The Jazz Record Art Collective is a ten-dollar, cash-only time machine, transporting jazz fans to the moment of creation of classic music of the century past. Chris Anderson has curated this ongoing sonic museum since 2013 in a cavernous loft on the Near West Side, arranging performances, largely with local talent, of vintage jazz records famous and less so, ranging from Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley to Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan. “Our goal is to provide a platform to breathe life back to albums that may have been forgotten,” says Anderson, who formerly managed The Green Mill. There are shows Wednesday nights two or four times a month in the gallery of the Fulton Street Collective, an arts incubator space with twenty artist studios. One of the artists is on hand during performances, sketching musicians and creating souvenirs for sale. The record re-enactments —which feature both the original music and background information on the musicians—are more than just another jazz event: They’re an intimate, multisensory educational experience. (Hugh Iglarsh) 1821 West Hubbard, 773.852.2481, jazzrecordartcollective.com
