HYDE PARK — The South Side’s largest jazz festival returns Saturday and Sunday to a dozen venues around Hyde Park.
Concerts start at 1 p.m. at the Kenwood Academy, the Smart Museum and at Wagner Stage on the Midway Plaisance.
Evenings often end late into the evening after extended jam sessions.
The full schedule includes:
Saturday, Sept. 27
Wagner Stage at the Midway, Midway Plaisance south of Woodlawn
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Ari Brown Quintet
- 3:30-4:30 p.m. Dee Alexander Quartet featuring Oliver Lake
- 6-7 p.m. Clark Sommers Quintet
- 8:30-9:30 p.m. Etienne Charles and Creole Soul
West Stage at the Midway, Midway Plaisance south of Ellis
- 2:30-3:30 p.m. Chicago Human Rhythm Project
- 4:45-5:45 p.m. Fat Babies
- 7:15-8:15 p.m. Angel D'Cuba
- 9:30-10:30 p.m. Houston Person Quartet
Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.
- 5:15-6:15 p.m. Tomeka Reid's Hear In Now
- 7:30-8:30 p.m. Dana Hall's Black Ark Movement
- 9:30-10:30 p.m. J.D. Allen Quartet
Logan Center Penthouse, 915 E. 60th St.
- 4-5 p.m. Josh Berman Trio
Logan Center Screening Room No. 201, 915 E. 60th St.
- 2-4 p.m. Black Cinema House Film Programs
International House Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St.
- 6:45-7:45 p.m. Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal
- 9:30-10:30 p.m. Ernest Dawkins Quartet
Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave.
- 5-5:30 p.m. Justefan Duo
- 6-6:30 p.m. Justefan Duo
- 7-7:30 p.m. Justefan Duo
Smart Museum, 5550 South Greenwood Ave.
- 1-2 p.m. Tito Carrillo Quartet
- 2:30-3:30 p.m. Eric Schneider Quartet
Smart Museum gallery
- 2-2:30 p.m. Jazz Links: John Foster Trio
- 3:30-4 p.m. Jazz Links: John Foster Trio
Little Black Pearl, 1060 E. 47th St.
- 3-4 p.m. Juli Wood: Chicago Calling with Mwata Bowden, presented with the Jazz Institute of Chicago Education Committee
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. Mikel Avery’s *Play*
Oriental Institute gallery, 1155 E. 58th St.
- 3:30-4 p.m. Joshua Abrams (solo Guimbri and bass)
- 4:30-5 p.m. Joshua Abrams (solo Guimbri and bass)
Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.
- 11 p.m. to midnight Craig Taborn (solo piano)
Hyde Park Bank, 1525 E. 53rd St.
- 4-5 p.m. Laurenzi/Ernst/Green
- 5:30-6:30 p.m. Peter Lerner Duo
Kenwood Academy Auditorium, 5015 S. Blackstone Ave.
- 1-2 p.m. Kenwood Academy Jazz Band
- 3-4 p.m. Geof Bradfield's “Our Roots: The Music of Clifford Jordan and Lead Belly”
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. Willie Pickens Trio
Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn Ave.
- 4-5 p.m. Art Hoyle Quintet
- 6:15-7:15 p.m. Maggie Brown Group
Sunday, Sept. 28
Wagner Stage at the Midway, Midway Plaisance south of Woodlawn
- 1-2 p.m. Marquis Hill Blacktet
- 3:30-4:30 p.m. Ryan Cohan Sextet
- 6-7 p.m. Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble
West Stage at the Midway, Midway Plaisance south of Ellis
- 2:15-3:15 p.m. John Burnett Orchestra
- 4:45-5:45 p.m. Victor Garcia Septet
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