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The Reader’s guide to the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival

by John Corbett August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

This year’s lineup details a sprawling cross section of the genre, including world-changing explorers the Art Ensemble of Chicago, trad band the Fat Babies, venerable guitarist George Freeman, and restless experimenter Rob Mazurek.

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Trumpeter Russ Johnson dances along a fine line

by John Corbett August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Wisconsin trumpeter and composer Russ Johnson strikes a perfect balance between mainstream and vanguard.

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Saxophonist Dave Rempis builds a band with the stamina for deep dives

by John Corbett August 27, 2019August 18, 2021

The lively quartet Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis brings to the festival finds the meditative heart of free improvisation.

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Bassist Eric Revis works at the conflux of the mainstream and its far-out tributaries

by John Corbett August 27, 2018August 18, 2021

The quartet that bassist Eric Revis brings to Jazz Fest is packed with inside-outside explorers: pianist Kris Davis, reedist Ken Vandermark, and drummer Chad Taylor.

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Flutist Nicole Mitchell uses music to map a possible paradise

by John Corbett August 27, 2018August 18, 2021

Flutist Nicole Mitchell brings her Afrofuturist epic Mandorla Awakening back to Chicago for the Jazz Festival.

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South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo fans the spark of resistance into the flame of liberated jazz

by John Corbett August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Louis Moholo-Moholo, the last survivor of legendary South African group the Blue Notes, introduces his current band to Chicago.

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Chicago guitarist Tim Fitzgerald summons the joy and grace of Wes Montgomery

by John Corbett August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Tim Fitzgerald makes his Jazz Festival debut leading the seven-piece band Full House.

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Chicago Jazz Festival 2016: Thursday

by Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer and John Corbett August 31, 2016August 18, 2021

The lineup for September 1 includes Cameron Pfiffner’s Adolphe’s Ax; Mwata Bowden’s One Foot In, One Foot Out; and Orbert Davis’s Soul Migration.

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Chicago Jazz Festival 2016: Friday

by Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer and John Corbett August 31, 2016August 18, 2021

The September 2 roster features Tarbaby with Oliver Lake, the Benny Golson Quartet, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, and more.

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Chicago Jazz Festival 2016: Saturday

by Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer and John Corbett August 31, 2016August 18, 2021

Among the highlights on September 3 are the JD Allen Trio, the Anat Cohen Quartet, and the Bad Plus performing Ornette Coleman’s Science Fiction.

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Chicago Jazz Festival 2016: Sunday

by Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer and John Corbett August 31, 2016August 18, 2021

The bill on September 4 features the Charles Rumback Sextet, Erwin Helfer, Michael Zerang & the Blue Lights, the John Scofield/Joe Lovano Quartet, and much more.

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Your comprehensive guide to the 37th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer September 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Previews of every act in Millennium Park and beyond, including Fred Hersch in his overdue festival debut and AACM cofounder Muhal Richard Abrams leading a historic reunion of the Experimental Band

Terence Blanchard
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The Reader’s guide to the 36th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer August 26, 2014August 18, 2021

The lineup at the 36th annual Chicago Jazz Festival includes Dave Holland’s Prism, the Sun Ra Arkestra, and much more.

Larry Gray leads his trio in the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center on Thu 8/29.
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Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer August 27, 2013August 19, 2021

Jack DeJohnette and Wadada Leo Smith are just two of the highlights of the first two days of the 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival.

Fast Citizens play at the Von Freeman Pavilion.
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Sunday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer August 27, 2013August 19, 2021

Robert Glasper Quartet and others close out Jazz Fest’s final day.

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