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Andy's Jazz Club
11 East Hubbard St.
Chicago, IL 60611
312.642.6805

One of Chicago's best-known and most respected Jazz establishments, historic Andy's offers casual dinning and live jazz. Local acts focusing on mainstream, traditional, be-bop jazz and blues are featured with sets at lunchtime, late afternoon and evenings. Located just off Michigan Ave.

Visit Andy's Jazz Club

May
Sundays
5pm    Andys Jazz Jam with John Bany
9pm    Andys New Jam Session with Pharez Whitted

Mondays
5pm    Chris Greene Quartet
9pm    Three Trumpet Summit

Tuesdays
5pm    The D.O.T.
9pm    Deep Blue Organ Trio

Wednesdays
5pm    Andy Brown Quartet
9pm    Mike Smith Quartet

Thursdays
5pm    Bobby Broom Trio
9pm    Toombs-Cunningham

May Weekends
3 & 4
5pm Bobby Broom Trio
9:30pm BMR-4

10 & 11
5pm Justefan EP Release
9:30pm Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra

18
5pm Clif Wallace II Group

24 & 25
5pm Geof Bradfield Group
9:30pm The Corey Wilkes "CW5"

31
5pm Ben Paterson Organ Quartet
9:30pm Paul Wertico & Frank Catalano "Topics Of Conversation" CD Release Party

June Weekends
1
5pm Ben Paterson Organ Quartet
9:30pm Paul Wertico & Frank Catalano "Topics Of Conversation" CD Release Party

7 & 8
5pm Jim Trompeter Quartet
9:30pm Chris McBride Quintet

14 & 15
5pm The Forward Expansion Project
9:30pm Lowdown Brass Band

21
5pm Julian Smith Trio
9:30pm Skinny Williams Band

28 & 29
5pm Geof Bradfield Group
9:30pm Polcat

Anshe Emet Synagogue

3751 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60613

Tuesday May 21 Gilad Hekselman

Art Institute of Chicago

Martinis Mondays 6pm-8pm, Open to the Public
Sponsored by Chicago Jazz Magazine
Programmed by Chicago Jazz Entertainment

$45 members/$50 non members

June 3rd Vocalist Dan Ferris with Spiral

July 1st Vocalist Paul Marinaro with Spiral

July 29th The Legendary Judy Roberts with Spiral

August 26thVocalist Laury Shelley with Spiral

Bar Umbriago Chicago 312-494-1200

Bar Umbriago
6 West Hubbard
Chicago, IL

Live Jazz
Tuesdays - 7pm-10pm Stephanie Browning Trio

Thursdays - 8pm-11pm Spiral Jazz Funk/Jazz Trio

Led by Chef Michael Ponzio, Bar Umbriago provides an authentic atmosphere reminiscent of Italy's enotecas (wine shops) featuring European family-style dining. Named after a character in Italian-American singer Jimmy Durantes famous song, the new age Italian wine bar offers live entertainment, an affordable check average, and a large, reasonably-priced wine selection.

Vist Bar Umbriago's Website

Buddy Guy's Legends

700 Wabash
Chicago, IL

Catch 35 Chicago (312) 346-3500
The Eric Hochberg Trio featuring Steve Million and Mark Colby, with special guests
Every Tuesday-Saturday, 6-9PM

Cafe Mestizo Chicago (312) 942-0095
Sundays 6 pm Jam Session with David Boykin

Cafe Zalute
9501 Devon Ave., Rosemont, IL 60018

Wednesdays at 7 pm Open Jam Session with Rich Corpolongo-Woodwinds, Frank Potolese-Guitar, Steve Hashimoto-Bass, and Joe Valentino-Drums

The Chambers Niles (847) 647-8282

Thursdays 8 pm
John Bany Jam Session

May 1, 6pm-10pm
Dining and Dancing with Vocalist Connie Marshall & Pianist Johnny Gabor. No cover and Free parking.

May 8, 15 & 29, 2013 6pm-10pm
Vocalist Connie Marshall & Pianist Johnny Gabor

Chicago Cultural Center

Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 p.m.
Tarim Uygur Song and Dance-Chicago Debut
Preston Bradley Hall

Wednesday, May 22
Hadar Noiberg Trio
Preston Bradley Hall

Monday, June 17, 6:30 p.m.
The East-West Collective-Chicago Debut
Preston Bradley Hall

Chicago Temple
77 W. Washington
Chicago, IL 60602

Chicken and Waffles Oak Park (708) 524-3300

Live Jazz Every Week Chicken & Waffles 543 Madison St Oak Park, IL Thursday 6pm-9pm Friday 7pm-10:30pm Thursday 7pm-10:30pm BYOB after 5pm 5$ CORKING FEE 10$ CORKING FEE Visit Website for more info

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

May 24, 2013 8pm Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago 312-294-3000

Monterey Jazz All Stars featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris Potter, Benny Green, Christian McBride, and Lewis Nash.

City Winery

1200 W.Randolf St.
Chicago, IL 60607

Saturday May 25 Ester Rada

Close-Up 2 Chicago (312) 385-1111
9:00 PM, 10:30 PM, Midnight

Call for updated peformance information

College of Lake County Performing Arts

The James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Lake County
19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake
(847) 543-2300  Box Office Hours, Monday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m
Visit Website to Purchase Tickets

Congregational Church of Algonquin

109 Washington St.
Algonquin, IL 60102

June 23 Free Public Concert with the Jazz Consortium Big Band

 

Coq d'Or Chicago (312) 932-4622
Call for updated performance information.

The Cove Chicago 773-994-7687
8020 S King Dr.

Wednesday Live Jazz
Call for details

Davenport's Piano/Wine Bar, Chicago (773) 278-1830
Call for updated information

Drake Hotel Chicago
140 E Walton St. Chicago, Illinois
(312) 787-2200

Visit Website

Coq d'Or at the Drake Hotel
Jazz Vocalists Saturdays and Sundays
(312) 932-4622
Call for updated performance information.

Durty Nellie's Pub

180 N. Smith St.
Palatine, IL 60067

June 9 6PM-9PM Jazz Consortium Big Band

 

DuSable Museum of African American History

740 East 56th Place, Chicago IL

June 19 6PM Free to Public Bring Your Blankets & Chairs for Jazz on the Patio

A Tribute to Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Grover Washington, Jr., & Hank Crawford featuring Ari Brown & Duke Payne

July 17 6PM

A Tribute to Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone, & Abbey Lincoln featuring Joan Collaso, Bobbi Wilsyn, and Maggie Brown.

August 21 6PM

Masters of the Ivories: A Tribute to Ramsey Lewis, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, and Oscar Peterson featuring Mike Logan & Miguel de la Cerna.

 

Evanston Space, Evanston
May 17 Jane Monheit
May 23 Joe Louis Walker
May 25 Rickie Lee Jones
May 30 Howard Levy & Chris Siebold

Family Piano Waukegan (847) 775-1988

Visit FamilyPiano's Website

Call for updated performance information.

FitzGerald's Berwyn (708) 788-2118
6615 W. Roosevelt
For more information, please visit www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com

Big Band Jazz in the Club ($10):

May
5    6 pm Chicago Grandstand Big Band
15  7:30 pm Jazz Consortium Big Band
19 6 pm Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyliners Big Band
26  6 pm John Burnett Orchestra

June
2    6 pm Chicago Grandstand Big Band
9   6 pm Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyliners Big Band
16 6 pm Big Band Boom
19   6 pm Outcasts Jazz Band
23  6 pm Earl Pionke (Earl of Old Town) Memorial
30   6 pm Pete Ellman Big Band

SideBar Sessions at FitzGerald's SideBar ($5 suggested donation):

May
1     8 pm New Standard Quintet
8   8 pm Peter Lerner Quartet
15  8 pm Juli Wood Trio
22  8 pm BakerzMillion
29  8 pm John Wojciechowski/Marquis Hill Quintet

June
5     8 pm New Standard Quintet
12  8 pm Steve Duke's Left Turn Jazz Quartet
19  8 pm Andy Brown Trio
26  8 pm Jarod Bufe Quartet

www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com

Gallery Cabaret

2020 N.Oakley
Chicago, IL 60647

Saturday May 25 Stardust Sextet Premiere

Green Mill Chicago (773) 878-5552

The Green Mill
4802 N. Broadway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
773.878.5552

Visit The Green Mill's Website

The Green Mill is one of the most famous jazz clubs in Chicago. It used to be a hangout for Al Capone and his henchmen but now is one of Chicago's hottest jazz clubs. Dixieland, traditional, bebop, contemporary, progressive - played by such legendary figures as Von Freeman, Franz Jackson and Wilbur Campbell, as well as young lions Kurt Elling, Eric Alexander and Orbert Davis. All capture the broad spectrum of jazz from its root rhythms in New Orleans to New York avant-garde. Deep smokey jazz sounds fill the club in the early morning hours when soulful musicians continue to express their love of jazz by jamming 'til the early dawn.

Green Mill Performance Schedule

Sundays
7 pm Uptown Poetry Slam
11 pm Sunday Night Soul Jazz Party with the Paterson Trio

Mondays
9 pm Various Artists (see website for details)

Tuesdays
9 pm The Fat Babies

Wednesdays
9 pm Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan
2 am Frank Catalano Sextet

Thursdays
9 pm Alan Gresiks Swing Shift Orchestra

Fridays
5pm The Flipside Show w/Chris Foreman
1:30am Green Mill Jazz Quartet Jam Session

Saturdays
12 am After Hours Jazz Party with Sabertooth

May Weekends
3    9pm Zach Brock Quartet
4    8pm Zach Brock Quartet
10      8pm Karrin Allyson
11   8pm Karin Allyson
17   9pm Dana Hall Quintet
18    8pm Dana Hall Quintet
24   9pm Frank Catalano CD Release Party
25   8pm Frank Catalano CD Release Party
31    8pm Nicole Mitchell CD Release Party

May 20 Gilad Hekselman Trio

June Weekends
Visit Website for Schedule

Hyde Park Jazz Society at Room 43

Sunday Night Jazz Series 7:30pm-11:30pm
Visit www.hydeparkjazzsociety.com for updated performance info.

May
5 6pm King College Prep Big Bandr, 7:30pm Marlene Rosenberg
12 Tecora Rogers
19 Justin Dillard
26 Rajiv Halim

Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz

Visit the official website

The Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz was founded in August of 1973 to promote and support and celebrate live jazz music. At our monthly 3 ½ hour Sunday concerts, we enjoy listening and dancing to all kinds of jazz: Dixieland, Traditional, Big Band and Swing. We are a not-for-profit chartered organization and publish a monthly newsletter listing places in our area that feature jazz. We welcome people who are also interested in this music to join our club and attend our monthly live concerts featuring outstanding jazz musicians from Chicago and elsewhere.

Illiana Jazz Concerts Chicago Ridge (708) 672-3561

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Jazz Institute Chicago (312) 427-1676
Jazz Links Jam Session, Chicago Cultural Center
Second Wednesday of each month
Randolph St. Cafe
78 E. Washington St.
Second Wednesday of each month , October through May
5-7 p.m.  open jazz jam session for all ages.

Jazz Showcase Chicago (312) 360-0264
806 S Plymouth Ct
Chicago, IL 60605

May
1     DePaul University Big Band with Jeff Hamilton
2-5        Benny Green Trio
6            Julia Huff Jam Session
8         Western Michigan University
9-12     Cyrus Chestnut Trio
13        Marquis Hill Quintet, plus the New Trier High School Jazz Ensemble
14          Mark Colby Quartet plus the College of DuPage Jazz Ensemble
15     Justin Thomas Quartet
16-19 DePaul University Big Band with Jimmy Heath
20   Julia Huff Jam Session Night
21 WDCB Night16-19 DePaul University Big Band with Jimmy Heath
23-26 Gerald Clayton Trio
28 Eric Hochberg Quartet
30-31 Chucho Valdes Trio                      

June
1&2       Chucho Valdes Trio

Visit the Jazz Showcase Website

Sets at 8 and 10:30 pm Monday through Saturday and Sundays at 4 pm, 8 pm and 10 pm

Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra

8PM Mondays in June at the Jazz Showcase
June 14 7:30PM Tribute to Benny Goodman, Ravinia Festival

Jerry's Sandwiches

1938 W. Division, Chicago, IL

Joplin's Java @ Family Piano

14 Genessee, Waukegan, IL 60086

Jim Jacob Hosts 3rd Tuesday Jazz Jam at Joplins!

Katerina's

1920 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago (773) 348-7592
Visit Katerina's Official Website
Chicago, IL 60613

Visit Katerina's It's a bar, it's a bistro, a cultural center. Eclectic music on a nightly basis. Featuring some of Chicago's top Jazz Musicians, Katerina's is a must see in Chicago.

Click Here to View Katerina's Full Schedule

Lakeshore Cafe (773) 288-5800
Fridays: 7-11 pm
JJ and the Jazz Masters

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
8450 N. Shermer Rd., Niles, IL 60714
( 847) 965-8210
Call for details about their Jazz Vespers

M Lounge Chicago (312) 447-0201

1520 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60605-2900

May
1  Gray Matters
7  Julia Huff and the Company Band
8 Delivery Point
9  The Treatment featuring Simone Green
14 Quentin Coaxum Quintet
15  Kimbrough and Company
21   Sarah Marie Young
22 Delivery Point  
28    Jazmin Sky
29  Reggie "Rajah" Helm
30   Toronzo Cannon Band

June
4  Julia Huff & the Company Band
5  Gray Matters
11 Tracye Eileen
13 The Treatment featuring Simone Green
18 Sarah Marie Young
19  Nia Quintet
20   Toronzo Cannon Band
25  Jazmin Sky
26   Delivery Point

Visit M Lounge's Official Website

Mayne Stage

773.381.4551
Call for updated performance information

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Friday, May 17 8pm Amina Figarova Trio
Composer and pianist Amina Figarova's 12th album, titled Twelve - her debut release on the renowned independent German label In + Out - celebrates jazz is an international music and New York City as a locale where jazz gypsies may feel most at home. Twelve is suffused with the heightened expectations, sense of adventure and fresh perceptions, as well as the confidence, creative energies and nuanced fulfillment that artists gain from being in the right place at the right time.

Friday, May 24 7:30pm Corky Siegels Chamber Blues
Gritty Chicago blues and rarefied classical chamber music might not seem like a match made in heaven until you've heard Corky Siegel bring the two together ... a crowning achievement. - Chicago Tribune

Millrose Restaurant Barrington (847) 382-ROSE

Montrose Room Rosemont (847) 447-4022

Concert Series presented by SmoothChicago.com
June 15   Saxophonist Marion Meadows, Marc Antoine, Dave Koz, Brian Simpson
Sept 21   Paul Taylor
Nov 16   Euge Groove

 

North Central College (630) 637-7469
Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center
Call for details

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Skokie

NorthShoreCenter.org (847) 673-6300

Old Town School of Folk Music
4545 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
Visit www.oldtownschool.org for tickets

May 19 Rafi Malkiel Quintet   
May 19 Amir Gwirtzman

Open Door Theater Oak Park (708) 342-0810
June
1     Spider Saloff
8     Jeannie Tanner
15   Dee Alexander

Piano Forte, Chicago (312) 291-0291

Piano Forte Jazz Salon
Visit their website for updated performance information
410 S. Michigan Ave., 10th Floor
$20 ($10 students)

PianoForteWDCB Jazz Salon @ Mayslake
Co-produced by the PianoForte Foundation
1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook, IL.
Thursdays June 13 at 7pm
Elmhurst College Jazz Band
TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE CALL (630) 206-9566     
Visit Pianoforte Foundation for tickets!

Serbian Village, Chicago (773) 478-2900
Mondays
Tom Muellner Trio Pro Jam Session
8:30pm-12:30am

Skylark, Chicago (312) 948-5275
Call For Schedules!

Studio 914 Chicago (773) 772-9800
Visit the official website
Sunday Sessions 
at Studio 914
Featuring John Goldman's Quadrangle
914 N California
8-11PM
$5 Suggested Donation, BYOB

Symphony Center, Chicago

Jazz at Symphony Center 220 South Michigan Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 294-3000 Visit the CSO Website

Upcoming Shows at Symphony Center

May 24, 2013, 8 p.m.
Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Rivers: Nature, Power, Culture Orbert Davis, artistic director

June 7, 2013, 8 p.m.
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Wayne Shorter, saxophone
Danilo Perez, piano
John Patitucci, bass
Brian Blade, drums

June 21, 2013, 8 p.m.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

Underground Wonder Bar
710 N Clark
Chicago, IL 60611
312.266.7761

Visit Underground Wonder Bar

The Underground Wonder Bar offers a mix of different musical styles throughout the week. There is always something special happening at the Wonder Bar and since they are open until 4am the action never stops.

The list of players to grace its tiny stage reads like a Who's Who of Chicago music. And just like Chicago's vast music scene, the lineup of acts is as diverse as the day is long. In short, the Underground Wonder Bar is a singular experience.

Viper Alley, Lincolnshire 847.499.5000
275 Parkway Dr. Lincolnshire, IL

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