Bassist Rufus Reid has lit up the New York City jazz scene for nearly 50 years, working in all the major clubs, fronting more than a dozen albums and serving as a duet partner and sideman on scores more with such luminaries as Kenny Barron, Kenny Burrell, Art Farmer, J.J. Johnson, and Akira Tana. But as important as the Big Apple as has been to this ever-dependable jazz stalwart, none of his success there would have been possible without his early years in Chicago…