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JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY RECAP: Senya Rogers-Kaufman Quartet Performs at FSC by Harvey Tillis
8/11/26 - The Senya Rogers-Kaufman Quartet performed the music of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter at the Fulton Street Collective, FSC, in Chicago. Senya is a guitarist, bandleader, and composer based in Chicago and New York mainly working in the jazz world. Currently studying at the Manhattan School of Music, Senya has worked under the tutelage of some of the most important jazz musicians in the world including Mike Moreno, Mark Whitfield, Bobby Broom, Rodney Whitaker and P


JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY RECAP: The Lily & MK Sextet at FSC by Harvey Tillis
8/6/26 - The Lily & MK Sextet performed several jazz standards, some latin tunes and a few exciting originals during two sets at the Fulton Street Collective, FSC, in Chicago. Lily McCann trombone, Marykate Mosher flute & sax, Jack Obrebski trumpet, Elijah Hill piano, Adam Blenderman bass, and Ryan Weaver drums & cymbals. Visual artist Alicia Urbanski created an original painting in response to the music. All photos by Harvey Tillis ABOUT: Harvey Tillis is a documentary still


JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY RECAP: Constantine Alexander's FIRETET Performs at FSC by Harvey Tillis
7/23/26 - Constantine Alexander's FIRETET performed to exciting sets of mostly original tunes at the Fulton Street Collective, FSC, in Chicago. Constantine Alexander trumpet, Rocky Yera sax, Brandon Harper piano, Ben Dillinger bass, and Greg Essig drums & cymbals. Visual artist Micah Rademacher created original charcoal drawings in response to the music. All photos by Harvey Tillis ABOUT: Harvey Tillis is a documentary still photographer with a fine art eye available for reco
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JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY RECAP: Senya Rogers-Kaufman Quartet Performs at FSC by Harvey Tillis
8/11/26 - The Senya Rogers-Kaufman Quartet performed the music of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter at the Fulton Street Collective, FSC, in Chicago. Senya is a guitarist, bandleader, and composer based in Chicago and New York mainly working in the jazz world. Currently studying at the Manhattan School of Music, Senya has worked under the tutelage of some of the most important jazz musicians in the world including Mike Moreno, Mark Whitfield, Bobby Broom, Rodney Whitaker and P


JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY RECAP: The Lily & MK Sextet at FSC by Harvey Tillis
8/6/26 - The Lily & MK Sextet performed several jazz standards, some latin tunes and a few exciting originals during two sets at the Fulton Street Collective, FSC, in Chicago. Lily McCann trombone, Marykate Mosher flute & sax, Jack Obrebski trumpet, Elijah Hill piano, Adam Blenderman bass, and Ryan Weaver drums & cymbals. Visual artist Alicia Urbanski created an original painting in response to the music. All photos by Harvey Tillis ABOUT: Harvey Tillis is a documentary still


JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY RECAP: Constantine Alexander's FIRETET Performs at FSC by Harvey Tillis
7/23/26 - Constantine Alexander's FIRETET performed to exciting sets of mostly original tunes at the Fulton Street Collective, FSC, in Chicago. Constantine Alexander trumpet, Rocky Yera sax, Brandon Harper piano, Ben Dillinger bass, and Greg Essig drums & cymbals. Visual artist Micah Rademacher created original charcoal drawings in response to the music. All photos by Harvey Tillis ABOUT: Harvey Tillis is a documentary still photographer with a fine art eye available for reco
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JAZZ REVIEW: Bobby Lewis "Feels Like Spring" by Jeff Cebulski
Markus Rutz, His latest album, Many Moons, is both an expansion and a reflection of his career, but with a significant difference: this is the first one where he left the recording booth to someone else and was just a musician among others.


JAZZ REVIEW: Christopher Dammann "Dead Words" by Jeff Cebulski
Markus Rutz, His latest album, Many Moons, is both an expansion and a reflection of his career, but with a significant difference: this is the first one where he left the recording booth to someone else and was just a musician among others.


JAZZ REVIEW: Sam Robinson "Chasin’ the Dream" by Jeff Cebulski
Markus Rutz, His latest album, Many Moons, is both an expansion and a reflection of his career, but with a significant difference: this is the first one where he left the recording booth to someone else and was just a musician among others.


JAZZ REVIEW | Michael Barton, "The Anxiety Suite" by Jeff Cebulski
Michael Barton’s The Anxiety Suite is worth a listen, especially by an empathetic audience that is willing to undertake a not-overwhelming 36-minute journey into one artist’s multi-faceted personal and sonic experience.
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