Sommers tells us about his Release Party of "Feast Ephemera" at the Green Mill.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Around Town with Mike Jeffers Episode 082 with Eric Jacobson and Brett Dean.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Episode 081 Steve Sedergreen talks iwht Mike about his upcoming gigs with Pat Mallinger and Ty Cooper, how Chicago compares to Melbourne and playing at a young age with his dad and other great musicians. He will be here October 20 for a house concert and October 21st at Pianoforte.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Episode 077 of Around Town with Mike Jeffers features an interview with Christian Dillingham previewing his upcoming performance at the Chicago Jazz Festival Sunday September 3 at the Von Freeman stage (north promenade) 1:50-2:45pm.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Episode 074 of Around Town with Mike Jeffers features an interview with pianist Theodis Rodgers Jr. previewing his upcoming performance at the 2023 Chicago Jazz Festival.بقلم Mike Jeffers

On Episode 080 of Around Town with Mike Jeffers pianist, composer and entrepreneur Greg Spero about his upcoming performance Thursday and Friday, September 28th and 29th at the Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple in Oak Park. Greg also discusses his concepts on composing, arranging and performing as well as his new tech startup and much more!…

EPISODE 079 of Around Town with Mike Jeffers features an interview saxophonist Jim Snidero about his upcoming performances at the Jazz Showcase on September 26th & 27th and clinics with the UIC Music Department. Jim also talks about recording his latest release Far Far Away featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel!…

Episode 078 of Around Town with Mike Jeffers features an interview with the President and CEO of the Arcada Theatre and Des Plaines Theatre, Ron Onesti, previewing the upcoming performance at the Arcada Theatre Satchmo Louis Armstrong the Musical on September 10th at 3pm. The performances is in conjunction with the St Charles Jazz Fest Weekend whic…

Episode 076 of Around Town with Mike Jeffers features an interview with Jim Holman previewing his upcoming performance at the Labor Day Jazz Festival Monday September 4 at the Jazz Showcase 4-9pm.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Greg Duncan back in Chicago performing at Epiphany for the Arts on July 20, 2023.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Bear's story is a fascinating one – starting in Chicago, where he first started playing bass guitar, then moving to Los Angeles, where he collaborated and recorded with some of the most illustrious names in the global music scene.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Mike Jeffers and Juan Pastor talk about the Upcoming Chicago Jazz Festival. Juan Pastor is on the Pritzker Pavilion Friday September 1 at 4:15pm.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Around Town with Mike Jeffers talking to Javier Red’s about his new release, Imagery Converter, Life & Umbrella.بقلم Mike Jeffers

Episode 073 of Around Town with Mike Jeffers features an interview with bassist Eric Hochberg previewing his upcoming performance at the 2023 Chicago Jazz Festival on Friday September 1, 2023 at 11:30am at the Von Freeman Pavilion with his group "Eric Hochberg's StringThing" featuring Mark Feldman, Larry Gray, Steve Million and Michael Raynor.…

Saxophonist Chico Freeman sits down with Chicago Jazz Magazine founder, Mike Jeffers, for the October 2019 feature interview. Chico talks about growing up in a legendary Chicago musical family, the Freeman family. The son of Von Freeman, he shares stories about starting to play sax, attending Northwestern University, his decision to make music his …

Chicago blues legend Jimmy Burns talks about his background, his love of blues and how he rose to prominence on the Chicago Blues Scene! visit www.bluesinchicago.com and www.chicagojazz.com for more interviews and information. #chicagoblues #bluesmusic #chicagojazz #jazzmusicبقلم Mike Jeffers