It’s got to be hard to make a living as a blues pianist in Chicago nowadays. The legacy of those born or based in the Windy City is enough to intimidate the best-intentioned pianist: Jimmy Yancey, ...

Born in one of the blues' most essential cities, this Chicago native learned from some of the Windy City's best by playing piano and keyboards on tours by Mighty Joe Young and Lonnie Brooks. In the ...

Veteran Chicago-area blues keyboardist Ken Saydak is in concert June 29 at Lost Moth Gallery in Egg Harbor. Saydak has enjoyed a more than 40-year career as a musician, writer, vocalist and producer.