Yoko Noge

• 7/01 10:00PM | Pandelis Karayorgis and Friends at the Hungry Brain, 2319 W Belmont, 773.935.2118
• 7/01 12:00PM-3:00PM | The Speaker Project | Jon Winfield Nicholson at the Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S Cornell, 773.324.5520 (Free)
• 7/01 3:00PM-4:00PM | The Speaker Project | Evan Ezan at the Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S Cornell, 773.324.5520 (Free)
• 7/01 6:00PM-8:00PM | AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge, 67 E Cermak, 312.791.9050 ($15)
• 7/01 8:00PM-10:00PM | Jimmy Bennington's Colour and Sound : Jimmy Bennington, Jim Baker, Mark Ziegler at Ennui Cafe, 6981 N Sheridan, 773.973.2233
• 7/01 8:00PM | Tortoise | Make Believe | David Daniell at the Metro, 3730 N Clark, 773.549.0203 ($19)
• 7/01 9:00PM-12:00AM | Jazz Jam with Isaiah Spencer at the Velvet Lounge, 67 E Cermak, 312.791.9050 ($5)
• 7/01 | UPTOWN POETRY SLAM | KIMBERLY GORDON ORGAN TRIO at the The Green Mill 4802 N. Broadway Ave. 773.878.5552

Matt Ulery

Inspired by New York's Jazz Composers Collective, the Chicago Jazz Composers Collective formed in 2001 and began presenting monthly concerts at the Green Mill, each featuring the work of two different jazz composers. Since then the CJCC has presented the music of 40 composers with over 130 Chicago area musicians performing. "It has been so encouraging to watch this grow", says founder and vibraphonist/composer Kathy Kelly. "We now have a regular forum for creating, performing, and listening to new music. The composers have really taken this opportunity to perform and used it to create some outstanding original music." In addition to the monthly concerts, CJCC has twice presented concert series' at the Chicago Cultural Center. The group has also been featured on WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight program and in Grammy Magazine online.