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Music, Music Feature Aug 30, 2017
The complete schedule for the 39th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

Every set from Thursday morning till Sunday night, at the Cultural Center and in Millennium Park
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, schedule, lineup, 39th annual, 2017, Millennium Park, Cultural Center, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Jazz and Heritage Pavilion, Von Freeman Pavilion, NextGenJazz, Young Jazz Lions

Music, Music Feature Aug 31, 2016
The Reader’s comprehensive guide to the 2016 Chicago Jazz Festival

This year’s lineup captures the music’s proliferating diversity, with the Bad Plus, Anat Cohen, Erwin Helfer, Tarbaby, JD Allen, the Liberation Music Orchestra, and much more.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, Millennium Park, Cultural Center, Von Freeman Pavilion, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Jazz and Heritage Pavilion, Young Jazz Lions Stage, Orbert Davis, Soul Migration, Great Migration, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra, Bad Plus, Ornette Coleman, Science Fiction, Candido Camero, Charles Rumback, Erwin Helfer, George Fludas, Barry Altschul, 3Dom Factor, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Michael Zerang, Blue Lights, Anat Cohen, Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Cameron Pfiffner, Adolphe’s Ax, Brian Carpenter, Ghost Train Orchestra, Greg Rockingham, JD Allen, Nate Lepine, Tarbaby, Oliver Lake, Benny Golson

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
The Reader's guide to the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

The fest moves to Millennium Park with its best lineup in five years—including Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Atomic, Robert Glasper, Jimmy Heath, Satoko Fujii, and lots of Hamid Drake.
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival 2013, 35th Annual Chicago Jazz Fest, Grant Park, Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Pritzker Pavilion, Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz, Hamid Drake, Roosevelt University, Jack DeJohnette, AACM, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, William Parker, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Bindu, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers, Jason Moran, Fats Waller Dance Party, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak, Gregory Porter, Donald Harrison, Ganz Hall, Von Freeman Pavilion, Young Jazz Lions Pavilion, Harris Theater

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, 35th annual Chicago Jazz Fest, T.S. Galloway, Dudley Owens, Irvin Pierce, Rajiv Halim Orozco, Mwata Bowden, Corey Wilkes, Larry Bowen, Pharez Whitted, Audrey Morrison, Norman Palm, Willie Woods, Larry Gray, Robert Irving III, Geof Bradfield, 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, Melba!, Ryan Cohan, Joel Adams, Mike Allemana, Clark Sommers, George Fludas, Wadada Leo Smith's Ten Freedom Summers, Golden Quartet, Pacifica Red Coral, Jesse Gilbert, Anthony Davis, John Lindberg, Pheeroan Aklaff, Randolph Cafe, Alison Bjorkedal, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Chicago Cultural Center, Corylus, Mankwe Ndosi, AACM, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Darius Savage, JoVia Armstrong, Fat Babies, Beau Sample, Alex Hall, Jake Sanders, Paul Asaro, Dave Bock, John Otto, Andy Schumm, Jon Doyle, Randy Weston, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Larry Gray Trio, John Moulder, Charles Heath, Harrison Bankhead Sextet, Preston Bradley Hall, Hinda Hoffman Trio, Ron Perrillo, Dennis Carroll, Garland Room, What Is This Thing Called "Jazz"?, Paul Wertico, The Rhythm Method, Roosevelt University, Hamid Drake's Chicago Trio, Ernest Dawkins, Jack DeJohnette, Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Von Freeman Pavilion, George Freeman, Christopher McBride Quartet, Marquis Hill, Jeff Swanson, Michael Lough, Xavier Breaker, Ben Paterson Organ Quartet, Hammond B-3, George Fludas, Kyle Asche, Victor Garcia, Miguel de la Cerna Quartet, Hyde Park Jazz Society, Ari Brown, Avreaayl Ra, Mike Smith Quartet, Jordan Baskin, Jeff Hamann, Brian Ritter, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, Eigen Aoki, Tsukasa Taiko, Tatsu Aoki, Ken Chaney, Young-Holt Unlimited, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Cafe, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Garland Room, Chicago Cultural Center

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
Saturday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jason Moran and Gregory Porter are just two of the acts on a loaded third day of Jazz Fest.
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Cultural Center, Howard Levy, Orbert Davis, Pritzker Pavilion, Stafford James String and Percussion Ensemble, M'Boom, Akira Tana, Warren Smith, Ray Mantilla, Eli Fountain, Geraldo de Oliveira, Gregory Porter, Chip Crawford, What Is This Thing Called "Jazz"?, Aaron James, Emanuel Harrold, Yosuke Sato, Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak, Francois Moutin, Dan Weiss, David Fiuczynski, Jason Moran, Fats Waller Dance Party, Earl Travis, Joshua Roseman, Leron Thomas, Paul Wertico, Charles Haynes, Lisa E. Harris, Martin Sewell, Maija Garcia, Larry Gray, David Cain, The Rhythm Method II, Von Freeman Pavilion, Frank Russell Band, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Ernie Krivda Quartet, Lafayette Carthon, Jeff Halsey, Renell Gonsalves, Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Chicago, KAZE, Peter Orins, Christian Pruvost, Natsuki Tamura, Dave Rempis, Ernest Dawkins, Keefe Jackson, Jeb Bishop, Corey Wilkes, Kent Kessler, John McLean, Michael Zerang, Young Jazz Lions Pavilion, Whitney Young High School Jazz Combo, Kelly High School Jazz Ensemble, Rauner College Prep High School Ensemble, Pritzker College Prep High School Jazz Ensemble, Kenwood Academy High School Jazz Ensemble, Nick Mazzarella Trio, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly, Erin McDougald Quartet, Ron Block, Larry Gray, Eric Montzka, Chevere de Chicago, Alejo Povedo, Ruben Alvarez, Joe Rendon, Eric Hochberg, Chris Cameron, Mark Ohlsen, Ernie Denov, Steve Eisen, Garland Room, Chicago Cultural Center

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2013
Sunday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

The Robert Glasper Quartet is one of the acts closing out the final day of Jazz Fest.
- By Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, 35th annual Chicago Jazz Fest, Anthony Carrillo, Carlos Maldonado, Pritzker Pavilion, Jimmy Heath Quartet, Jeb Patton, Winard Harper, Michael Karn, Hamid Drake, Bindu: Reggaeology, Jeff Albert, Jeff Parker, Joshua Abrams, Napoleon Maddox, 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, Robert Glasper Quartet, Derrick Hodge, Corey Benjamin, Mark Colenburg, Donald Harrison, Congo Square Nation, Willie Pickens, Detroit Brooks, Max Moran, Darren James, James Dyson, Zaccai Curtis, Mardi Gras Indians, Von Freeman Pavilion, Nelson Thompson, Anthonase Johnson, Nathaniel Cooper, Fast Citizens, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Aram Shelton, Juli Wood Quintet, Larry Bowen, Steve Berry, Pete Benson, Todd Howell, Evan Christopher Clarinet Road, Don Vappie, Joe Ashlar, Ocie Davis, Atomic jazz band, Haavard Wiik, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Magnus Broo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten, Young Jazz Lions Pavilion, Jones College Prep High School Jazz Combo, Chicago High School for the Arts Jazz Combo, Morgan Park High School Jazz Ensemble, Curie Metro High School Jazz Ensemble, Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts Latin Jazz Ensemble, Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble, Engines jazz group, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Nate McBride, Tim Daisy, Fareed Haque, Tony Monaco, Hammond B-3, Makaya McCraven, Papo Vazquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Willie Williams, Rich Germanson, Alexander "Apolo" Ayala, Alvester Garnett, Millennium Park

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The complete schedule for the 39th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

Every set from Thursday morning till Sunday night, at the Cultural Center and in Millennium Park

The Reader’s comprehensive guide to the 2016 Chicago Jazz Festival

This year’s lineup captures the music’s proliferating diversity, with the Bad Plus, Anat Cohen, Erwin Helfer, Tarbaby, JD Allen, the Liberation Music Orchestra, and much more.

The Reader's guide to the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

The fest moves to Millennium Park with its best lineup in five years—including Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Atomic, Robert Glasper, Jimmy Heath, Satoko Fujii, and lots of Hamid Drake.

Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.

Saturday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jason Moran and Gregory Porter are just two of the acts on a loaded third day of Jazz Fest.

Sunday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

The Robert Glasper Quartet is one of the acts closing out the final day of Jazz Fest.

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The complete schedule for the 39th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

Every set from Thursday morning till Sunday night, at the Cultural Center and in Millennium Park

The Reader’s comprehensive guide to the 2016 Chicago Jazz Festival

This year’s lineup captures the music’s proliferating diversity, with the Bad Plus, Anat Cohen, Erwin Helfer, Tarbaby, JD Allen, the Liberation Music Orchestra, and much more.

The Reader's guide to the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

The fest moves to Millennium Park with its best lineup in five years—including Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Atomic, Robert Glasper, Jimmy Heath, Satoko Fujii, and lots of Hamid Drake.

Thursday and Friday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jack DeJohnette, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, and others highlight the first two days of Jazz Fest.

Saturday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

Jason Moran and Gregory Porter are just two of the acts on a loaded third day of Jazz Fest.

Sunday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

The Robert Glasper Quartet is one of the acts closing out the final day of Jazz Fest.

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