Von Freeman’s Swing, Bebop, Avant-Garde Thing
By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic Contributor
In Chicago, they all but carry him around in a sedan chair: Von Freeman, the tenor saxophonist who's educated umpteen young musicians on the bandstand. In 2002, the city named a stretch of E. 75th Street after him, down by the New Apartment Lounge where he's led Tuesday night jams for decades. Among the folks who came out for the ceremony were jazz guru Steve Coleman, who'd flown in just to honor one of his… more »