The Chicago Jazz Festival official gets under way next Thursday (keep your eyes peeled for our festival guide in next week's paper), but a slate of activities beginning next Monday has extended the event to a weeklong celebration. On Monday the Bernard Tavernier film 'Round Midnight (for which tenor saxophone legend Dexter Gordon earned an Oscar nomination for best actor) will screen at the Chicago Cultural Center at 6 PM as part of a program dubbed "Dexter @ 90," which will also feature remarks by Gordon's widow, Maxine.…
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