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A straightforward recounting of the stops on a regularly offered foodie tour of Chicago.

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“Considering the staggering complexity of his playing, Cecil Taylor can be surprisingly earthy in conversation. He ignored questions about his own work, or responded with sphinxlike counterinquiries—“Does jazz exist?” But Taylor grew animated as the stymied interview segued into a free-associative monologue, in which he pondered countless forebears and associates. He comes off as a jazz-centric Perez Hilton, lighting on heroes (from Nat King Cole to Mary Lou Williams, with whom he once duetted) and nemeses, including Miles Davis (whom he refers to as “the mean devil”), who allegedly once spit at Taylor’s feet; traditionalist critic Stanley Crouch (“Crunchypoo”); and even contemporary R&B star John Legend (“You can’t sing, dummy!”).”

“Mainstream it’s not — and that’s just how the organizers like it. A Razor, a Shiny Knife began as a regular post-boccie Sunday dinner with friends and grew as those friends told other friends. The meals became more ambitious and eventually, anyone who turned up was asked for money to cover the groceries. It became what is called an underground restaurant, but it, and others like it, often have less in common with restaurants than with other alternative culture, like indie rock.”