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 Tatsu Aoki's Miyumi Big
Band: Trans Rooted featuring Tsukasa Taiko

3:15 - 4:00 Jim Wagner's All Stars,
featuring Willie Pickens, Ari Brown, Jimmy Ellis,

Corey
Wilkes, Frank Russell, Robert Shy and Maggie Brown

Friday, September 3

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 and Carl Leukaufe

Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

4:00 - 4:50 Lincoln Park High School
Jazz Ensemble and Noteworthy

5:00 - 5:50 James Dapogny’s Chicago
Jazz Band

6:00 - 6:55 Mike LeDonne Quartet featuring
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

The
Stooges Brass Band – performing twice daily on Jackson Blvd.

Target Clinic 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 guest Nicholas Payton

The Chicago Community Trust Young
Jazz Lions Stage

12:00 - 12:30 Chi-Arts Jazz Combo

12:45 - 1:15 Jazz Institute of Chicago’s
Jazz Ambassadors Combo

1:30 - 2:10 Kenwood Academy High School
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 - 7:30 Corey Wilkes’ Black Slang

8:00 - 9:00 Steve Cole

Petrillo Music Shell

5:00 - 5:50 Chuchito Valdes Quintet

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 guests Getachew Mekurya and Teshome Mitiku

Sunday, September 5

Grant Park

The
Stooges Brass Band – performing twice daily on Jackson Blvd.

Target Clinic Jazz on Jackson Stage

12:00 - 12:55 Paulinho Garcia Quintet

1:10 - 2:05 Nicole Mitchell's Black
Earth Ensemble featuring Edmar Castaneda

2:20 - 3:15 Brad Goode Quartet

3:30 - 4:30 The Fellowship Band

The 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 - 7:30 Harlan Jefferson

8:00 - 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