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In LEROY AND LUCY, Steppenwolf's sultry world premiere inspired by the myth of musician Robert Johnson, the Delta Blues fills the air, and every strum has the chance to change your life.

Come meet us at the Mississippi crossroads with tickets starting at $20 at www.steppenwolf.org

November 15, 2024 at 7pm

Visions of Afro-Futurism from the 1970s - Join Damon Locks and members of the Black Monument Ensemble for a discussion and performance exploring Afro-Futurism in the 1970s through a genre-bending fusion of jazz and funk.

GET TICKETS TODAY - Tickets: $15
https://musicsofamerica.org/chicagojazz/

JAZZ AT THE LOGAN - Melanie Charles - October 18, 2024 | 7:30PM - Logan Center Performance Hall

GET TICKETS HERE: https://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/concerts-and-events/melanie-charles

There are few artists whose sound can capture the sentiments of a generation quite like Melanie Charles. With her dynamic engagements with jazz, soul, and R&B, her bold, eclectic, and genre-bending style has been embraced by artists like Wynton Marsalis, SZA, Mach-Hommy, Gorillaz, and The Roots. Through it all, she has remained committed to making music that pushes listeners to consider new possibilities—both sonically and politically.

Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Aaron Parks, Larry Grenadier & Eric Harland Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci & Brian Blade with special guest Mark Turner - Oct 25, 8:00 PM

Experience an evening highlighting two of jazz’s pioneering saxophonists and composers on October 25. Bringing his lifetime of genre blending and experimentation to the stage, Charles Lloyd’s performances “perfectly represent the idea that the best jazz needs to be experienced live” (The New York Times).
Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade, the three remaining members of Wayne Shorter’s legendary quartet, are joined by special guest Mark Turner to honor Shorter’s pivotal contributions to jazz through their interpretations of his compositions. Don’t miss this one-night-only event.

Visit cso.org/jazz for details.

Big Congratulations to and Lurrie Bell on having the #1 Billboard Charting album which is also up for Grammy Consideration “Best Traditional Blues” catch them on tour. www.Catalanomusic.com

Don't miss the The Hot Sardines at Old Town School of Folk Music Monday October 7th at 8pm!

GET TICKETS: https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2024/10-07-2024-the-hot-sardines

In the last two years, the Hot Sardines have been featured at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival, have sold out NYC venues from Joe's Pub to Bowery Ballroom and more than 150 tour dates from Chicago to London, and have released two albums on Universal Music Classics to critical raves and a No. 1 slot on the iTunes Jazz chart in the U.S. and internationally.

In the hot jazz movement, The Hot Sardines stand apart for the innovation, verve and sheer joy they bring to music, both new and old.

CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024 - sponsored by Chicago Jazz Magazine.
JAZZ FEST PREVIEW - FRIDAY AUG 31st

12:40-1:35pm - Leslie Beukelman & Jeremy Kahn's "Tonight (At Noon)"

Charles Mingus and Leonard Bernstein: Not one of the first artistic pairings that comes to mind. But as they demonstrate on their intriguing 2022 album, “Tonight (At Noon),” the creative team of singer Leslie Beukelman and pianist Jeremy Kahn makes a case for the ties between classically attuned jazz giant Mingus and jazz-loving classical idol Bernstein. Among the tunes they’ll draw from are Mingus classics “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” and “Weird Nightmare” and Bernstein’s early composition “Big Stuff,” written for Billie Holiday, plus tunes from “West Side Story.’ Joining in the fun will be bassist Larry Kohut and drummer Jon Deitemyer.

Full Schedule at www.chicagojazz.com

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CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024 - sponsored by Chicago Jazz Magazine.

JAZZ FEST PREVIEW - FRIDAY AUG 30th

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
5:25pm-6:10pm - Billy Harper Quintet

It's a momentous time for Billy Harper. Last year, the tenor great celebrated his 80th birthday. And earlier this year, he marked the 50th anniversary of both his quintet and his influential debut album, "Capra Black," "a seminal recording of jazz’s black consciousness movement" (AllMusic). A native Texan, Harper has drawn meaningfully from his early experiences in the church and the spiritual expression of John Coltrane. It's like "he's praying on the bandstand," drummer Billy Hart said. He has played with such legends as Art Blakey, Max Roach, Lee Morgan, Gil Evans and Randy Weston. Tonight, he'll play his original compositions – an area in which he has never gotten his due – in the distinguished company of trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, pianist Francesca Tanksley, bassist Dezron Douglas and drummer Aaron Scott.

READ THE FULL Program/Schedule - https://bit.ly/2024-jazz-fest-program

CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024
JAZZ FEST PREVIEW - THURS AUG 29th - Chicago Cultural Center presented by DCASE and the Jazz Institute of Chicago

Preston Bradly Hall
6PM-6:45pm - Jason Adasiewicz

Hands down the most powerfully original vibraphonist on the improvised music beat, Chicago's Jason Adasiewicz has separated himself from the pack with his hard-hitting yet lyrical approach, which opens up whole new routes of improvisation with its sustaining sounds and textures. Known for his Sun Rooms trio and collaborations with the late German saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, Adasiewicz will perform solo tonight in tribute to AACM great Roscoe Mitchell. He honors that great artist on his recent album, "Roscoe Village: The Music of Roscoe Mitchell," which includes tunes Mitchell wrote for the Art Ensemble of Chicago. It will be great to hear Adasiewicz in the capacious setting of Preston Bradley Hall.

Artists & Schedules - READ HERE: https://bit.ly/2024-jazz-fest-program

CHICAGOJAZZ.COM is a proud sponsor of the festival.

CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024
JAZZ FEST PREVIEW - THURS AUG 29th - Chicago Cultural Center

2pm-3pm - The New Deal presented by llliana Club of Traditional Jazz

A mainstay at the Little Gem Cafe in Oak Park, the New Deal specializes in Gypsy Jazz, also known as Jazz Manouche. They'll perform songs by legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt and related material. It's music that requires blazing speed and clockwork timing – challenges that guitarists Kevin Rush and Steve Kelly, clarinetist Teri Foster and bassist Ed Sullivan are more than up to.

Artists & Schedules - READ HERE: https://bit.ly/2024-jazz-fest-program

Chicago native Howard Reich is an acclaimed journalist, serving 30 years as the Chicago Tribune's Jazz Editor. Howard interviewed Ella Fitzgerald on several occasions and featured her for his book, Portraits in Jazz. Howard will join Orbert Davis for an intimate look into the life of Ella, her career, and her impact, not only in the jazz scene but the cultural landscape of America. You do not want to miss this special conversation on August 17 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.

Howard Reich In Conversation with Orbert Davis, The Life of Ella Chicago native Howard Reich is an acclaimed journalist, serving 30 years as the Chicago Tribune's Jazz Editor. Howard’s stories took him to London, Paris, Warsaw, Vienna, Moscow, Munich, Prague, Havana, Panama and many other stunning locales. Howard received many accolades over his career includin...

ONE OF OUR TOP 4 PICKS OF THE WEEK!

JEAN-MICHEL PILC TRIO - Friday and Saturday (August 2nd & 3rd) at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge!

"Mr Pilc seems to have dropped from the sky fully formed, with technique & his ideas in place. He is a physical & densely harmonic player, a splashy stunner who also has a Rubik’s-cube mind for chord substitutions." - Ben Ratliff, New York Times

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The 25th Anniversary Englewood Jazz Festival September 19-21, 2024. All the featured artists at the 25th-anniversary festival have longstanding relationships with Live the Spirit Residency. Corey J Wilkes, Greg Ward, Nicole Mitchell, and Junius Paul have all previously performed in the Live the Spirit Big Band, while
Jeremiah Collier performed with the Young Masters. The 25th Anniversary festival lineup is an opportunity to now showcase these musicians as leaders of their own ensembles.

Other performers include Jahari Stampley, The Young Masters Under the direction of Ernest Khabeer Dawkins. Get more information below!

The 25th Anniversary Englewood Jazz Festival September 19-21, 2024 All the featured artists at the 25th-anniversary festival have longstanding relationships with Live the Spirit Residency. Corey Wilkes, Greg Ward, Nicole Mitchell, and Junius Paul have all previously performed in the Live the Spirit Big Band, while Jeremiah Collier performed with the Young Masters.....

Chicago Jazz Magazine/ChicagoJazz.com is a proud sponsor of the 2024 fest happening August 17, 2024 at Celebration Place in Kenosha, WI. Don't miss special Headliner Jonathan Butler plus performances by the Demetria Taylor Band, Christopher's Project and Ben Woods and Friends. Get all the details https://www.mahonefund.org/hpj/