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Monday, 6:30 pm Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Drummer Mike Reeds People, Places and Things Quartet expands to feature three legendary Chicago Jazz Figures from the 50's and 60's: Art Hoyle, trumpet, Ira Sullivan, multi instrumentalist, and Julian Priester, trombone, performing new music as well as re inventions of the music they performed decades ago. Rounding out the octet will be Chicago musicians Greg Ward, saxophone; Tim Haldeman, saxophone; Jason Roebke, bass; and Jeb Bishop, trombone.
Pritzker Pavilion 6:30 pm
What better way to begin the celebration of 30 years of jazz than with two-time GRAMMY® Award winner and 2004 GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Sonny Rollins.
Friday, August 29, 2008
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, 2008
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 31, 2008
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
