Founded in 2006 by James W. Wagner in Hyde Park-Chicago, IL

Photo Credit: James Walker and JazzChicago.net  
About the HPJS
Sunday Evening
Jazz Schedule
Support HPJS
Fifth Annual
Hyde Park Jazz Fest
Photos and Reviews
Links


Photo: Farrad Ali Photography

Please join us at ROOM 43 for our weekly Sunday nights jazz concert!

On Sunday, May 20th,
we welcome vocalist Lady T. and her quintet!


ROOM 43 - 1043 E. 43rd Street, Chicago
Sundays from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
"ROOM 43... ...is one of the hippest places to spend a Sunday night!"
- Howard Reich (Chicago Tribune)



Sunday Evening Jazz Series
Upcoming Schedule
Sun. May 06: Cecile Savage, bass and vocals
Sun. May 13: Geof Bradfield, woodwinds
Sun. May 20: Lady T, vocals
Sun. May 27: A DOUBLE BILL FEATURING:
     6:00 p.m. - University of Chicago Jazz X-tet, directed by Mwata Bowden
     7:30 p.m. - Eric Schneider, saxes and clarinet



THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING HPJS!

On behalf of the Hyde Park Jazz Society Board of Directors, thank you to everyone who helped, who attended, and who donated to our fundraising concert - "A Musical Taste of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival".

A big thanks to Norman Bolden - owner of ROOM 43 - and of course our wonderful musicians: Ari Brown + Victor Garcia + Curtis Robinson + Miguel de la Cerna + Stewart Miller + Joan Collaso + Melvin Butler + Robert"Baabe"Irving III + Victor Goines + Elliot Mason + Dee Alexander + Pharez Whitted + Bobby Lewis + Eric Schneider + Tammy McCann + Dennis Carroll + Charles Heath + Jim Ryan + Maggie Brown + Larry Gray + Frieda Lee + Harrison Bankhead + Makaya McCraven + Ernie Adams + Greg Spero.

If you wanted to donate, but didn't have the opportunity, come by any Sunday and leave a little extra as a donation - we accept cash and checks made payable to "Hyde Park Jazz Society". Whatever you can do is appreciated! Just be sure to tell us that you want your donation to be applied to retiring our 2011 Festival debt. Thank you!


Our Sunday Evening Jazz Series has returned home to ROOM 43!
Please read Howard Reich's review of our triumphant return!




Fifth Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Thanks to all who attended and supported out Fifth Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival! While rain threatened, it never really materialized (much), and what transpired was really a very lovely, early-Fall weekend. We had some wonderful press and have posted some of it below:

Chicago Tribune/Howard Reich (9/20/11)
Preview: "A great jazz festival takes root in Hyde Park"

Chicago Tribune/Howard Reich (9/22/11)
Preview: "All ears head to Hyde Park for an enticing jazz festival"

Chicago Tribune/Howard Reich (9/25/11)
Review: "Hyde Park celebrates jazz in every corner"


 


Two Days!
Saturday and Sunday
September 24 & 25, 2011


- Venues -
James Wagner Main Stage on the Midway * DuSable Museum of African American History * International House * Hyde Park Union Church * Oriental Institute Museum * Rockefeller Chapel * Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House * Little Black Pearl * Hyde Park Art Center * Court Theatre * Smart Museum of Art * Mandel Hall * Hyde Park Bank

- Musicians -
Adam Kinner Trio, Ari Brown Quintet, Ben Paterson Organ Quartet, Bethany Pickens Trio, Bossa Tres, Chévere, Corey Wilkes, Diane Ellis and the Jazzy Ladies, Don Byron's New Gospel Quintet, Edwin Sanchez, Everett Greene, Fareed Haque Trio with Tony Monaco, Geof Bradfield Ensemble, Irvin Pierce Quintet, John Wright All-Stars, Justefan Band, Kevin Nabors, Maggie Brown Quartet, Marqueal Jordan, Marquis Hill Trio, Melvin Butler Quartet, Midnight Jam Session hosted by Dee Alexander, Miguel and Sylvia De La Cerna Quartet, Orbert Davis Quintet featuring Terisa Griffin, Pat Mallinger Quartet, Paul Wertico Quintet, Paulinho Garcia Quintet, Reel Jazz with Michael Phillips, Rhythms of Thunder with Charles Heath, Ernie Adams & Dana Hall, Sarah Marie Young, Stephanie Trick, Tatsu Aoki's MIYUMI Project, Three Ellas: Dee Alexander, Frieda Lee & Spider Saloff, A Tribute to Gene “Jug” Ammons by Eric Schneider, Ari Brown & Hank Ford, Tomeka Reid Trio, Tony Cazeau, Willie Pickens Trio, and others!







Our Home Page: www.HydeParkJazzSociety.com

The Hyde Park Jazz Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.


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Webmaster: Ken Scott