Produced by the Mayor's Office of Special Events and
Programmed by the Jazz Institute of Chicago
Thursday, September 2
Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Jazz Presenters / Partnership
12:00 - 12:50 Umbrella Music: Bridging Improvised Music and Dance
1:05 - 1:55 Jodie Christian Quintet
2:10 - 3:00 The MIYUMI Project Big Band: "Trans-Rooted" featuring JASC Tsukasa Taiko
3:15 - 4:00 Jim Wagner's All Stars featuring Willie Pickens, Ari Brown, Jimmy Ellis, Robert Shy, Frank Russell, Corey Wilkes and Maggie Brown
Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall 430 S. Michigan Ave. 7th Floor
5:00-6:30 2010 Artist in Residence flutist Nicole Mitchell and pianist Anthony Davis
Co-sponsored by Roosevelt University
Friday, September
Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph
Randolph Café
12:00 - 1:00 Hector Silveira Septet
1:30 - 2:30 The Grilly Brothers Sextet
Claudia Cassidy Theater
12:15 - 1:15 James Dapogny: "Art of the Solo"
1:45 - 2:45 AACM Experimental Ensemble
Preston Bradley Hall
12:30 - 1:30 Tomeka Reid's Hear In Now Trio
2:00 - 3:00 Jim Cooper's Mallet Madness featuring Kathy Kelly
Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
4:00 - 4:50 Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble and
Noteworthy: CPS Jazz Band Teachers
5:00 - 5:50 James Dapogny
6:00 - 6:55 Mike LeDonne Trio with special guest Eric Alexander
7:10 - 8:10 Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Orchestra
8:30 - 9:30 Ramsey Lewis 75th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, September 4
Grant Park
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12:00 - 12:55 Douglas Ewart Nyahbingi Drum Choir
1:10 - 2:05 Paul Giallorenzo's GitGo
2:20 - 3:15 Maggie Brown: "A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln"
3:30 - 4:30 Dana Hall Quintet with special gust Nicholas Payton
Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
12:00 - 12:30 Chi-Arts Jazz Combo
12:45 - 1:15 Jazz Ambassadors Combo
1:30 - 2:10 Kenwood Academy Jazz Ensemble
2:25 - 3:05 Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School Jazz Ensemble
3:20 - 3:50 Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble
4:05 - 4:50 Roosevelt University Special Septet
Jazz and Heritage Stage
12:30 - 1:30 West End Jazz Band
2:00 - 3:00 Cameron Pfiffner's Marco Polo
3:30 - 4:30 Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections
Presented by Close Up 2 and 87.7FM…
6:00 - 7:15 Corey Wilkes
7:45 - 9:00 Steve Cole
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 - 5:50 Chuchito Valdez Afro-Cuban Ensemble
6:00 - 6:55 Rene Marie "High Maintenance" Quartet
7:10 - 8:10 Charisma: "A Lee Morgan Tribute"
8:30 - 9:30 The Either/Orchestra with special guest Teshome Mitiku
Sunday, September 5
Grant Park
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12:00 - 12:55 Paulinho Garcia Quintet
1:10 - 2:05 Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
2:20 - 3:15 Brad Goode Quartet
3:30 - 4:30 Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band
Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
12:00 - 12:30 Northside College Prep Jazz Combo
12:45 - 1:15 Whitney Young Magnet High School Jazz Combo
1:30 - 2:10 Lakeview High School Jazz Ensemble
2:25 - 3:05 John Hersey High School Jazz Ensemble
3:30 - 4:05 University of Chicago Jazz X-Tet
Jazz and Heritage Stage
12:30 - 1:30 Bethany Pickens Trio
2:00 - 3:00 NOMO
3:30 - 4:30 Saalik Ziyad's 5 After 7 Project
Presented by Close Up 2 and 87.7 FM...
6:00 - 7:15 Harlan Jefferson
7:45 - 9:00 Nick Colionne
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 - 6:00 Brad Mehldau Trio
6:15 - 7:05 Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls
7:20 - 8:15 Henry Threadgill's Zooid
8:30 - 9:30 Kurt Elling Quintet with special guest Ernie Watts
