Chicago Jazz Festival 2019/ August 29 Video Recap

Thursday, August 29- LINEUP

• CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER

◘ Claudia Cassidy Theater
11 AM–noon Red Rose Ragtime Band, programmed in collaboration with the Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz
12:15–1:15 PM Anton Hatwich Trio, programmed in collaboration with Elastic Arts
1:45–2:45 PM Mai Sugimoto Quartet, programmed in collaboration with Asian Improv Arts Midwest
3:15–4:15 PM John Wojciechowski, programmed in collaboration with the Jazz Record Art Collective

◘ Preston Bradley Hall
11 AM-noon What Is This Thing Called Jazz? Trumpeters Corey Wilkes and Pharez Whitted in conversation with pianist Miguel de la Cerna (and in performance with bassist Micah Collier and drummer Jeremiah Collier)
12:30–1:30 PM Alexis Lombre Quintet, programmed in collaboration with the Hyde Park Jazz Society
2–3 PM Tribute to Joseph Jarman, Alvin Fielder, and Saalik Ziyad, programmed in collaboration with the AACM (saxophonist Ernest Dawkins leads a group with vocalist Dee Alexander, pianist and singer Alexis Lombre, saxophonist Ed House, flutist and singer Taalib-Din Ziyad, bassist Adam Zanolini, percussionist Art "Turk" Burton, and drummers Avreeayl Ra and Jeremiah Collier)
3:30–4:30 PM Curtis Robinson, programmed in collaboration with the South Side Jazz Coalition

• MILLENNIUM PARK

◘ Jay Pritzker Pavilion
5:55 PM Second-Line Procession led by the Mystick Krewe of Laff (starts at the west side of the Great Lawn)
6:30–7:25 PM Mike Reed's The City Was Yellow celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, with cornetist Rob Mazurek, flutist Nicole Mitchell, saxophonists Ari Brown and Geof Bradfield, trombonists Steve Berry, guitarist Jeff Parker, and bassist Matt Ulery
7:45–9 PM Tribute to Nat "King" Cole with Freddy Cole and Lionel Cole, joined by guitarist Sam Raderman, bassist Elias Bailey, and drummer Jay Sawyer

Video production: Pogi Studios
Music: Mike Reed’s The City Was Yellow Ensemble (Chicago Jazz Festival 2019)