a black-and-white headshot of Mars Williams with his trademark sunglasses, bleached hair, and narrow soul-patch-style beard

Chicago saxophonist Mars Williams has been a key part of the international avant-garde jazz community for decades, but he’s arguably even better known as a pop musician—he played with cheeky new-wave band the Waitresses in the early 80s, and he’s recorded and toured with the Psychedelic Furs on and off since 1983. His jazz gigs […]

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