So, continuing my breakdown of who is playing and at what stage, let’s take a look at the Jazz on Jackson Stage today.

Jazz on Jackson Stage

Friday through Sunday don’t miss the New Orleans All Star Brass Band performing at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Jackson Blvd. between Columbus and Lake Shore Drive

Friday, August 29, 2008
12:00-12:55 – Isotope 217
1:10-2:05 – Jazz Guitar Summit featuring Curtis Robinson, John Moulder, Jeff Parker, Buddy Fambro, Ernie Adams and Josh Abrams
2:20-3:15 – Alison Ruble Sextet
3:30-4:30 – “Jazz has the Blues” featuring George Freeman and Billy Branch, Ari Brown and Corey Wilkes

Saturday, August 30, 2008
12:00-12:55 – Jo Ann Daugherty Quartet
1:10-2:10 – Chicago Bass Masters featuring Larry Gray, Harrison Bankhead, Ari Brown, Avreeayl Ra, Art Hoyle and Edward Wilkerson
2:20-3:15 – John Wright Quartet
3:30-4:30 – Kenny Burrell with Larry Gray, Willie Pickens and Joel Spencer

Sunday, August 31, 2008
12:00-12:55 – Frank D’Rone Quartet
1:10-2:10 – “Chicago Keys” with – Bob Dogan and Jim Trompeter
2:20-3:15 – Josh Berman and His Gang
3:30-4:30 – Sean Jones Quintet

I will be getting you information this week about the new jazz albums and reissues, but the website I use for that was down and I wasn’t able to get to that. At the same time, come back here later this week as we break down all of the stages you will find at the Chicago Jazz Festival. There’s a lot more to go.

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So, this week, I am going to take a look at the performers and performances at the various stages during the Chicago Jazz Festival which starts the evening of August 28 and continues through Sunday August 31. It all happens right downtown, at the same place that the Blues Festival took place and I do hope to attend at least one day and report live like I did for the Blues Festival.

The Jay Pritzker Pavillion – Millenium Park

Thursday, August 28, 2008
Millennium Park – Pritzker Pavilion
6:30p.m. – Sonny Rollins

Petrillo Music Shell – Grant Park

Friday, August 29, 2008
5:00-5:50 – T.S. Galloway’s Tribute to Capt. Walter Dyett featuring Julian Priester, Mwata Bowden, and Edwin Daugherty
6:00-6:55 – AACM Tribute featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Michael Logan and Thurman Barker
7:10-8:10 – Dee Dee Bridgewater Tribute to Betty Carter with Mulgrew Miller, Ira Coleman and Kenny Washington
8:30-9:30 – Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band

Saturday, August 30, 2008
4:30-4:45 – Remembering Franz Jackson: Eric Schneider, Art Hoyle, Tom Hope, Dan Delorenzo and Robert Cousins
5:00-5:50 – Pharez Whitted Sextet
6:00-6:55 – Vijay Iyer Quintet
7:10-8:10 – Dave Douglas’ Brass Ecstasy
8:30-9:30 – Gerald Wilson Orchestra w/ Special Guest Kenny Burrell

Sunday, August 31, 2008
5:00-5:50 – Ron Dewar Quintet
6:00-6:55 – From the Netherlands: Instant Composers Pool
7:10-8:10 – 8 Bold Souls with Special Guest Dee Alexander
8:30-9:30 – Ornette Coleman

There are many more venues and a lot more performances. I will bring those to you the rest of this week, but you can also check out the link above for yourself. Make your plans now!

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It is known as the “Al Sears Jazz Festival.” It is September 12 – 14, 2008.

SCHEDULE

Friday, September 12, 2008

Bureau of Cultural Affairs (BCA) Concert: COFAC
*The Freddy Cole Quartet – Nat King Cole’s brother and “the most maturely expressive male singer of his generation, if not the best alive.” – The New York Times (2007)

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Al Sears Jazz Festival w/ Gazebo Art Festival: Chandler park

Jean Kittrell and the St. Louis Rivermen (one of the top traditional Dixieland bands in the country) – 2 sets. Sponsored by Tate and Sharon Lindahl.
Diane Deline Quartet, featuring Greg Pasenko (Chcago-based jazz violinist, w/ guitarist/vocalist) – 2 sets. IAC grant applied for (30-40% coverage).
Craig Russo’s Latin Jazz Project (back by popular demand, w/ new CD getting nat’l airplay) – 2 sets.
Dave Hoffman Quintet (trumpet player for Ray Charles for 13 years!) – 2 sets. Possible guest vocalist
Kimberly Wilson, featuring Frank Parker (WIU alum/vocalist, w/ Chicago-area drummer who’s also a WIU alum). Both toured Europe w/ JSO under dale Hopper and appear on the “Live in Europe” CD.
Jazz Studio Orchestra, w/ Special Guest Artist.
Hopper Jazztet.
Guitar Ensemble.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Jazz/Gospel Brunch: The Old Dairy
*Jean Kittrell and the St. Louis Rivermen, playing 2 sets of gospel/jazz. Special New Orleans menu prepared exclusively for this engagement! Market heavily, including through churches!

And who the heck is Al Sears? Besides just being some guy they named the festival after, he was an important man in jazz and he was from Macomb. From the website:

“Born in 1910 in Macomb, Illinois, Al Sears became a remarkable tenor saxophonist. Mostly self-taught, he began performing professionally with the jazz band led by Chick Webb at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem when he was only 18.

Sears is best remembered for his superb recorded solos while in the Duke Ellington Band in the 1940s. His credits also include work with important artists such as Lionel Hampton and Johnny Hodges. He is also noteworthy for the influence he had after he moved into the rhythm and blues genre in the early 1950s. Indeed, his exuberant performances contributed to the emergence of
rock and roll.

Although his recording career ended in 1960, Sears occasionally performed well into the 1980s. Later in life he was a music publisher and a successful executive with ABC Paramount. He died in 1990.

Macomb and the Al Sears Jazz Festival committee are pleased to honor Sears’ contributions to the American Jazz tradition.”

So, check out Macomb come this September. It’s a great way to end the summer and kick off fall. Just be careful of stepping over the passed out partying college kids while you’re there.

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For information that you find below you should check ou the website HERE run by the Jazz Institute of Chicago. Thanks to that website I have the information below of which artists are playing at which stage and when.

30th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival – August 28 – 31, 2008

Thursday, August 28:

Millennium Park – Pritzker Pavilion
6:30 p.m. Sonny Rollins

Friday, August 29th:

Jazz on Jackson
12:00-12:55 Isotope 217
1:10-2:05 Jazz Guitar Summit featuring Curtis Robinson, John Moulder, Jeff Parker, Buddy Fambro, Ernie Adams and Josh Abrams
2:20-3:15 Alison Ruble Quartet
3:30-4:30 “Jazz has the Blues” featuring George Freeman and Billy Branch, Ari Brown and Corey Wilkes

Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 Kenwood Academy Jazz Band – High School Big Band Composer Residency with Nicole Mitchell
2:00-3:00 Vijay Iyer: Composer Talk
3:30-4:30 “Jimmy’s Jam Session” featuring Curtis Black Quartet plus Ahmad Salaheldeen, Edward House and Zaid Krisberg

Petrillo
5:00-5:50 T.S. Galloway’s Tribute to Capt. Walter Dyett featuring Julian Priester, Ari Brown, Mwata Bowden, Ken Chaney, and Edwin Daugherty
6:00-6:55 AACM Tribute featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Michael Logan and Thurman Barker
7:10-8:10 Dee Dee Bridgewater Tribute to Betty Carter with Mulgrew Miller, Ira Coleman and Kenny Washington
8:30-9:30 Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band

Saturday, August 30

Jazz on Jackson
12:00-12:55 Jo Ann Daugherty Quartet
1:10-2:10 Chicago Bass Masters featuring Larry Gray, Harrison Bankhead, Ari Brown, Avreeayl Ra, Art Hoyle and Edward Wilkerson
2:20–3:15 John Wright Quartet
3:30-4:30 Kenny Burrell with Larry Gray, Willie Pickens and Joel Spencer

Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 James Sanders’ Conjunto
2:00-3:00 “Percussion Discussion” with Thurman Barker
3:30-4:30 “History of Jazz” with Ron Perillo

Petrillo
4:30-4:45 Remembering Franz Jackson: Eric Schneider, Art Hoyle, Tom Hope, Dan Delorenzo and Robert Cousins
5:00-5:50 Pharez Whitted Sextet
6:00-6:55 Vijay Iyer Quintet (commissioned piece debut)
7:10-8:10 Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy (commissioned piece debut)
8:30-9:30 Gerald Wilson Orchestra w/ Special Guest Kenny Burrell (commissioned piece debut)

Sunday, August 31

Jazz on Jackson
12:00-12:55 Frank D’Rone Quartet
1:10-2:10 “Chicago Keys” with – Bob Dogan and Jim Trompeter
2:20-3:15 Josh Berman Septet
3:30-4:30 Sean Jones Sextet

Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 Walter Dyett: Remembering a Jazz Warrior
2:00-3:00 “Art of the Solo” featuring Julian Priester
3:30-4:30 Karl Montzka Quartet

Petrillo
5:00-5:50 Ron Dewar Quintet
6:00-6:55 From the Netherlands: Instant Composers Pool
7:10-8:10 Eight Bold Souls with Special Appearance by Dee Alexander
8:30-9:30 Ornette Coleman

*Friday through Sunday, don’t miss the New Orleans All-Star Brass Band performing at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Jackson Boulevard between Columbus and Lake Shore Drive.

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JAZZ

April 10, 2008
WDCB Jazz Thursdays: Chris Bernhardt Duo
Adelle’s, Wheaton

April 10, 2008
Vocalist Petra van Nuis and Guitarist Andy Brown
Angelina Ristorante, Chicago

April 10, 2008
Mike Frost Project
Andy’s, Chicago

April 10, 2008
Alan Gresik’s Swing Shift Orchestra
Green Mill, Chicago

April 10, 2008
Chambers Jazz Jam
Chambers, Niles

April 10, 2008
Judy Roberts with Greg Fishman
Drake Hotel – Coq d’Or, Chicago

April 10, 2008
Guy King Trio
Andy’s, Chicago

April 10, 2008
Brookfield Jazz Society Presents: Chris Greene Quartet
Cottage @ Irish Times, Brookfield

April 11, 2008
A Night of Latin Music
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, Oak Park, IL

April 11, 2008
Sidemen Big Band Jazz
Bill’s Blues Bar, Evanston

April 11, 2008
Green Mill Quartet Jam Session
Green Mill, Chicago

April 11, 2008
Bruce Oscar/Nick Schneider Duo
Wildwood Steakhouse and Lounge, Geneva

April 11, 2008
Happy Hour with Chris Foreman on Hammond B-3 Organ and vocals
Green Mill, Chicago

April 11, 2008
Karrin Allyson
Green Mill, Chicago

April 11, 2008
George McRae Trio
Pops for Champagne, Chicago

April 11, 2008
Judy Roberts with Greg Fishman
Drake Hotel – Coq d’Or, Chicago

April 11, 2008
BMR-4
Andy’s, Chicago

April 11, 2008
Brazilian Jazz – Trio Mare
Swirl Wine Bar, Chicago

April 11, 2008
Oscar Pettiford Tribute
Andy’s, Chicago

April 11, 2008
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with Irvin Mayfield
Symphony Center, Chicago

BLUES

April 10, 2008
Sam Baker & Gurf Morlix
Bill’s Blues Bar, Evanston

April 10, 2008
Johnny A. with special guest Eric Noden
FitzGerald’s, Berwyn

April 11, 2008
Louis Zagoras Band
Bill’s Blues Bar, Evanston

April 11, 2008
Mike Dangeroux
Green Dolphin Street, Chicago

April 12, 2008
Elements of Time
Green Dolphin Street, Chicago

A FESTIVAL TOO

ECC Jazz Fest 

General Event Information 
Event Category:  WDCB Sponsored Events 
Price:  $12 adults / $11 students & seniors 
* contact the Venue listed below for ticketing information 
Dates and Times:  Monday, April 14; 7:30 p.m. 
Artist/Group:  ECC Jazz Ensembles 
Description 
The ECC Jazz Ensembles close another great JazzFest with an evening performance that you wont want to miss. Our jazz ensembles, lead by Mark Bettcher, will culminate the festivities with an exciting program featuring another internationally acclaimed guest. 
  
Venue Information 
Venue:  Elgin Community College – VPAC 
Address:  Visual & Performing Arts Center 
Address 2:  1700 Spartan Drive 
City:  Elgin 
State:  IL 
Zip Code:  60123 
Country:  United States 
Telephone:  (847) 622-0300 

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So, if you can’t make it this weekend, maybe you can make it to one of the older and more storied neighborhoods in the city, Hyde Park.  Granted, it’s just one day rather than three, but it’s 15 hours worth of jazz.  Of course, it is the “Hyde Park Jazz Festival” on September 29.   You can check out the website for this one.  However, I must say, this jazz festival has a better-arranged website than the big Chicago Jazz Festival.  Some festival people should take notice.

Here are some details and they come from that website above:

Morning
Young Musician Workshop with Orbert Davis

11:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. at the DuSable Museum
Orbert Davis Concert

Noon—1:00 p.m. at the DuSable Museum
with Ryan Cohan – piano, Stewart Miller – bass, Ari Brown – sax, and Ernie Adams – drums

Afternoon
Percussion with Charles “Rick” Heath, Tap Dancer Jumaane Taylor
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m. at Midway Stage 1
with Ryan Cohn – piano, Marlene Rosenberg – bass, and Greg Ward – sax

Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago

2:00 p.m.—2:30 p.m. at the Oriental Institute
Dee Alexander

2:30 p.m.—3:30 p.m. at the Quadrangle Club
with Tomeka Reid – cello, Ernie Adams – drums, James Sanders – violin, and Rashida Black – harp

Reginald T. McCants

3:00 p.m.—4: 00 p.m. at the Smart Museum
with Wally Hustin – bass and Malcom Banks – drums

Bill McFarland and the Chicago Horns

3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. at Midway Stage 2
with Kurt Schweitz – bass, Charles Heath – drums, Kirk Brown – piano, Kenny Anderson – trumpet, and Hank Ford – sax

Travis Jackson Workshop

3:30 p.m.—4:00 p.m. at the Quadrangle Club
Mwata Bowden & the Jazz X-tet featuring Saalik Ziyad

4:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m. at the Quadrangle Club
Tony “Toca” Carpenter with Ari Brown & Robert Irving, III

4:00 p.m.—5:30 p.m. at Midway Stage 1
with Frank Russell – bass, Herb Walker – guitar, Malcom Banks – drums, Ari Brown – sax, Robert Irving – piano, Kevin Strong – Djembe, and Olu Shakoor – jun jun

Two for Brazil
4:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m. at the Robie House
with Greg Fishman- sax/flute and Paulinho Garcia-vocal/guitar

Evening
Fundraising Reception with Judy Roberts
6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. in the Kenwood Neighborhood.
Tickets for four guests are $500.00. Please call (773) 551-5333 for more information.
with Greg Fishman – sax
Chicago Sax In The City

6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m. at the Midway Stage 2
with Ray Silkman – sax, Skinny Williams – sax, Audley Reid – sax, James Perkins – sax, Roger Weaver – piano, Ben Johnson – drums, Alan Burroughs – guitar, Will Howard – bass

Jazz Fête with Emcee Richard Steele

8:00 p.m.—11:45 p.m. at the Hyde Park Art Center

Jimmy Ellis, 8 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
with Miguel de la Cerna – piano and Jimmy Willis – bass

Maggie Brown, 9 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
with Miguel de la Cerna – piano, Frank Parker – drums, Mike Sterling – bass, and Duane Jones – guitar

Willie Pickens, 10 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.
with Rob Amster – bass and Robert Shy – drums

Corey Wilkes, 11 p.m. – 11:45 p.m.
with Robert Irving – piano, Junius Paul – bass, and Ernie Adams – drums

Late Night
Late Night Jam Session: Derek Henderson
Midnight—2 a.m. at the Checkerboard Lounge
with Derek Henderson – drums, Will Howard – bass, Johnny Talmidge-piano, Audley Reid – sax, and Robert Burkes – guitar

THE LOCATIONS

DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Place

Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street

Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 57th Street

Smart Museum, 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue

Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Midway Plaisance Park (3 stages)

Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Avenue

Checkerboard Lounge, 5201 S. Harper Avenue

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