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Date Posted: June 26 2008
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Thursday, August 28
Millennium Park – Pritzker Pavilion
6:30 p.m. Sonny Rollins
Friday August 29th
Jazz on Jackson
12:00-12:55 Isotope 217
1:10-2:05 Jazz Guitar Summit featuring Curtis
Robinson, John Moulder, Jeff Parker, Buddy Fambro, Ernie Adams and Josh Abrams
2:20-3:15 Alison Ruble Quartet
3:30-4:30 "Jazz has the Blues" featuring George Freeman and Billy Branch, Ari Brown and Corey Wilkes
Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 Kenwood Academy Jazz Band - High School Big Band Composer Residency with Nicole Mitchell
2:00-3:00 "History of Jazz" with Ron Perrillo
3:30-4:30 "Jimmy’s Jam Session" featuring Curtis Black Quartet plus Ahmad Salaheldeen, Edward House and Zaid Krisberg
Petrillo
5:00-5:50 T.S. Galloway's Tribute to Capt. Walter Dyett featuring Julian Priester, Mwata Bowden, and Edwin Daugherty
6:00-6:55 AACM Tribute featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Michael Logan and Thurman Barker
7:10-8:10 Dee Dee Bridgewater Tribute to Betty Carter with Mulgrew Miller, Ira Coleman and Kenny Washington
8:30-9:30 Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band
Saturday, August 30
Jazz on Jackson
12:00-12:55 Jo Ann Daugherty Quartet
1:10-2:10 Chicago Bass Masters featuring Larry Gray, Harrison Bankhead, Ari Brown, Avreeayl Ra, Art Hoyle and Edward Wilkerson
2:20–3:15 John Wright Quartet
3:30-4:30 Kenny Burrell with Larry Gray, Willie Pickens and Joel Spencer
Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 James Sanders' Conjunto
2:00-3:00 "Percussion Discussion" with Thurman Barker
3:30-4:30 Walter Dyett: Remembering a Jazz Warrior
Petrillo
4:30-4:45 Remembering Franz Jackson: Eric Schneider, Art Hoyle, Tom Hope, Dan Delorenzo and Robert Cousins
5:00-5:50 Pharez Whitted Sextet
6:00-6:55 Vijay Iyer Quintet
7:10-8:10 Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy
8:30-9:30 Gerald Wilson Orchestra w/ Special Guest Kenny Burrell
Sunday, August 31st
Sunday, August 31
Jazz on Jackson
12:00-12:55 Frank D'Rone Quartet
1:10-2:10 "Chicago Keys" with – Bob Dogan and Jim Trompeter
2:20-3:15 Josh Berman Septet
3:30-4:30 Sean Jones Sextet
Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 Vijay Iyer: Composer Talk
2:00-3:00 "Art of the Solo" featuring Julian Priester
3:30-4:30 Karl Montzka Quartet
Petrillo
5:00-5:50 Ron Dewar Quintet
6:00-6:55 From the Netherlands: Instant Composers Pool
7:10-8:10 Eight Bold Souls with Special Appearance by Dee Alexander
8:30-9:30 Ornette Coleman
*Friday through Sunday, don't miss the New Orleans All-Star Brass Band performing at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Jackson Boulevard between Columbus and Lake Shore Drive.
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