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Exploding Star Orchestra Chicago

From Time Out Chicago, two performances this weekend.

In 1996, those in need of a free-jazz fix wouldn’t have found it at the Hungry Brain, where the Umbrella Music collective’s Sunday jams are now a mainstay. No, the seventh day belonged to the Green Mill, where cornetist Rob Mazurek hosted weekly workshops that took shape as the Chicago Underground Orchestra.

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