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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 in downtown Chicago.

http://www.andysjazzclub.com/

Weekends - 5pm-8:30pm & 9:30pm-1:30am

Sundays - Andy's Jam Session (7pm-11pm)
Mondays - Guy King's Organ Trio (7pm-11pm)
Tuesdays - Typhanie Monique (7pm-11pm)
Wednesdays - Jordan Baskin Trio (7pm-11pm)
Thursdays - Yoko Noge's Jazz Me Blues (7pm-11pm)

Weekends
February
5th & 6th           5pm  Skinny Williams Quartet
9:30pm Aaron Koppel Quartet

12th & 13th     5pm Jeremy Kahn Trio
9:30pm Jeannie Tanner CD Release Event (9:30pm-1:30am)

19th & 20th     5pm Evolution Quartet
9:30pm Brian Bromberg/Frank Catalano Trio

26th & 27th     5pm  Richie Pardo Quartet
9:30pm Von Freeman Quintet

Allerton Hotel, M Avenue Club

701 North Michigan Ave

Chicago, IL 60611-2501

312.440.1500

Wednesdays     7pm - 11pm
Erin McDougald Trio w/special guest artist Wednesdays
Free Admission, $20.00 minimum (food or alcohol) per person

Saturdays         8pm-midnight
Erin McDougald Quartet
with Joan Hickey, piano, Cliff Schmitt, bass and Joel Spencer, drums
Free Admission, $20.00 minimum (food or alcohol) per person

Visit Erin's website for more information

Green Dolphin Street

Listen and dance the night away with Green Dolphin Street's Big Band Jazz night every Tuesday and the Salsa dance party on Wednesday nights. Stop in early and dine in the new restaurant Orvieto Pizzeria and Wine Bar. One great location and two incredible venues.

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The new restaurant at Green Dolphin Street Orvieto,Modern Italian Restaurant with an Authentic, Old World Flair

Performance schedule
Tuesday - 8pm Half priced of bottles of wine in the dining room and big band music in the jazz club.
Wednesday - 8pm Salsa till 4am! Italian fare meets sexy Latin music and dance!

 

Green Mill

4802 N. Broadway Ave.

Chicago, IL 60640

773.878.5552

http://www.greenmilljazz.com/

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 ChicagoÕs 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
Weekly Shows
Sundays 11pm Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio

Mondays 9pm Patricia Barber Quartet

Tuesdays 9pm Deep Blue Organ Trio.

Wednesdays 9pm Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan 
           2am Frank Catalano Sextet
Thursdays 9pm Alan Gresik's Swing Shift Orchestra

Fridays 1:30 Green Mill Jazz Quartet Jam Session
Saturdays 12am After Hours Jazz Party w/Sabertooth

Fridays and Saturdays
February
5    9pm  Dana Hall Quintet Record Release Party featuring Tim Warfield, Rodney Whitaker,and Bruce Barth
6    8pm  Dana Hall Quintet Record Release Party featuring Tim Warfield, Rodney Whitaker,and Bruce Barth
12   9pm  Mama Digdown’s Brass Band
13   8pm  Ben Allison Band
14   2pm  New Music Concert featuring Anaphora
19   9pm  Chévere
20   8pm  Chévere
21   2pm  Julia Miller
26   9pm  Jim Trompeter All-Star Quintet Ralph Bowen & Joe Magnarelli
27   8pm  Jim Trompeter All-Star Quintet Ralph Bowen & Joe Magnarell

 

Lagniappe

1525 W 79th St

Chicago, IL 60620-4108

773.994.6375

Lagniappe-A Creole Cajun Joynt is an upscale dine-in/take-out facility that is steeped in Bayou tradition. We specialize in authentic Creole Cajun Foods, ranging from Po Boy’s to Gumbo, as well as, Jazz Thur.  Lagniappe has been ranked amongst the Top 30 Best Things Eaten by Time Out Chicago Magazine, awarded The Chicago Tribune Newspaper Good Eats Award, and featured on Channel (7's) Seven's Hungry Hound with Steve Dolinsky and The acclaimed Check Please to name just a few.

Thursdays - 2 for 1 Hurricanes
Live Jazz at 6pm-8pm

Jazz Jam Sesson 8pm-11pm

Visit Lagniappe's website for more information

Nirvana Wine and Grillerie (847) 918-7828


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Described as urban, eclectic, hip & cool but you've just got to experience Nirvana for yourself. Chill out to some Tuesday night Jazz with Chris Madsen on Saxophone and enjoy Wine Flight and Artisan Cheeses. Share tastes with friends after work at our fully stocked bar or an awesomely fresh meal in our dining room.

We are all about World Inspired Tastes, Artisan Cheeses, Fresh Fish, Panini's, Pasta's, Salads, Kabobs & much more. Our menu reflects vegetarian and gluten free options as well. 

By design, we have Absolutely No Deep Fryer so you can be assured that your meal is freshly grilled, roasted or pan seared. We call it Grillerie. As a matter of fact, we like it so much, we made it part of our name.

Tuesdays Jazz 7pm
Chris Madsen on saxophone

The Venue

777 Casino Center Drive

Hammond, IN

(866)711-SHOE

www.thevenue-chicago.com

The Venue at Horseshoe Casino features fully flexible configurations with technologically superior in-house production systems designed exclusively with cutting-edge equipment. Audio-visual equipment includes three giant HD screens that combine lighting with multi-layered video projections to create a wide range of interactive special effects. To ensure the highest quality in sound, acoustics are supported by a highly efficient and versatile audio system able to substitute or complete the most demanding touring technical requirements.  Equipped with high comfort telescopic seating, the 90,000 square foot facility can undergo complete transformation in less than two hours to accommodate anything from intimate performances to large-scale entertainment productions. The Venue’s general admission floor can fit up to 2,400 people, for a total room capacity of more than 3,300. The Venue can welcome up to 150 tables and 1,500 seats.

The Venue at Horseshoe Casino Performance Schedule

The Venue
       Jan 1 - Former Jersey Boys Cast Members
       Feb 12 - Air Supply

Vintage - Sunday Night Jazz

February
7     Michelle Thomas Quartet
14    All Chocolate Band featuring PJ Brown
21    Paul Marinaro Trio
28    Mike Frost

March
7     Chris Greene Quartet
14    Michelle Thomas Quartet
21    All Chocolate Band featuring PJ Brown
28    Paul Marinaro Trio

Click here to buy tickets to any of the above events

 

Katerina's

 

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

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.

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February

5         
Friday 
6:30pm-9pm     No cover   (Jazz)
Paul Marinaro Our club's weekly "Unwind after work" Jazz Series   
10pm              $10 cover  (Greek) REMBETIKA

6         
Saturday  
630pm-9pm  $5  (Jazz)
Southport Records Presents Pianist, Corky McClerkin
 10pm           $10 cover   (Romanian/Balkan) Gypsy Rhythm Project

8          Monday          
            8pm      $5 cover     (Jazz)   Jodie Christian Quartet

9            Tuesday 
            8pm  $8 cover  (Jazz) Rose Colella Trio

10         Wednesday  
830pm    $7 cover  (Jazz) Chris Greene Quartet

11         Thursday     
830pm     $8 cover  (Brazilian Jazz) Grazyna Auguscik & Paulinho Garcia

12         Friday         
630pm-9pm   No cover    (Jazz) Paul Marinaro  
10pm   $10 cover      (Gypsy-Jazz) Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan
Django Reinhart's 100th Birthday Celebration

13         Saturday     
 630pm-9pm  $10 cover   (Jazz) Spider Saloff''s Valentine Show
10pm        $10 cover  (Brazilian) RIO BAMBA

15         Monday    
8pm       $5 cover   (Jazz) Elaine Dame Trio's  Musician Mixer

16         Tuesday 
630pm-8pm   $5   (Storytelling) Urban Meanderings: Alice Rubio's Ancient myths, folktales and ordinary stories of ordinary life in Chicago.
830pm  $7  (Jazz) Laury Shelly Trio

17        Wednesday 
8:30pm  $7  (Brazilian Jazz) Planeta Azul Productions Presents Trio Copacabana

18        Thursday 
8pm  $10   (Jazz) Paul Marinaro Trio

19        Friday 630pm-9pm  (No cover)
Nicole Kestler w/pianist, Brian Ohern
10pm  $10   (Jazz/Funk) Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls

20        Saturday  630pm-9pm                
$8     (Jazz) Heather Moran w/pianist, Damien Espinoza
10pm    $10   (Boogie-Woogie Blues/Jazz) Erwin Helfer, Katherine Davis, John Brumbach

22 
Monday  8pm  $5  (Jazz) Tony do Rosario's Jazz Guitar Jam Session  Special Guest:   Mike Allemana

23        Tuesday   8pm  $8  (Brazilian Jazz)
            Two for Brazil (Paulinho Garcia & Greg Fishman)

24        Wednesday  8pm  $15  (Cabaret) American Blues Theatre Benefit: Marlena   Muzik: An Evening of Dietrich w/Suzanne Petri

25       Thursday  830pm  $10  (Polish Highlander-Gypsy) Megitsa Quartet

26       Friday  630pm-9pm  No cover  (Jazz) Nicole Kestler w/pianist, Brian Ohern                    
Friday 10pm   $10cover (Afro-Cuban Dance) Conjunto

27        Saturday   630pm-9pm  $5  (TBA)
10pm  $10   (Greek) Vasilios Gaitanos  

M Lounge

1520 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605-2900
312.447.0201

Visit M Lounge's Official Website

Jazz Tuesdays and Wednesdays 7pm
M Lounge Performance Schedule Starts 7pm

February
Feb 2 Julia Huff & The Company Band
Feb 3 Roger Harris Trio

Feb 9 Nikki George
Feb 10 Sarah Marie Young

Feb 16 Julia Huff & The Company Band
Feb 17 Chris Greene Quartet

Feb 23 Shawn Maxwell Quartet
Feb 24 Delivery Point

 

 

Underground Wonder Bar

10 E. Walton

Chicago, IL

312.266.7761

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.

Underground Wonderbar performance scheudule

Monday  
9 pm -12 am                           Open MIC hosted by Joanna Woods
12 am -3:30 am                       Nevada & the Goodfellas jazz, rhythm & blues 

Tuesday  
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm                Lonie Walker "Alone at Last" 
10:30 pm  - 12:00 am             Lorna Boston Band featuring Vince Willis jazz & blues 
12:00 am - 3:30 am                 Pro Jam Session hosted by Lorna Boston

Wednesday 
8:30 pm -10:30 pm                 Darlyne Cain
11 pm -3:30 am                      Lonie Walker & her Big bad Ass Co. Band featuring Jordan Taggart

Thursday 
8 pm-10 pm                            Erin McDougald
10:30 pm - 1:30 am                Luiz Ewerling & A Cor Do Brazil 
1:30 am - 3:30 am                   Vince Willis

Friday 
8:30 pm -10:30 pm                 Lorna Boston Duo
11pm -4 am                            Lonie Walker & her Big Bad Ass Co. Band funky blues n jazz –featuring Smokin' Joe Thomas
   
Saturday  
8:30 pm -10:30 pm Sarah & the Tall Boys 
11pm - 5am                            Lonie Walker & her Big Bad Ass Co. Band

Sunday
8 pm -10 pm          Joanna Woods      
10pm -12 am         Insane Plantains reggae & blues    
12 am -3:30 am       Hurricane Reggae Band reggae      

http://www.undergroundwonderbar.com/

Other venues that feature great Chicago Jazz

Balcon del Mediterraneo, Burr Ridge
Bill's Blues, Evanston
Braxton Seafood Grill, Oak Brook
The Chambers, Niles
Cafe Mestizo, Chicago
Cuatro, Chicago
Fifty Yard Line, Chicago
FitzGerald's, Berwyn
Gale Street Inn, Chicago
Geno's Place in the Park, Calumet Park
Gibson's, Rosemont
Green Dolphin Street, Chicago
Jazz Showcase, Chicago
Joe's Bebop Cafe, Chicago
M Lounge, Chicago
New Apartment Lounge, Chicago
Pacific Blue, Glen Ellyn
The Peninsula Hotel, Chicago
Pete Miller's Steakhouse, Evanston & Wheeling
Philander's, Oak Park
Viking Steakhouse, Winfield

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