Photo by Howard A. Gitelson

Corky Siegel has earned an international reputation as one of the world's great blues harmonica masters. He is a composer, blues pianist, singer / songwriter, and recent winner of the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest/Meet the Composer's national award for chamber music composition and the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award for Music Composition.

Cedar Walton (born in 1934) is a hard bop pianist who has had an active role in the evolution of jazz in the second half of the 20th century. After leaving the army, in which he had performed in a jazz ensemble, he joined Kenny Dorham's band. After playing with J. J. Johnson and the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, where he played with Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard. In 1959 he recorded on John Coltrane's seminal album Giant Steps. He left the Messengers in 1964, and recorded with Abbey Lincoln and Lee Morgan, among others, and led the band Eastern Rebellion. He continues to lead his own groups and record through the present.

The Getz Theatre is an intimate space, with limited seating. Call the CJE Box Office early at 312-344-6270 to secure tickets for this special evening.

• Saturday, October 8, 2005-An Evening with Cedar and Corky
• 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
• The Getz Theatre
• 64 East 11th Street, Chicago, IL

Chicago Jazz Ensemble