THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS YEARS FESTIVAL IS AS FOLLOWS:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30
Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph
Randolph Café
12:00 – 1:00 Chris Madsen Bix Quartet
1:30 – 2:30 Hyde Park Jazz Society Presents “A Tribute to Jodie Christian” featuring Ken Chaney
Claudia Cassidy Theater
12:15 – 1:15 Damon Short Quintet
1:45 – 2:45 Japonesque with special guest Dee Alexander
Preston Bradley Hall
12:30 – 1:30 Stu Katz / Willie Pickens Duo
2:00 – 3:00 Jim Gailloreto’s String Quintet
THE JAY PRITZKER PAVILION IN MILLENNIUM PARK:
The final performance of the Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz series, Exquisitely For Ella: A Songbook Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra. Chicago vocalists Dee Alexander,Frieda Lee and Spider Saloff celebrate Ella’s 95th Birthday with original arrangements of music by Gershwin, Kern, Ellington, Arlen, Mercer, Berlin, Porter, and Jobim from the legendary Songbook recordings Ella made in the 1950s.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
GANZ HALL, ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY
5:00 Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee
THE JAY PRITZKER PAVILION IN MILLENNIUM PARK:
6:30 – 7:30 CALJE (Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble)
8-930PM Roy Haynes with his Fountain of Youth band featuring Jaleel Shaw (Saxophone), David Wong(Bassist) and Martin Bejerano (Piano).
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 IN GRANT PARK
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12:00 – 12:55 Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan
1:10 – 2:05 Jason Stein Quartet
2:20 – 3:20 Frank D’Rone
3:30 – 4:30 Ambrose Akinmusire
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
12:00 – 12:30 Lakeview High School Jazz Combo
12:45 – 1:15 Saucedo Scholastic Academy Latin Big Band
1:30 – 2:10 Curie Metro Jazz Ensemble
2:25 – 3:05 Evanston Township High School Jazz Ensemble
3:20 – 4:00 Pritzker College Prep Jazz Ensemble
4:15 – 5:00 NIU Jazz Ensemble
Jazz and Heritage Stage
12:30 – 1:30 Caroline Davis Quartet
2:00 – 3:00 Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love
3:30 – 4:30 Marlene Rosenberg Quartet
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 – 5:50 Billy Hart
6:00 – 6:55 Ken Vandermark’s Resonance Ensemble
7:10 – 8:10 Jerry Gonzalez Y El Commando De La Clave
8:30 – 9:30 Dianne Reeves
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 IN GRANT PARK
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12:00 – 12:55 The Milton Suggs Philosophy
1:10 – 2:05 Jeremy Kahn Sextet
2:20 – 3:15 Ken Vandermark’s Made to Break Quartet
3:30 – 4:30 Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts
The Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
12:00 – 12:35 Chi Arts Jazz Combo
12:50 – 1:25 Kenwood Academy Jazz Combo
1:40 – 2:25 Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble
2:40 – 3:25 Downers Grove South Jazz Ensemble
3:40 – 4:25 Lincoln Park Jazz Ensemble
Jazz and Heritage Stage
12:30 – 1:30 Edwin Sanchez Project
2:00 – 3:00 Jeff Newell’s New-Trad Octet
3:30 – 4:30 Tito Carrillo
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 – 5:50 Sarah Marie Young Quartet
6:00 – 6:55 Pierre Dørge and New Jungle Orchestra
7:10 – 8:10 Steve Coleman and Five Elements
8:30 – 9:30 Allen Toussaint’s “The Bright Mississippi” featuring Marc Ribot and Don Byron
The Chicago Jazz Festival announces saxophonist and composer Ken Vandermark as its Artist in Residence for this year’s festival. The Chicago Jazz Festival exclusively names Chicago artists for its Artist in Residence program, now in its tenth year, commissioning large-scale compositions and presenting multiple performance opportunities over the course of the four day festival. A Chicago-based recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, Vandermark has focused on expanding the possibilities of improvised and composed music for most of the last three decades.
Friday August 31 at 5:00 p.m. at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave., with a duet with fellow saxophonist Joe McPhee.
Saturday September 1 at 2:00 p.m on the Jazz and Heritage Stage in Grant Park with Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love
Saturday September 1 at 6:00 p.m at the Petrillo Bandshell with Vandermark’s Resonance Ensemble.
The ensemble created for this performance includes Magnus Broo (trumpet), Steve Swell (trombone), Per-Ake Homlander (Tuba), Waclaw Zimpel (clarinet), Mikolaj Trzaska (reeds), Dave Rempis (Sax), Mark Tokar(bass), Devin Hoff (bass), Tim Daisy (Drums) and Michael Zerang (drums).
Sunday September 2 at 2:00 p.m. on the Jazz on Jackson Stage ion Grant Park with Vandermark’sMade to Break Quartet. The Ensamble includes Tim Daisy, Devin Hoff, and Argentina’s Christof Kurzmann on reeds.
July 13 Inspiracion Latina with Paoli Mejias in Humboldt Park
July 21 at 1PM Carter Woodson Library (9525 S. Halsted) with Geof Bradfield’s Melba Liston Project
July 28 at 6PM Magic Carpet at the Garfield Park Conservatory
August 17 at 6PM Bethany Pickens band at the National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W. 19th)
July 29 – Henry Johnson Quartet;
August 5 – Havana: A tribute to Richie Pillot;
August 15 – Dennis Luxion / Michael Raynor Quartet;
August 19 - Neal Alger’s Blue Note Quartet
August 26 – Josh Berman and His Gang.
This Festival is scheduled and present by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
For more information, see the Jazz Institute webpage.
