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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
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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.
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
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Live Jazz Every Week Chicken & Waffles Thursday 6pm-9pm BYOB after 5pm |
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
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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
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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
Gallery Cabaret
2020 N.Oakley
Chicago, IL 60647
Saturday May 25 Stardust Sextet Premiere
Green Mill Chicago (773) 878-5552
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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Jazz at Symphony Center |
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