CHICAGO (CBS) -- It may seem like an easy question: What is the Midwest? CBS 2's Jim Williams reports a new exhibit in Chicago shows the answers are complex. Graphic artist Shelley Howard is a ...

Does the Midwest matter as more than just a talent farm for the coasts? Do young people have to leave to make it big? Can greatness take root here? And if it takes root, can it grow?

And that’s exactly what it received, with Vandermark and the Midwest School performing his bristling arrangements, each of which afforded soloists considerable room for far-reaching improvisation.