Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 12:30PM-1:00PM Pickens Stage Naming Ceremony
2. 2:30PM-3:30PM Bethany Pickens Soulful Coalition
3. 4:45PM-5:45PM It's All About OBJ: Dee Alexander and Bruce Henry Celebrate the Music of Oscar Brown Jr.
4. 7:00PM-8:15PM Alfredo Rodriguez Quintet featuring Pedrito Martinez

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-1:45PM Kris Davis Trio
2. 2:15PM-3:00PM Kris Davis Trio
3. 5:00PM-6:00PM Skylar Tang Quartet
4. 8:00PM-8:45PM Amir ElSaffar New Quartet
5. 9:00PM-9:45PM Amir ElSaffar New Quartet

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-2:00PM Frank Russell Quintet
2. 3:00PM-4:00PM Wanees Zarour and East Loop

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-2:00PM Listening Session: Howard Reich and "The Majesty of Chicago Jazz"
2. 2:30PM-3:30PM Listening Session: Two Brown Sisters: Maggie & Africa Brown "Heard Him Say, It Sounded So Good"
3. 4:30PM-5:30PM Listening Session: John Corbett, Ancient to the Future: Notes on Archives & Improvised Music
4. 7:00PM-8:00PM Listening Session: Big Chief Donald Harrison on the Black Masking Indian Tradition

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:30PM-2:30PM Orbert Davis Sextet
2. 3:30PM-4:45PM Kyle Swan Trio featuring Joel Ross
3. 5:45PM-7:00PM Brandon Woody's Upendo
4. 8:15PM-9:30PM HPJF 20th Anniversary Band: Hill/McCraven/Paul/Ross

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM PlainsPeak: Jon Irabagon/Russ Johnson/Clark Sommers/Dana Hall
2. 4:00PM-5:00PM Open or Close: Bradfield/Goldberg/Hall/Melford

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth SWAY
2. 4:00PM-5:00PM Ben LaMar Gay: Yowzers!

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:15PM-2:45PM Joshua Abrams & Sharon Udoh: Wonder, Wonder

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 3:00PM-4:00PM Sarah Clausen and Caroline Jesalva
2. 5:00PM-6:00PM Rob Mazurek Prismatic Trio

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 3:00PM-4:00PM Tomeka Reid: In Tribute to Ellington
2. 5:15PM-6:15PM Greg Ward Octet "Held Together"
3. 7:30PM-8:30PM Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-5:00PM ToCa! Live Trio
2. 6:00PM-7:00PM Michael Davenport Quartet

1. Warp Duo : Qiujiang Levi Lu, Scott Congyu Li

AMPLIFY! Festival, Closing Concert

1. ghOstMiSt : Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena, Dewa Ayu Eka Putri
2. Naomi Niskala, An-Lin Bardin — music by Michi Wiancko
3. Koeun Grace Lee — music by Texu Kim
4. Juan Flores, gordon fung, Peixuan Ouyang, Kyle Price, Sharkey Zalek

1. BASIC : Chris Forsyth, Mikel Patrick Avery, Douglas McCombs
2. Ibises : Dan Bitney, Nick Macri, Steve Marquette
3. Luca Cimarusti

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 10:00PM-11:00PM Joshua Redman (Solo)

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-2:00PM The Brown Sisters' Jazz Cafe
2. 3:00PM-4:00PM Miguel de la Cerna Quartet
3. 5:00PM-6:00PM M.A.D.D. Vibes: Thaddeus Tukes Sextet + Members of M.A.D.D. Rhythms

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor, with guest Lee Rothenberg

The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Ari Brown Quintet
2. 4:00PM-5:00PM Corey Wilkes Sextet
3. 6:00PM-7:00PM Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet

1. Amy Wurtz, Marianne Parker, Alex Reyes, Sarah Loisch, Kuang-Hao Huang, Marissa Kerbel — "Cyclature" Album release

1. Traysh
2. Snek Trio
3. Larvavision
4. Butt Mommy

1. Drew Wesley
2. Almost Music : Evan Lipson, Jonah Gelbart, Jack Wright, Carol Genetti, Bill Harris

Frequency Series Presents

1. Ensemble Dal Niente : Emma Hospelhorn, Katherine Jimoh, Matt Oliphant, Caitlin Edwards, Ammie Brod, Juan Horie, Ben Melsky, Jon Hannau, Michael Lewanski — music by Luis Fernando Rizo Salom, Carlos Bandera, Sofia Jen Ouyang, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Bahar Royaee, Bernard Rands

1. Jason Roebke Quartet with Edward Wilkerson Jr, Mabel Kwan, Marcus Evans

Diaspora Duos

1. C Mikhail, Caroline Jesalva, Chad Kouri, Izaki Metropoulos

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. múm
2. Paige Alice Naylor

1. Almost Music : Jack Wright, Evan Lipson, Jonah Gilbart
2. Rin Peisert, Jason Stein
3. Prairiegod : Nick Meryhew, Jeff Kimmel

1. Horse Lords
2. Mute Duo
3. Bonnie Han Jones, Allen Moore

1. múm
2. Mukqs

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Olynciw/Sutton/Bouwsma Trio

Sonare and Celare

1. JACK Quartet — music by Cenk Ergün, Keir GoGwilt, Austin Wulliman, Juri Seo

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Emily Beisel, Caroline Jesalva, Sam Wagster, Michael Zerang

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Sofia Koulouvaris Quartet

Flannau and Forever

1. Flannau Duo — music by Louis Andriessen, Jo Kondo, Jennifer Bellor, Dawn of Midi, Erich Barganier

Side Yard Sounds

1. Daniel Petry, Mark Snyder

1. Teiku : Josh Harlow, Jonathan Barahal, Jason Stein, Jaribu Shahid

1. Grossman Ensemble — music by Alexandre Lunsqui, Ana Lara, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Leah Reid, Juri Seo, Pierce Gradone, Zoë Martlew

Qui Sequitur Me

1. Daniel Schlosberg, Shi-An Costello — Solo and four-hand works

1. Angelo De Augustine with special guest Chad M Clark

Frequency Series Presents

1. ~Nois Quartet : Julian Velasco, Natalia Warthen, Jordan Lulloff, János Csontos — music by Sam Alvarez, Jonathan Hannau, Elijah Daniel Smith, Peyton Nelesen, Paul Novak

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. James Davis, Andrew Sudhibhasilp, Michael Hudson-Casanova, Ben Dillinger, Janna Lee

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Common Ghosts

Night School

1. Gordon Fung, Josh Berman
2. Thorne Brandt
3. Danielle Vishlitzky, Haruhi Kobayashi

Improvised Music Series

1. Acorn Projects : Ilana Waniuk, Myra Hinrichs, Dan Galat, Kelly Quesada
2. Calamity + Tim Daisy Duo

Matt Ulery Residency

1. Matt Ulery with Stu Mindeman, Matt Gold, Jon Deitemeyer

CLEAT Series

1. John Niekrasz with Zachary Nicol, Meg Leary
2. Tom Borax
3. Ishmael Ali

1. Mike Reed's Separatist Party, with Rob Frye, Cooper Crain, Dan Quinlivan, Marvin Tate, Ben Lamar Gay

1. Claire Chase

Elastro A/V Festival

1. FRIEND LESS : Jon Mueller with Kaveh Soofi
2. Who is the Witness? : Jenny Pulse, Whitney Johnson, Tim Kinsella, Eli Schmitt
3. Elastro AV Ensemble : Ayanna Woods, Norman Long, Ro Lundberg, Rin Peisert, Camille Casemier

1. "Jason Cambrian", Dave Rempis, Joshua Abrams, Bill Harris

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor, with guest Emily McLean

Side Yard Sounds : Scorpio Celebration

1. Norman W Long, Sharkey Zalek, with special guests TBA

Kurtág@100: Chicago Festival of György Kurtág

1. Performances by Dan Galat, Ilana Waniuk, Myra Hinrichs, Kelly Quesada, Sasha Ishov, Will Yager, Jon Hannau

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Wooden Cathedral

1. Emmett Jackson, Matt Sargent — music by Matt Sargent

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Wills Mckenna's Path

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Luc Mosley, Chandler Browne
2. Tommy Carroll, Lyn Rye, Luke Polipnick, Luc Mosley — Album release

1. Jeremy Cunningham with Sen Morimoto, Dustin Laurenzi, Kenneth Leftridge, Matt Gold, Paul Bryan — Album release

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Will Mallard Quartet

Vernacular

1. Jlin + Third Coast Percussion

Improvised Music Series

1. Jon Mueller, Matt Blair, Ro Lundberg
2. Nathan Hanson, Steve Hirsch

Matt Ulery Residency

1. Mother Harp : Russ Johnson, Artie Black, Dustin Laurenzi, Quin Kirchner, Matt Ulery

sounding/BODY

1. Terns : Sasha Ishov, Will Yager, with guest Ah Young Hong — music by Michael Hersch, Carlos Bandera, Alexa Rinn

CLEAT Series

1. Carl Stone
2. Stephan Moore
3. Nicole Alonso, Ariel Vera, Dante Ammons

1. Nonet Now : Matt Ulery, Hunter Diamond, Artie Black, Dustin Laurenzi, James Davis, Russ Johnson, Steve Duncan, Julius Tucker, Jon Deitemeyer — Album release

1. Nonet Now : Matt Ulery, Hunter Diamond, Artie Black, Dustin Laurenzi, James Davis, Russ Johnson, Steve Duncan, Julius Tucker, Jon Deitemeyer — Album release

1. Norman Long
2. Elena Cholakova — "Porpidia Crustulata and Other Digressions" by Katherine Young, A.Martinez, Masha Vlasova

Side Yard Sounds

1. Do the Needful

Frequency Series Presents: Kurtág@100: Chicago Festival of György Kurtág

1. Predrag Kovčević
2. Dan Galat, Liza Sobel Crane
3. Shi-An Costello
4. Fulcrum Point New Music Project : Stephen Burns, Rebecca Oliverio, Momo Hasselbring Seko, Kirk Ferguson, Robyn Smith, Kevin Harrison

1. Madam Orange : Emily Rach Beisel, Bill Harris
2. Imelda Marcos
3. Trash.com

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Azure Main

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Eleventh Dream Day

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. GARM

1. LeRoy Bach + Dan Bitney

1. AACM + Ensemble Dal Niente

Improvised Music Series

1. Obsequies : Janna Lee, Corey Lyons
2. Aine Nakamura, Jenny Gräf, Bonnie Han Jones

Matt Ulery Residency

1. Delicate Charms : Greg Ward, James Davis, Paul Bedal, Quin Kirchner, Matt Ulery

1. Wadada Leo Smith with Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

1. MSHR : Birch Cooper, Brenna Murphy

Side Yard Sounds

1. Kouri Hall : Chad Kouri, Andy Hall
2. Velvet Penny

pathways | reflection

1. Chicago Composers Orchestra — music by Aaron Israel Levin, Fabian Leung, Nina Shekhar, Alissa Voth

AIRMW Arts Initiatives Presents

1. Aine Nakamura

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor

Frequency Series Presents: Morton Feldman's For John Cage

1. Darragh Morgan, Mary Dullea

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Philip Glass at 90: A Celebration

1. Demarre McGill, Desirée Ruhstrat, Rabia Brooke, Wendy Sutter

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Matt Ulery Residency

1. Pollinator : Hunter Diamond, Steve Duncan, James Davis, Dave Miller, Quin Kirchner, Matt Ulery

International Anthem Presents

1. Jeremiah Chiu — Album release
2. Josh Johnson — Album release

Northern Spy Presents

1. Anna Butterss, John Raymond, Ben Lumsdaine
2. Jeremy Cunningham Special Quartet with Anna Butterss, Marquis Hill, Mike Lewis

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Northern Spy Presents

1. SUSS
2. Luke Schneider

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Mark Solotroff — Album release of "A Diagnosis of Distance"
2. Mortido
3. Exhumed Corpse
4. Black Triangle Badge

1. David Behrman, Cleek Schrey

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor, with guest Garrett Frees

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Makaya McCraven

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor

1. Henry Fraser

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor