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Monday, September 14

Constellation3111 N Western

Book release of Hamza Walker's "The Renaissance Society Years"

  1. Conversation, readings, performances : Hamza Walker, Matthew Goulish, Sharon Udoh, Anna Martine Whitehead, Jason Roebke, Ken Vandermark
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DetailsDetails of Monday, September 14th at Constellation
Beat Kitchen2100 W Belmont773.281.4444
  1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Donation

Tuesday, September 15

Experimental Sound Studio5925 N Ravenswood773.769.1069
  1. Lumina Piano Duo : Hyejin Cho, Jun-Hee Han
Free
The Whistler2421 N Milwaukee

Relax Attack Jazz Series

  1. Tromblau&Friends
Free
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Wednesday, September 16

Connect Gallery1451 E 53rd773.466.4421

The Visible Hand

  1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
  2. Open free improvisation jam
$15 Donation
The Whistler2421 N Milwaukee

Relax Attack Jazz Series

  1. Kehsin Xu
Free
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Thursday, September 17

Hamilton Park513 W 72nd

27th Annnual Englewood Jazz Festival

  1. Julius Tucker Trio
  2. Live the Spirit Residency Expanded Ensemble featuring Dee Alexander
Free
DetailsDetails of Thursday, September 17th at Hamilton Park
Elastic3429 W Diversey, #208773.772.3616

Improvised Music Series

  1. Stefan González, Lily Glick Finnegan, Andrew Scott Young Trio
  2. Typhoon Matisse : Michael Zerang, Tim Kinsella
$15 Door
DetailsDetails of Thursday, September 17th at Elastic

Friday, September 18

Hamilton Park513 W 72nd

27th Annnual Englewood Jazz Festival

  1. Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Redux
  2. Jeremiah Hunt Quartet
Free
DetailsDetails of Friday, September 18th at Hamilton Park
Bridgeport Music Collective3201 S Morgan312.324.0498

Third Friday Series

  1. Community Music
  2. Mabel Kwan, Ayako Kato
Chicago Danztheatre1650 W Foster Ave773.486.8261

Night School

  1. Bloofer Girl Puppets
  2. Erica Miller
  3. Jason Roebke
  4. Bonnie Han Jones

Saturday, September 19

Hamilton Park513 W 72nd
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27th Annnual Englewood Jazz Festival

  1. The Young Masters, under the direction of Ernest Dawkins
  2. Dakarai Barclay Quartet
  3. Ryan Bills & Ben Crino Quartet
  4. Spirit of Jazz Awards
  5. The 2 Brown Sisters — Maggie & Africa Brown
  6. New Continuum Ensemble led by Marquis Hill, featuring Braxton Cook
Free
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 19th at Hamilton Park
Compound Yellow244 Lake St, Oak Park IL
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Side Yard Sounds

  1. Spectralina : Selina Trepp, Dan Bitney
$15
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The CheckOut4116 N Clark773.334.3650

Homage to Anonymous Ancient Fiddlers

  1. Charlene Kluegel, Sarah Plum — music by Ben Zucker, Jessie Montgomery, Mari Takano, Sidney Boquiren, Texu Kim, Laszlo Weiner
$25
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Sunday, September 20

Elastic3429 W Diversey, #208773.772.3616

Pleiades Series

  1. "Flagellent Songs" Film screening
  2. Gabi Vanek, Tina Lefauve, iph
  3. Pleiades free improv jam
$15 Door
DetailsDetails of Sunday, September 20th at Elastic
Bridgeport Music Collective3201 S Morgan312.324.0498
  1. One Time Out : Mark Feldman, Andrew Sudhibhasilp, Tommaso Moretti
$15 Suggested
Constellation3111 N Western

Frequency Series Presents

  1. Formosa Quartet : David Bernat, Jasmine Lin, Matthew Cohen, Deborah Pae
$15
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The Hungry Brain2319 W Belmont
  1. BananaAcid : Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Garrett Frees, Erez Dessel, Tyler Wagner
  2. Three Grebes : Beth McDonald, Franki Hand, Isaac Turner
$15
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Monday, September 21

The Hideout1354 W Wabansia773.227.4433
  1. Powers/Rolin Duo
$15
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Beat Kitchen2100 W Belmont773.281.4444
  1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Donation

Tuesday, September 22

The Whistler2421 N Milwaukee

Relax Attack Jazz Series

  1. Lizzi Trumbore Quartet
Free
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Wednesday, September 23

Connect Gallery1451 E 53rd773.466.4421

The Visible Hand

  1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
  2. Open free improvisation jam
$15 Donation
Beat Kitchen2100 W Belmont773.281.4444

Splice Series

  1. Dan Clucas, Josh Berman, Bill Harris, Jason Roebke, Peter Maunu
Constellation3111 N Western
  1. Grażyna Auguścik Chicago Quintet
$25
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The Empty Bottle1035 N Western773.276.3600
  1. EYE
  2. RXM Reality
  3. William Covert, Bruce Lamont
$20
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The Whistler2421 N Milwaukee

Relax Attack Jazz Series

  1. Solar Sails
Free
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Thursday, September 24

Asian Improv aRts Midwest4875 N Elston

AMPLIFY! Festival, Concert #1

  1. The Reduction Quartet from The MIYUMI Project : Tatsu Aoki, Edward Wilkerson Jr, Jamie Kempkers, Kioto Aoki
  2. Craig Parker, Liliya Ugay, "Prayer"
  3. Cynthia Lucia: Reena Esmail, Selections from The Crystal Preludes
  4. The SamaSama Project: "The Great Filipino Songbook"
DetailsDetails of Thursday, September 24th at Asian Improv aRts Midwest
Elastic3429 W Diversey, #208773.772.3616

Improvised Music Series

  1. TROMPE : Taylor Ho Bynum, Jeff Song, Daniel Lin, with special guests Michael Zerang, Jeb Bishop
  2. Tyler Tadlock, Jeb Bishop, Christopher Riggs
$15 Door
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Constellation3111 N Western
  1. Glenn Jones with Liam Grant, Katie Ernst
$20
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Friday, September 25

Preston Bradley Hall78 E Washington312.744.6630
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Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music

  1. University of Chicago's South Asian Music Ensemble : Minu Pasupathi, Shruti Kannan, Tomal Hossain, Sonny Patel, Pramantha Tagore, James Sudd, Ronnie Malley, Lucia Thomas, Harsha Bharati, Midhhun Ajikumar
  2. Dr Ratish Tagde, Lokesh Anand, Hindole Majumdar
  3. Maalavika Sundar, Vijay Muralidharan, Sai Ragavan, Payannur Govinda Prasad
  4. Lyon Leifer, Nitin Mitta
  5. L Shankar, Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Amit Kavthekar, Swaminathan Selvaganesh
  6. Radhika Samson, Tejas Tope
  7. Ramanan Venkatraman, Tejas Tope
  8. Saraswathi Ranganathan, Swaminathan Selvaganesh, Sai Ragavan, Payannur Govinda Prasad
  9. Samarth Nagarkar, Praneet Marathe, Tejas Tope
Free
DetailsDetails of Friday, September 25th at Preston Bradley Hall
Compound Yellow244 Lake St, Oak Park IL
-

Side Yard Sounds

  1. Tommaso Moretti/Elijah McLaughlin Duo, featuring Mai Sugimoto
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Constellation3111 N Western
  1. Sun Ra Arkestra
$40
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Asian Improv aRts Midwest4875 N Elston

AMPLIFY! Festival, Concert #2

  1. Nick Hwang, "You Are the Product"
  2. Craig Parker, Young Jo Lee: "Sori"
  3. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian, "From CHINA To Appalachia"
  4. Micah Huang & Michele Cheng, Free Improvisation
  5. Joyce Kwon, "Folk Music for Folks of the Diaspora"
DetailsDetails of Friday, September 25th at Asian Improv aRts Midwest
Bridgeport Music Collective3201 S Morgan312.324.0498

Lang/Rainwater Project

  1. William Lang, Anne Rainwater — music by John Berners, Alex Temple, Christina George, Negin Zomorodi, Richard Belcastro, Quinn Mason
$15 Suggested
Constellation3111 N Western
  1. Sun Ra Arkestra
$40
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The Empty Bottle1035 N Western773.276.3600
  1. Croz Boyce
  2. BCMC
$25
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Saturday, September 26

Pickens StageMidway Plaisance & S Ellis
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Pickens Stage
Logan Center Performance Penthouse915 E 60th773.702.ARTS
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Logan Center Performance Penthouse
Smart Museum5550 S Greenwood773.702.0200
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Smart Museum
Logan Center Screening Room915 E 60th773.702.ARTS
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Logan Center Screening Room
Wagner StageMidway Plaisance & S Woodlawn
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Wagner Stage
The DuSable740 E 56th Pl773.947.0600
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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!
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at The DuSable
Hyde Park Union Church5600 S Woodlawn
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Hyde Park Union Church
Neubauer Collegium5701 S Woodlawn773.795.2329
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The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

  1. 2:15PM-2:45PM Joshua Abrams & Sharon Udoh: Wonder, Wonder
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Neubauer Collegium
Augustana Lutheran Church5500 S Woodlawn773.493.6451
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Augustana Lutheran Church
Logan Center Performance Hall915 E 60th773.702.ARTS
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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
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Logan Center Performance Hall
Hyde Park Bank1525 E 53rd
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The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

  1. 4:00PM-5:00PM ToCa! Live Trio
  2. 6:00PM-7:00PM Michael Davenport Quartet
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Hyde Park Bank
Constellation3111 N Western
  1. BASIC : Chris Forsyth, Mikel Patrick Avery, Douglas McCombs
  2. Ibises : Dan Bitney, Nick Macri, Steve Marquette
  3. Luca Cimarusti
$20
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Rockefeller Chapel5850 S Woodlawn773.702.2100
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The 20th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival

  1. 10:00PM-11:00PM Joshua Redman (Solo)
DetailsDetails of Saturday, September 26th at Rockefeller Chapel

Sunday, September 27

Pickens StageMidway Plaisance & S Ellis
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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
DetailsDetails of Sunday, September 27th at Pickens Stage
Wagner StageMidway Plaisance & S Woodlawn
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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
DetailsDetails of Sunday, September 27th at Wagner Stage
Bridgeport Music Collective3201 S Morgan312.324.0498
  1. Drew Wesley
  2. Almost Music : Evan Lipson, Jonah Gelbart, Jack Wright, Carol Genetti, Bill Harris
Constellation3111 N Western

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
$25
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The Hungry Brain2319 W Belmont
  1. Jason Roebke Quartet with Edward Wilkerson Jr, Mabel Kwan, Marcus Evans
$15
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Monday, September 28

Color Club Tavern4146 N Elston708.320.8431

Diaspora Duos

  1. C Mikhail, Caroline Jesalva, Chad Kouri, Izaki Metropoulos
$15
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Beat Kitchen2100 W Belmont773.281.4444
  1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Donation
The Empty Bottle1035 N Western773.276.3600
  1. Horse Lords
  2. Mute Duo
  3. Bonnie Han Jones, Allen Moore
$20
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Wednesday, September 30

Connect Gallery1451 E 53rd773.466.4421

The Visible Hand

  1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
  2. Open free improvisation jam
$15 Donation

Monday, October 05

Beat Kitchen2100 W Belmont773.281.4444
  1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Donation

Wednesday, October 07

Connect Gallery1451 E 53rd773.466.4421

The Visible Hand

  1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
  2. Open free improvisation jam
$15 Donation

Monday, October 12

Beat Kitchen2100 W Belmont773.281.4444
  1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Donation

Wednesday, October 14

Connect Gallery1451 E 53rd773.466.4421

The Visible Hand

  1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
  2. Open free improvisation jam
$15 Donation

Friday, October 16

International Museum of Surgical Science1524 N DLSD312.642.6502
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sounding/BODY

  1. Terns : Sasha Ishov, Will Yager, with guest Ah Young Hong — music by Michael Hersch, Carlos Bandera, Alexa Rinn
$15-$20
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Sunday, October 18

The Empty Bottle1035 N Western773.276.3600
  1. Madam Orange : Emily Rach Beisel, Bill Harris
  2. Imelda Marcos
  3. Trash.com
$12
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Monday, October 19

Beat Kitchen2100 W Belmont773.281.4444
  1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Donation

Wednesday, October 21

Connect Gallery1451 E 53rd773.466.4421

The Visible Hand

  1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
  2. Open free improvisation jam
$15 Donation

Saturday, October 24

Elastic3429 W Diversey, #208773.772.3616

AIRMW Arts Initiatives Presents

  1. Aine Nakamura
$20 Door
DetailsDetails of Saturday, October 24th at Elastic

Thursday, November 05

Color Club Tavern4146 N Elston708.320.8431
  1. Mark Solotroff — Album release of "A Diagnosis of Distance"
  2. Mortido
  3. Exhumed Corpse
  4. Black Triangle Badge
$15
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