Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

Refining The Third Ear – Night 1

1. Michael Harrison
2. Itsï Ramirez
3. Bret Schneider

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Improvised Music Series

1. nnirror : Michael Cella
2. Pulse Width Modulation : Matt Riggen, Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Luc Mosley, Julian Quall, Daniel Thatcher, Adam Shead — music by Derek Worthington

1. Edition Redux : Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Beth McDonald, Ken Vandermark

1. Amos Egleston, John Sutton, Raul Cotaquispe

1. Alex Koi, Kirin McElwain
2. D Jean-Baptiste
3. Anna Johnson

1. Wills Mckenna Path Ensemble, with Meghan Stagl, Molly Rife, Matthew Wronski, Lucia Thomas, Justin Peterson, Mehtab Kirtan

2025 Back Alley Jazz

1. 2:00PM KB Evans & Reggie Foster Jr. Xclusive Sounds
2. 4:00PM Thaddeus Tukes
3. 5:30PM Reginald T McCants

Singing Insects Soundwalk

1. Eric Leonardson with Negin Almassi

Side Yard Sounds : Pleiades Series

1. Krissy Bergmark, Billie Howard, Emily Rach Beisel, Edward Wilkerson Jr
2. Free improvisation jam

1. Flannau Duo : Jonathan Hannau, Kyle Flens — music by Austin Williams, Alexis C Lamb, Anthony R Green, Nick Bentz, Marc Mellits, Julee Cruise, Flying Lotus

Jim Baker’s 75th Birthday Celebration

1. Jim Baker, Don Meckley, Michael Zerang
2. Extraordinary Popular Delusions : Edward Wilkerson Jr, Jim Baker, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Hunt

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Mute Duo
2. 8:15PM Jeremiah Chiu

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Sam Prekop
2. 8:45PM Mdou Moctar

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Cooper Moore
2. 8:15PM Darius Jones Trio
3. 10:00PM Ken Vandermark's Edition Redux

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Tara Clerkin Trio
2. 8:15PM William Tyler

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Eucademix
2. 8:45PM Glenn Kotche
3. 10:30PM Saccata Quartet

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Hanging Hearts
2. 8:45PM Basic
3. 10:30PM The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg
2. 8:45PM Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart, Whitney Johnson
3. 10:30PM Steve Gunn

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Third Coast Percussion
2. 8:45PM Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore
3. 10:30PM Helado Negro

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Edsel Axle
2. 8:15PM Olivia Block, Lea Bertucci
3. 1:00PM0 Magic Tuber Stringband

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Memorials
2. 8:15PM Nabihah Iqbal

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Michael Zerang's Puzzle House
2. 8:45PM Maria Somerville
3. 10:30PM JJJJJerome Ellis

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Hannah Cohen
2. 8:45PM Mary Lattimore
3. 10:30PM Bill Callahan

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Anna Webber's Simple Trio
2. 8:45PM Ganavya
3. 10:30PM Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Chicago Underground Duo
2. 8:45PM Jeff Parker Expansion Trio
3. 10:30PM Irreversible Entanglements

CLEAT Series

1. between systems and grounds : Paula Matthusen, Olivia Valentine
2. Ritual is : Tuli Bera, Scott Rubin

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Ana Everling
2. 8:15PM Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez
3. 10:00PM Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Sinonó
2. 8:45PM Nadah El Shazly
3. 10:30PM Geologist

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Luke Stewart's Chicago Quartet
2. 8:45PM Rafiq Bhatia
3. 10:30PM Tarbaby

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:30PM Glyders
2. 9:15PM Elias Rønnenfelt
3. 11:00PM Body/Head

PLANTASIA Day 1

1. Suzanne Ciani
2. Windy & Carl
3. Kara-Lis Coverdale
4. Jill Fraser
5. Vines
6. Zander Raymond
7. Jeff Kolar

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Andreas Røysum Ensemble with Marvin Tate

PLANTASIA Day 2

1. Tim Hecker
2. Arooj Aftab
3. John Carrol Kirby
4. Voice Actor
5. Don Slepian
6. Roméo Poirier
7. African-American Sound Recordings
8. NOSEDRIP

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Refining The Third Ear – Night 2

1. Lula Asplund
2. Itsï Ramirez
3. Bret Schneider

Improvised Music Series

1. FLYDLPHN : Lexi Eubanks, Oliver Bishop, Bryce Richardson, Emani Barber, Olivia Cirisan, Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley
2. Keefe Jackson, Molly Jones, Mai Sugimoto

1. Edition Redux : Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Beth McDonald, Ken Vandermark

Side Yard Sounds

1. Tommaso Moretti's Outside In, with John Sutton, Norman W Long, Ben LaMar Gay

1. "Jason Cambrian", Lia Kohl, Bill Harris
2. “Jason Cambrian”, Dave Rempis, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed

1. Drekka
2. Hali Palombo
3. Iron Like Nylon
4. Illusion of Safety

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

CLEAT Series

1. Transsonic
2. Senem Pirler, Monica Duncan

1. House of Waters : Max ZT, Moto Fukushima, with Antonio Sanchez, Mike Stern, Priya Darshini
2. Puuluup : Ramo Teder, Marko Veisson

1. Edition Redux : Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Beth McDonald, Ken Vandermark

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-2:00PM Isaiah Spencer Quartet
2. 3:00PM-4:00PM Modern Black Music Ensemble

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-1:45PM Nikutai Mondo Trio
2. 2:15PM-3:00PM Nikutai Mondo Trio
3. 4:00PM-5:00PM Dana Hall Trio featuring Aaron Goldberg, Clark Sommers
4. 6:15PM-7:15PM Paul Giallorenzo Trio

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:30PM-2:30PM Micah Collier and Proximity
2. 3:30PM-4:30PM Quentin Coaxum's Midwestern Springs
3. 5:45PM-6:45PM Dee Alexander's Evolution Ensemble Reunion
4. 8:15PM-9:30PM Carl Allen & The Messengers of Jazz : Tribute to Art Blakey

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Fred Jackson Jr's "Where's Charlie?"
2. 3:45PM-4:45PM Julius Tucker Trio

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Ryan Cohan Two Quartets
2. 4:00PM-5:00PM Lily Finnegan's Heat On

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:30PM-3:30PM La Cantera featuring Richard Peña
2. 4:30PM-5:45PM The JuJu Exchange
3. 7:00PM-8:15PM Maurice "MoBetta" Brown

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 3:00PM-4:00PM 2 Brown Sisters: Africa and Maggie Brown
2. 5:00PM-6:00PM Soul Message Trio feat. Chris Foreman

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 3:15PM-4:15PM Hamid Drake Quartet : 70th Birthday Celebration
2. 5:15PM-6:15PM Fay Victor’s Herbie Nichols SUNG
3. 7:30PM-8:30PM Trio Imagination : Cyrille, Virelles, Workman

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-9:00PM Lauren Deutsch and Jonathan Woods' Tangible Sound: An Immersive Experience of Great Black Music (gallery)
2. 4:30PM-5:30PM Asian American Jazz Festival 30th Anniversary Panel
3. 6:00PM-7:00PM Hamid Drake 70th Birthday Celebration Discussion

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-5:00PM Love Call : Bessesen, Drobka, Philion
2. 6:00PM-7:00PM Alyssa Allgood Quintet

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. Jason Moran Presents Duke Ellington : My Heart Sings

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-2:00PM Kenwood Academy Jazz Band
2. 3:00PM-4:00PM Chicago Asian American Jazz Ensemble: Origins of Now 2025
3. 5:00PM-6:00PM Billy Branch and The Sons of Blues

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Jo Ann Daugherty Trio, with Bruce Henry
2. 4:00PM-5:00PM Ari Brown Quintet
3. 6:00PM-7:00PM Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int'l

1. Haptic : Steven Hess, Joseph Clayton Mills, Adam Sonderberg
2. Haptic with Tim Daisy

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Refining The Third Ear – Night 3

1. Bill Dietz
2. Itsï Ramirez, Bret Schneider
3. Micah Schippa-Wildfong

1. Matthew Shipp Trio with Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker

AfriClassical Futures Presents Mike Monford

1. Mike Monford with Corey Wilkes, Louis Jones III, Josef Deas, Justin Dillard, Brendan Callies, Indira Edwards, Laina Martin, Tarajee Monford, Ytasha L Womack
2. part of AfroFuturist Weekend 10

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Ches Smith Clone Row, with Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, Nick Dunston

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Jason Adasiewicz, Chris Brè, Jason Roebke

Refining The Third Ear – Night 4

1. Kevin Harris
2. Itsï Ramirez, Bret Schneider
3. Henryk Golden

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam