Complete
schedule for the 2005 Chicago Jazz Festival. The Chicago Jazz Festival
is produced by the City of
Chicago, Mayor's Office of Special Events and programmed by
the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
Thursday, September 1
SymphonyCenter
8 p.m.
– A Down Beat 70th Anniversary Concert with John
Medeski (solo piano), Louis Hayes and the Cannonball
Adderley Tribute Band and The Zawinul
Syndicate with Joe Zawinul
For information and tickets call (312) 294-3000 or visit www.cso.org
Friday, September 2
GRANT PARK
Jazz on Jackson
12:00 –12:55 Tom
Garling Sextet
1:10 – 2:05 Hanah Jon Taylor Artet
2:20 – 3:15 Larry Gray Trio
3:30 – 4:30
Slide Hampton
Octet
Jazz & Heritage
12:30 – 1:30
Students of the the AACM School
2:00 – 3:00 “Art
of the Solo” featuring Bradley Parker-Sparrow
and George Freeman
3:30 – 4:30 Radio
Maqam: Middle Eastern improvisation
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 – 5:50
Denny Zeitlin Trio with Buster Williams and Matt
Wilson: “Remembering Charlie Weeks”
6:00 – 6:55
Angel Meléndez & The Mambo 911 Orchestra
7:10 – 8:10 Gloria Lynne
8:30 – 9:30
Roy Haynes’ 80th Birthday Celebration
Saturday,
September 3
GRANT PARK
Jazz on Jackson
12:00 –12:50 The
Frontburners: “A Tribute to Vandy Harris”
1:05 – 1:35 Earma Thompson and
John Whitfield
1:40 – 2:10 Dan
Trudell
2:25 – 3:20 Chicago
Overtones: Daniele D’Agaro, Jeb
Bishop, Robert Barry, and Kent
Kessler
3:35 – 4:30 “A
New Apartment Jam” with Von Freeman and John
Young
Jazz & Heritage
12:30 –
1:30 Morikeba: Griot
of Senegal
2:00 – 3:00 “Percussion
Discussion” with Michael Zerang
3:30 –
4:30 Slide Hampton
and the Jazz Links All-Stars
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 – 5:50 “A
Salute to Eddie Johnson” with Eric Schneider and
friends
6:00 – 6:55 Ballin’
the Jack
7:10 – 8:10 “A
40th Anniversary Celebration of the Association
for the Advancement of Creative Musicians” featuring the
Great Black Music Ensemble with special guests
8:30 – 9:30 Celebrating
Tony Williams featuring Jack DeJohnette, John
Scofield and Larry Goldings
Sunday, September 4
Charles McPherson, photo by Andrea Canter
Jazz on Jackson
12:00 – 12:50 Jerry
Coleman’s Nineburners
1:05 –
2:00 Wendell Harrison
Quartet
2:15 – 3:10 Bobbi Wilsyn and SHE
3:25 –
4:30 Charlie Johnson
Trio
Jazz & Heritage
12:30 – 1:30 El
Trio Tropical – Latin Rhythms
2:00 – 3:00
“A Personal History of Bebop” with Stu Katz
3:30 – 4:30 Gallery
37 Jazz Band
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 – 5:55 “Homage
to King Oliver” with Le Petit Jazzband from France
6:00 – 6:55 Joseph
Jarman Sextet, featuring Leroy Jenkins, Myra
Melford, Jessica Jones, Dushun Mosley and Tatsu
Aoki
7:10 –
8:10 Slide Hampton and the Chicago
Jazz Ensemble
8:30 – 9:30 “Jammin’
for Bird: A Charlie Parker 85th Birthday Event”
featuring the Charles McPherson Quartet, plus
special guests
Frank Morgan and Donald Harrison
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