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 Thursday, 08 January 2009
Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers Large Ensemble at Millennium Park Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Monday, 04 August 2008
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On Thursday, August 7th, the Made In Chicago concert series presents Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers Large Ensemble performing a free concert at 6:30 PM in Millennium Park.

Amir ElSaffar, Chicago-born, Iraqi-American trumpeter and vocalist Amir ElSaffar fuses traditional Iraqi Maqam music with modern jazz in a new work written for a 16-piece ensemble of Arabic and Western instrumentation. In this concert, ElSaffar contrasts the Iraqi modalities with the heavy grooves and free textures of jazz, while still maintaining the feeling of the blues. The ensemble includes Chicagoans Jeff Parker (guitar); Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone); and Zafer Tawil ('ud, violin, percussion) as well as Amir ElSaffar (trumpet, santoor, vocal); Tareq Abboushi (buzuq); Kinan Abou Afach (cello, 'ud); Jason Adacewicz (vibes); Jeb Bishop (trombone); Geof Bradfield (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Carlo DeRosa (bass); Dena ElSaffar (violin, viola, jowza); Naeif Rafah (nay); Dave Rempis (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Nasheet Waits (drums); Wanees Zarour (buzuq, violin, riqq), and more.

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Millennium Park and the Jazz Institute of Chicago present the savory sounds of Chicago jazz during six free concerts at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion this summer. Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz highlights jazz from Chicago, Central America, the Middle East and beyond.

Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz takes place July 24 through August 25, 2008. The sixth concert, on Monday, August 25, kicks off "Jazz Week," culminating with the Chicago Jazz Festival, August 28-31.

Every Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz concert kicks off with young, aspiring musicians from Chicago-area high schools as part of the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Jazz Links Student Ensembles. Groups like the After School Matters Jazz Band improvise and show off their chops before the pros take the stage.


Thursday, August 7th

Millennium Park
Monroe and Michigan Aves
6:30 PM
FREE!

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