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The Big Chicago Jazz Festival: The Rundown

by balaspa on June 30th, 2008

The Chicago Jazz Festival will be here before you know it and you should start making plans now. The Jazz Festival has grown steadily for years and while it is still the smaller and younger brother of the Chicago Blues Festival, it is starting to gain in popularity. It is starting to attract some of the biggest talent and the number of stages involved has grown as well. It closes out the festival season around here in Chicago and if you are a fan of jazz music, or just want an introduction to the scene, this is the place to be.

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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