HYDE PARK — The Hyde Park Jazz Festival has released its lineup for the Sept. 23-24 concert with a tribute to jazz pianist Thelonius Monk.
The annual festival with music, screenings and other events on 13 stages around Hyde Park and Kenwood kicks of at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 23 and runs through 7 p.m. Sept. 24.
This year’s festival will celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of pianist and composer Thelonius Monk.
Among the celebrations of Monk are performances by clarinetist Ben Goldberg, a “Double Monk” performance by pianists Jeremy Kahn and Steve Million with dancer Ariane Dolan and a lecture by Monk biographer Robin Kelley.
Vocalist Dee Alexander has also assembled her Monk and the Ladies ensemble including Tomeka Reid on cello, Marion Hayden on bass and Gayellyn McKinney on drums for a performance.
The festival will also include debuts of new compositions, screenings and lectures and historians there to collect the oral history of Chicago’s jazz scene.
The full schedule includes:
Sept. 23
Wagner Stage, Midway Plaisance
• 1:30-2:30 p.m. Makaya McCraven Group
• 3:45-4:45 p.m. Ari Brown Quartet featuring David Murray
• 6:15-7:15 p.m Dee Alexander: Monk and the Ladies
• 8:30-9:30 p.m. Jeremy Pelt Quintet
West Stage, Midway Plaisance
• 2:30-3:30 p.m. Ifficial Reggae Movement
• 5-6 p.m. Chicago AfroBeat Project
• 7:15-8:15 p.m. Majestic Gents and The NuBlu Band: Chicago Steppin'
• 9:30-10:30 p.m. DJ Sadie Woods
Logan Center for the Arts, performance hall
• 3-4 p.m. and 5:45-6:45 p.m. Nicole Mitchell and Ballake Sissoko: Bamako Chicago Sound System
• 7:15-8:15 p.m. Geof Bradfield's Yes and Music for Nine Improvisers
• 9:30-10:30 p.m. Willie and Bethany Pickens plus Friends
Logan Center for the Arts, penthouse
• 4-5 p.m. Grazyna Auguscik Group
• 6:30-7:30 p.m. Ben Goldberg: Learned From Thelonious Monk (solo)
Logan Center for the Arts, screening room
• 2:30-3:30 p.m. Robin D. G. Kelley: Monk at 100 (lecture)
• 4-5 p.m. Wall of Respect 50th Anniversary (panel discussion)
DuSable Museum
• 3-4 p.m. Dana Hall's Inner Dialogue: Sound and Semiosis (solo percussion and more)
• 4:30-5:30 p.m. Nick Mazzarella, Tomeka Reid Duo
Smart Museum
• 1-2 p.m. Jaimie Branch's Fly or Die
• 2:30-3:30 p.m. Katie Ernst: Twin Talk
International House
• 7:15-8:15 p.m. Double Monk: Jeremy Kahn & Steve Million with Ariane Dolan
• 9:30-10:30 p.m. Andrew Cyrille and Bill McHenry
Hyde Park Bank
• 4-5 p.m. Julius Tucker Trio
• 5:30-6:30 p.m. Dida Pelled Trio
Oriental Institute
• 2:30-3:30 p.m. Marlene Rosenberg, Scott Hesse: Duology
Little Black Pearl
• 3-4 p.m. Xavier Breaker and the Coalition
• 4:30-5:30 p.m. Alexis Lombre Quartet
Hyde Park Union Church
• 3-4 p.m. Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few
• 5-6 p.m. Amina Claudine Myers (solo)
Rockefeller Chapel
• 11 p.m. to midnight, Joe Locke, Warren Wolf Duo
Sept. 24
Wagner Stage, Midway Plaisance
• 2-3 p.m. Maggie and Africa Brown: 2 Brown Sisters Swingin' Hyde Park
• 4-5 p.m. Henry Johnson Quintet
• 6-7 p.m. Yes We Can: The Songs of New Orleans
West Stage, Midway Plaisance
• 3-4 p.m. Fat Babies
• 5-6 p.m. CALJE
For more information, visit the Hyde Park Jazz Festival website.
