Welcome!

Welcome to "Uneasy Listening," an online extension of The Northwestern University Graduate School's Community-Building project. Here you will find information relating to planned listening excursions, including sample mp3s to preview prior to the show. Please also use this space to comment on planned as well as past events.

The purpose of our Uneasy Listening group is to attend concerts of Jazz and Improvised music by Chicago musicians in clubs and concert spaces around the city. (Sorry, Evanston!) Many of these musicians are associated with the Umbrella Music organization (www.umbrellamusic.org). Sites of interest (both brick-&-mortar and internet) will be listed here: feel free to browse through these and suggest outings of interest to you.

On Monday, September 17, I (Brent Mix) will be manning a table at TGS's Resource Fair at Norris from 1 to 3:30pm. Feel free to drop by with questions and suggestions. If I am able I will attempt to secure an additional meeting time and place prior to our first excursion.

Speaking of our first excursion: if all works as planned, we will attend the performance of the Dave Rempis Percussion Quartet at Elastic on the night of Thursday, September 20th. Details will follow once this event becomes definite. We plan to attend three concerts per quarter, so if this one falls through worry not.

Thanks for your interest! Feel free to email me at b-mix@northwestern.edu with any comments or questions.