The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this summer with 36 performances across 11 stages, taking place September 24 and 25.
The festival partnered with the Reva & David Logan Center For The Arts to commission composer and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon to compose a 60-minute piece to be performed with Chicago’s Spektral Quartet. According to Zenon, the composition is inspired by rural areas of Puerto Rico.
Other major acts include pianist Randy Weston performing solo, trumpeter Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Ensemble, saxophonist Matana Roberts and trumpeter Tom Harrell’s TRIP ensemble. Local Chicago acts include trumpeter Orbert Davis, pianist Willie Pickens, vocalist Dee Alexander and trumpeter Bobby Lewis.
For the first time, the Hyde Park Art Center will collaborate with the festival to install visual arts piece on the Midway Plaisance. As of now, the park will feature four commissioned pieces.
The festival is free with a suggested $5 donation.
Read the full schedule for the weekend below, and visit the festival’s site for more details.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24:
Logan Center For The Arts: Performance Hall
5:15-6:15 – Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble
7:15-8:15 – Miguel Zenon and the Spektral Quartet “Yo Soy La Tradicion”
9:30-10:30 – Supreme Love
Logan Center For The Arts: Penthouse
4:00-5:00 – Matana Roberts (solo)
6:00-7:00 – Matana Roberts (solo)
Logan Center For The Arts: Screening Room
1:30-2:30 – Inside The Score: Dana Hall Talk: “Creating Hypocrisy of Justice Project”
3:30-4:00 – “Chicago’s Record Man: A Conversation with Bob Koester” Video
Wagner Stage On The Midway Plaisance
1:30-2:30 – Willie Pickens Quartet
3:30-4:30 – Garden of Souls: Geof Bradfield, Nick Mazzarella, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed
6:00-7:00 – Dee Alexander Quartet with Dwight Trible
8:30-9:30 – TRIP: Tom Harrell, Ugonna Okegwo, Mark Turner, Adam Cruz
West/Dance Stage On The Midway Plaisance
2:30-3:30 – Sammy Miller & The Congregation
4:45-5:45 – Greg Ward & 10 Tongues Touch My Beloved’s Thought
7:15-8:15 – Angel d’Cuba
9:30-10:30 – DJ Sadie Woods
Rockefeller Chapel
11:00-Midnight – Randy Weston (solo)
Smart Museum
1:00-2:00 – Matt Ulery’s Loom
2:30-3:30 – Thaddeus Tukes/Isaiah Collier Duo
Hyde Park Bank
4:00-5:00 – Yvonne Faddis-Stroud & Friends
5:30-6:30 – Roy McGrath/Bill Cessna Duo
International House
7:15-8:15 – Ba(SH)
9:30-10:30 – Joshua Abrams, Ari Brown, Gerald Cleaver, Jeff Parker Quartet
Hyde Park Union Church
2:00-3:00 – Bobby Lewis Quintet
4:00-5:00 – Lorin Cohen Group
Little Black Pearl
3:00-4:00 – Quentin Coaxum Quintet
4:30-5:30 – Marvin Tate’s Weight Of Rage
Dusable Museum
2:30-3:30 – Maggie Brown Group
4:15-5:15 – The Orbert Davis Sextet’s “Tribute To Freddie Hubbard”
Oriental Institute: Breasted Hall
2:30-3:30 – Wayfaring: Katie Ernst and James Falzone
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
Wagner Stage On The Midway Plaisance
2:00-3:00 – Marquis Hill Blacktet
4:00-5:00 – Denise Thimes Quartet
6:00-7:00 – Victor Goines Quartet
West/Dance Stage On The Midway Plaisance
3:00-4:00 – Doulas R. Ewart & Orbit: A Constellation of Ewart Sonic Tops & Crepuscular Instruments
5:00-6:00 – Chicago Jazz Orchestra
