The Secret History of Chicago Music turns 20 in 2025, specifically in May. This impending anniversary, combined with the turn of the year and the reflection it traditionally provokes, has got me looking backward too—and for this week I’ve chosen one of the oldest Secret History subjects yet. Jimmy Bertrand, described as “the leading black […] The post Drummer Jimmy Bertrand helped power Chicago’s Black nightlife in the 1920s appeared first on Chicago Reader.