1979
Jazz Members Big Band
directed by Steve Jensen, trumpet, and Jeff Lindberg, trombone/ Johnny Board, tenor sax
Don DeMicheal-Chuck Hedges Swingtet
with Don DeMicheal, vibes; Chuck Hedges, clarinet/
with Johnny Frigo, violin/ Rick Frigo, drums
with Fred Anderson, tenor sax/ Bill Brimfield, trumpet; Hamid Drake, drums
Lonnie Brooks, guitar, vocals/
with Wilbur Campbell, drums/ Carl Leukaufe, Emmanuel Cranshaw, vibes; Jodie Christian, piano
with Little Brother Montgomery, piano, vocals; Edith Wilson, vocals/ Ron Dewar, soprano sax
with Willie Randall, alto sax, aranger/ James Daws, trumpet; Eddie Johnson, tenor sax; Roland Faulkner, guitar
Roger Pemberton Big
Band
with Von Freeman, tenor sax/ George Freeman, guitar; Bettye Reynolds, vocals
with Phil Guy, guitar, leader/
Kahil El’Zabar, percussion/ Edward Wilkerson, Light Henry Huff, saxophones
with Jo Belle, vocals/
E. Parker McDougal, tenor sax/ Willie Pickens, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
with Art Hodes, piano/ Norm Murphy, trumpet; Franz Jackson, clarinet, vocals
with Alejo Poveda, percussion/
with Jimmy Ellis, alto ax/ Sonny Turner, trumpet
with John Neely, tenor sax, composer/ Bill Brimfield, trumpet
Stu Katz, piano/
with Lee Konitz, alto sax; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax/ Stu Katz, piano
Conte Candoli, trumpet; Sal Nistico, Charlie Rouse, saxophones; Jaki Byard, piano; Thomas Palmer, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums; Joe Carroll, vocals
Big Joe Williams solo vocals and guitar
Jim
Beebe’s
with Jim Beebe, trombone/ Bobby Lewis, trumpet; Barrett Deems, drums
Mama Yancey, vocals; Erwin Helfer, piano
with Franz Jackson, clarinet, tenor sax; Jeanne Carroll, vocals
with Otis Rush, guitar, vocals/
Benny Carter, alto sax, arranger/ Arthur Hoyle, Ron Friedman, trumpets; John Avant, trombone; Bill Atkins, tenor sax; Ron Kolber, baritone sax; Jodie Christian, piano; Bob Roberts, guitar; John Bany, bass; Barrett Deems, drums
Roland Faulkner
Quartet
Roland Faulkner, guitar/ Prince James, tenor sax; Bill Yancy, bass; Jimmy Tillman, drums
with Bradley Parker Sparrow, piano/ Harold Jones, alto sax
with Buddy Montgomery, piano/
with Ken Chaney, piano/ Gene Easton, tenor sax
with McCoy Tyner, piano; Joe Boyd, George Adams, saxophones; John Blake, violin
Morris Ellis
Orchestra
with Morris Ellis, trombone/
Billy Taylor Trio
with Billy Taylor, piano/
with Emmanuel Cranshaw, vibes/
with Harold Ashby, tenor sax; Willie Pickens, piano/
Muhal Richard Abrams solo piano
with Eddie Baker, piano; Bettye Reynolds, vocals/
with Red Saunders, drums
Barrett Deems and
Deemus
with Barrett Deems, drums/ Chuck Hedges, clarinet; Don DeMicheal, vibes
with Adam Makowicz, piano/
Kenny Soderblom, director/ Frank Tesinsky, arranger; Bobby Lewis, trumpet soloist; Danny Barber, Ron Friedman, Art Hoyle, trumpets; Bill Porter, Rich Mays, Harold Keen, trombones; Ed Petersen, Ed DuMensis, Len Drews, B. Keen, reeds; John Bunch, piano; Gene Bertoncini, guitar; Kelly Sills, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Polly Podewell, vocals
Mel Torme, vocals,
Benny Goodman, clarinet/ John Bunch, piano; Gene Bertoncini, guitar; Michael Moore, bass; Connie Kay, drums
Benny Goodman, clarinet, and Mel Torme, drums, added to the orchestra
1980 Chicago Jazz Festival
Monday, August 25, 1980 – A
Tribute to Duke Ellington
Chicago Rhythmmakers
Bobby Lewis, trumpet; Eddie Johnson, tenor sax; Joe Johnson, piano; John Defauw, rhythm guitar; Truck Parham, bass; Barrett Deems, drums
Emmanuel
Cranshaw Quintet
with Emmanuel Cranshaw, vibes/
John
Neely Big Band
with John Neely, tenor sax, arranger/
Duke
Ellington Alumni Band
Brooks Kerr, piano, leader/Louis Metcalf, trumpet; Marshall Royal, alto sax; Britt Woodman, trombone; Al Hall, bass; Sonny Greer, drums; Al Hibbler, vocals; Honi Coles, tap dancer
Jimmy
Rowles Trio
with Jimmy Rowles, piano/
Kenny
Burrell Trio
with Kenny Burrell, guitar/
Tuesday, August 26, 1980 – Chicago
Jazz Panorama I
Morris Ellis and His
Orchestra
with Morris Ellis, trombone/
Son
Seals Blues Band
with Son Seal, guitar, vocals/
Gloria
Morgan
with Gloria Morgan, piano, vocals/
The
Billy Band
with Bill Brimfield, trumpet; Bill Perry, alto sax/
Anthony
Braxton
with Anthony Braxton, saxophones/ Hugh Ragin, trumpet; Ray Anderson, trombone
Wednesday, August 27, 1980 –
Chicago Jazz Heritage I
Ears
with Bobby Lewis, trumpet; Cy Touff, bass trumpet/
with Big Walter Horton, harmonica/
with Bud Freeman, tenor sax/ Norm Murphy, trumpet; Marty Grosz, guitar
Wolverine Orchestra (Minneapolis) with special guest Jabbo Smith
with Jabbo Smith, trumpet, vocals/
with Wild Bill Davison, cornet/ Chuck Hedges, clarinet; Jim Beebe, trombone; Art Hodes, piano
Thursday, August 28, 1980 –
Chicago Jazz Heritage II
Greg Tipps-Roy
Vombrack Jazz Movement
with Iqua Colson, vocals; Adegoke Steve Colson, piano/ Wallace McMillan, reeds
with Jali Foday Musa Suso, kora, griot/ Hamid Drake, drums
with Dave Grilly, woodwinds; Lanny Grilly, drums/
with Ahmad Jamal, piano/
Friday, August 29, 1980 – Charlie
Parker’s 60th Birthday
Paul Serrano
with Paul Serrano, trumpet/
Jay McShann, piano/ Claude Williams, violin; Budd Johnson, tenor sax; Gene Ramey, bass; Gus Johnson, drums
Red Rodney, trumpet; Ira Sullivan, trumpet, woodwinds; Chris Anderson, piano; Bill Lee, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; James Moody, tenor sax; Al Haig, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Max Roach, drums
John Campbell, piano/ Edward Pedersen, tenor sax; Kelly Sill, bass; Joel Spencer, drums
with Douglas Ewart, woodwinds, percussion/
with Roy Eldridge, vocals; Barrett Deems, drums/
with Lorez Alexandria, vocals; John Young, piano/
with Earl Hines, piano/ Budd Johnson, tenor sax
Sunday, August 31, 1980 – Chicago
Jazz Prism
Alejo Poveda and Four
or More
with Alejo Poveda, percussion/
Lester Bowie, trumpet; Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, reeds; Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass; Famoudou Don Moye, drums
with Stan Getz, tenor sax/
with Muddy Waters, vocals/
with Lionel Hampton, vibes/
1981 Chicago Jazz Festival
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Redd Holt and Eldee
Young
Eldee Young, bass; Redd Holt, drums/Arthur Hoyle, trumpet; Sonny Seals, sax; Ken Chaney, piano; Ruben DeAndrea, percussion
Stu Katz and Willie Pickens, piano duets
Vandy Harris, tenor sax, arranger/ AACM Big Band? WHO?
Doc Cheatham, trumpet; Bud Freeman, tenor sax; Dick Hyman, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Bobby Rosengarden, drums
Eddie Harris, tenor sax/ Bunky Green, alto sax; Junior Mance, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Wednesday, September 2, 1981
The Hot Three
Kenny Davern, soprano sax; Art Hodes, piano; Don DeMicheal, drums
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock, piano/ Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums
Carmen McRae
with Carmen McRae, vocals/
with Sun Ra, keyboards, conductor/ Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Pat Patrick, woodwinds
with Fenton Robinson, guitar, vocals/
Thursday, September 3, 1981 – A
Tribute to Captain Walter Dyett
Von Freeman, tenor sax/ George Freeman, guitar; John Young, piano; Eddie Calhoun, bass; Charles Walton, drums
Leroy Jenkins, violin; Jerome Cooper, drums
with Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Julian Priester, trombone; Norman Simmons, piano; Vernel Fournier, drums
with Johnny Griffin, tenor sax/
with Jimmy Ellis, alto sax/
Friday, September 4, 1981 – A
Tribute to Duke Ellington
Art Davis Group
Art Davis, trumpet/ Ed Petersen, tenor sax; David Onderdonk, guitar; Dan DeLorenzo, bass; Mike Friedman, drums
directed by Steve Jensen, trumpet, and Jeff Lindberg, trombone/ Art Davis, Mark Curry, Thomas Mitchell, David Urban, trumpets; Scott Benthall, Larry Mc Cabe, Michael Young, trombones; Randy Soulman, Tom Trinker, Ed Petersen, Ron Dewar, Bruce Ripp, saxophones; John Campbell, piano; Dan DeLorenzo, bass; Joel Spencer, drums
Archie Shepp, tenor sax/ Charles McGhee, trumpet; Ken Werner, piano; Santi Debriano, bass; John Betsch, drums
Clark Terry, trumpet, and Louie Bellson, drums, added to Jazz Members Big Band
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals/ Jimmy Rowles, piano; Keter Betts, bass; Bobby Durham, drums
Saturday, September 5, 1981
Blind John Davis Jump
Band
Blind John Davis, piano/ Henderson Smith, trumpet; Sax Mallard, sax; Harry Cornell, bass; Jump Jackson, drums
Robert Shy, drums/ Ari Brown, tenor sax; Duke Payne, tenor sax, bagpipes; Ken Prince, piano; Steve Palmore, bass; Luba Raashiek vocals
with Paul Klinger, cornet, soprano sax, leader/ Dave Wilborn, vocals; Bob Olson, Doug Kelton, Mal Fudge, trumpets; Al Winters, trombone; Pete Ustinovitch, Dave Dlanagan, Pete Ferrin, Luis Burnette, saxophones; Chuck Robinette, piano; John R. Smith, tuba; Deon Foster, banjo, guitar, vocal;
Henry Threadgill, woodwinds; Fred Hopkins bass; Steve McCall, drums
Jimmy Smith, organ/ Bill Hardman, trumpet; Lou Donaldson, alto sax; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Ray Crawford, guitar; Kenny Dixon, drums
Sunday, September 6, 1981 – A
Tribute to Count Basie
Paul Serrano-Eddie
Johnson Quintet
Paul Serrano, trumpet; Eddie Johnson, tenor sax/ John Young, piano; Eddie DeHaas, bass; George Hughes, drums
Helen Humes, vocals/ Gerald Wiggins, piano; Eddie DeHaas, bass; Marshall Thompson, drums
Harry “Sweets”Edison, trumpet; Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, tenor sax/ Jodie Christian, piano; Eddie Calhoun, bass; Phil Thomas, drums
Earle Warren, alto sax/ Joe Newman, trumpet; Dickie Wells, trombone; Buddy Tate, tenor sax; Joe Johnson, piano; Truck Parham, bass; Gus Johnson, drums
with Count Basie, piano/ Freddie Greene, guitar
Monday, September 7, 1981
Hal Russell, sax, drums, vibes/ Chuck Burdelik, saxophones; Brian Sandstrom, bass, trumpet, guitar; Curt Bley, bass; Steve Hunt, drums, vibes
with Mike Walbridge, tuba, leader/ Polly Podewell, vocals
Jack DeJohnette, drums/ Chico Freeman, tenor sax; John Purcell, baritone sax; Peter Warren, cello
Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax; Slam Stewart, bass/ Richard Wyands, piano; Gray Sargent, guitar; Eric Allen drums
with Eddie Palmieri, piano/ Ismael Quintana, vocals
1982 Chicago Kool Jazz Festival
Monday, August 30, 1982
Arbee Stiham Blues Band
Arbee Stidham, vocals/ Henderson Smith, trumpet; Ahmad Salaheldeen, Tommy “Madman” Jones, Nat Reed, saxophones; Lacey Gibson, guitar; Lafayette Leake, piano; Camille, bass; Odie Payne, drums
Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass/Sonny Covington, trumpet; Vandy Harris, tenor sax, piccolo; Evod Magek, piano; Avreeayl Ra, drums
Jim Beebe, trombone/Steve Jensen, trumpet; Charlie Hooks, clarinet; Joe Johnson, piano; Duke Groner, bass; Dickie Borden, drums
with Anita O’Day, vocals/ Plas Johnson, tenor sax
Art Blakey, drums/Wallace Roney, trumpet; Donald Harrison, alto sax; Bill Pierce, tenor sax; Jim McNeely, piano; Charles Fambrough, bass
Tuesday, August 31, 1982
Spontaneous
Combustion
Rich Corpolongo, woodwinds; Doug Lofstrom, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Richard Straka, trumpet, leader/Jose Sanchez, trumpet; Frank Rodriguez, trombone; Steve Eisen, tenor sax; Edwin Sanchez, piano; Freddie Sanchez, bass; Luis Rosario, drums; Angel Figueroa, bongos; Heriberto Perez, congas; Jesus Vera, timbales; Mike Amldonado, Jorge Quintero, vocals
Chris Foreman, organ; Walter Henderson, trumpet; Lance Bryant, saxophone; Mike Ross, bass; Dawud Salahuddin, drums
Jabbo Smith, trumpet/Preston Jackson, trombone; Franz Jackson, tenor sax; Banjo Ikey Robinson, banjo; Duke Groner, bass; Kansas Fields,
with Betty Carter, vocals/ James Moody, tenor sax
Wednesday, September 1, 1982
Breno Sauer, keyboards, leader/ Ron Dewar, sax; Akio Sashjima, guitar; Paulinho Garcia, bass; Phil Gratteau, drums; Roberto Sanchez, percussiohn; Neusa Sauer, vocals
Edward Wilkerson, saxophones, clarinet, composer, leader/ Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Reggie Nicholson, drums
Judy Roberts, piano/ Neal Seroka, guitar; Michael Fiorino, bass; David Derge, drums
Jimmy McPartland, cornet; Norm Murphy, trumpet; Frank Chace, clarinet; Bud Freeman, tenor sax; Ralph Sutton, piano; Bob Haggart, bass; Bob Cousins, drums
Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax/ Kenny Barron, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Hart, drums
Thursday, September 2, 1982
Mike Ferro Quintet
Mike Ferro, vocals/ Ron Dewar, sax; Peter Sax, piano; Milton Suggs, bass; Jules DeFelices, drums
with Larry Novak, piano/ Larry Gray, bass
Benny Carter, composer, alto sax/ Bobby Lewis, Ron Friedman, George Bean, Arthur Hoyle, trumpets; Cy Touff, bass trumpet; Edwin Williams, John Avant, Ralph Craig, trombones; Don Shelton, Roger Pemberton, Ken Soderblom, Son Seals, Ron Kolber, saxophones; Jodie Christian, piano; Bob Roberts, guitar; John Whitfield, bass; Bob Cousins, drums
with George Russell, composer/ Lew Soloff, Tom Harrell, trumpets; Marty Ehrlich, woodwinds; Victor Lewis, drums
with Cecil Taylor, piano/ Brenda Bakr, vocals; Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone; William Parker, bass; Rashied Bakr, drums; Andre Martinez, percussion
Friday, September 3, 1982
Paul Berliner and
Kudu
Paul Berliner, trumpet, kudu horn, mbira/ Steve Eisen, reeds; Howard Levy, percussion, marimba; Eric Hochberg, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Lin Halliday, Tommy Ponce, tenor saxophones; David Schumacher, baritone sax; Carl Leukaufe, vibes; Mark Steele, bass; Robert Barry, drums
Eddie “Cleanhead “ Vinson, vocals, alto sax/ Sonny Turner, trumpet; John Young, piano; Eddie DeHaas, bass; George Hughes, drums
Roscoe Mitchell, woodwinds, composer/ Hugh Ragin, trumpet; A. Spencer Barefield, guitar; Jaribu Shahid, bass; Tani Tabbal, perucssion
with Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano, arranger, conductor; Lew Tabackin, tenor sax/
Saturday, September 4, 1982
Hubbard Street
Swingers
Eddie Johnson, Johnny Board, tenor saxophones; Wilbur Campbell, vibes; John Young, piano; Truck Parham, bass; Phil Gratteau, drums
Billy Branch, harmonica/ Lurrie Bell, guitar; J.W., bass; Moses Rutues, drums
Steve Lacy, soprano sax; Mal Waldron piano
with Ray Barretto, percussion/
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; McCoy Tyner, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums
Sunday, September 5, 1982
Streetdancer
Steve Eisen, sax; Robert Long, piano; Kestutis Stanciauskas, bass guitar; Andy Potter, drums
Frank
Walton Sextet
Frank Walton, trumpet/ Eugene Vinyard, Mark Durham, saxophones; Theodis Rogers, keyboard; Kenny Davis, bass; Michael Adams, drums
with Panama Francis, drums/ Francis
Williams, trumpet; Norris Turney, sax; Red Richards, piano
Warne Marsh, tenor sax; Jimmy Raney, guitar; Lou Levy, piano/ John Whitfield, bass; Dick Borden, drums
with Alberta Hunter, vocals/
with Miles Davis, trumpet/
1983 Chicago Jazz Festival
Wednesday, August 31, 1983
Buddy Childers Big
Band
Buddy Childers, trumpet/ Orbert Davis, Nipper Murphy, trumpets; Warren Kime, trombone; Mike Smith, Steve Eisen, Ron Kolber, saxophones; Joel Spencer, drums; John Negus, Dave Randem, Scott Bertill, John Mose, John Blane, Edwin Williams, David Frolichstein, Bill Lanphier, Steve Roberts, Bobby Schiff
Light Henry Huff, woodwinds/ Yosef Ben Israe; bass; Avreeayl Ra, drums; Dee Alexander, vocals
Rita Warford, Sulanya, Conway, vocals/ Jimmy Willis, bass; Rufus Hill, Al Smith, Steve Cobb
Al Grey, trombone; Arnett Cobb, Budd Johnson, tenor sxophones; Sammy Price, piano; George Duvivier, bass; Barrett Deems, drums
Sonny Rollins, tenor sax/ Clifton Anderson, trombone; Bobby Broom, guitar; Russell Blake, Tommy Campbell
Thursday, September 1, 1983
Howard Levy & NBV
Howard Levy, piano, harmonica/ Dave Urban, trumpet; Steve Eisen, sax; Jeff Czech, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Frank D’Rone, vocals, guitar; Gene Esposito, piano/ Kelly Sill, bass; Rusty Jones, drums
Steve McCall, drums/ Jimmy Ellis, Ahmad Salaheldeen, Wallace McMillan, saxophones; Willie Pickens, piano; Donald Rafael Garrett, bass
Lester Bowie, trumpet/ Fontella Bass, Martha Bass, David Peaston, vocals; Ari Brown, tenor sax; Roderick Williams, piano; Malachi Favors, bass; Marvin “Smitty” Smith, drums
with Woody Herman, leader, clarinet/
Friday, September 2, 1983
Larry Luchowski Trio
Larry Luchowski, piano/ Larry Gray, bass; Paul Wertico ,drums
Mighty Joe Young, guitar, vocals/ Benny Turner, Adrian Peek, Professor Eddie Lusk
Bob Wilber, soprano sax, leader/ Randy Sandke, trumpet; Todd Coolman, bass; Joanne Horton Wilber, vocals; Butch Miles, drums; Mike Peters, Mark Shane
Jack McDuff, organ/ Joe Dukes, drums; Jed Levy, Mitch Stein
Pharoah Sanders, tenor sax/ William Henderson, trumpet; John Heard, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums
Saturday, September 3, 1983
Marshall Vente, piano, arranger/ Anna Dawson, vocals; Steve Berry, trombone; Rich Corpolongo, Chip Gdalman, saxophones; Isidro Perez, percussion; Scott Mason, Jim Massoth, Nick Drozdoff, Merle Boley
Arthur Hoyle, trumpet/ Ed Petersen, tenor sax; John Campbell, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Robert Shy, drums
James Cotton, harmonica, vocals/ Sammy Lawhorn, guitar; Pinetop Perkins, piano; Calvin Jones, bass; Willie Smith, drums
Jerry Gonzalez, trumpet, percussion/ Steve Turre, trombone; Andy Gonzalez, Jorge Dalto, Edgardo Miranda, Wilfredo Valez, Frank Rodriguez, Steve Barrios, Hector Hernandez
Sarah Vaughan, vocals/ Mike Wofford, piano; Andrew Simpkins, bass; Harold Jones, drums
Sunday, September 4,
1983
Chevere
Alejo Poveda, percussion/ Steve Eisen, sax; Howard Levy, piano; Rubin Alvarez, Geraldo De Oliviera, Chris Cameron, Rusty Taylor, Mark Ohlsen, Ernie Denov
Lee Konitz, alto sax/ Lew Soloff, Sam Burtis, trumpets; Jimmy Knepper, trombone, arranger; Gary Smulyan, sax; Dick Katz, piano; Ed Schuller, bass; Kenny Washington, drums; John Eckert
Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums, composer/ Zane Massey, sax; Vernon Reid, Melvin Gibbs, guitars; Bruce Johnson, Henry Scott
Ray Charles, piano, vocals/ Philip Guilbeau, Marcus Belgrave, trumpets; Hank Crawford, alto sax; David “Fathead” Newman, tenor sax; Leroy Cooper, baritone sax; Phil Upchurch, guitar; Calvin Newborn, bass; Bernard Purdie, drums
Chicago Kool Jazz Festival 1984
Wednesday, August 29, 1984
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Ramsey Lewis, piano/ Eldee Young, bass; Redd Holt, drums
with Laurel Masse, vocals/
Frank Chace, clarinet/ Norm Murphy, trumpet; E. Parker McDougal, tenor sax; Bob Wright, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Kansas Fields, drums
with Edward Wilkerson, composer, leader/ John Toles-Bey, actor-poet, in “The Legend of Honky-Tonk Bud”; Rita Warford, vocals; Kahil El’Zabar, percussion
Ornette Coleman, alto sax, composer/ Charles Ellerbee, Bern Nix, guitars; Al McDowell, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, electric basses; Denardo Coleman, Kamal Sadir, drums
Thursday, August 30, 1984
Wilbur
Campbell, Eddie DeHaas, Jodie Christian, Robert Shy, Tommy Ponce, Nipper Murphy
Nipper Murphy, trumpet; Tommy Ponce, tenor sax; Wilbur Campbell, vibes; Jodie Christian, piano; Eddie DeHaas, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Mwata Bowden, composer, clarinets, saxophones/ Ari Brown, tenor sax; Steve Berry, trombone; Raphael Garrett, bass; Steve McCall, drums
Friday, August 31, 1984
Guy Fricano Jazz
Inside Out
Guy Fricano, trumpet/ Joe Daley, tenor sax; Rich Corpolongo, sax; John Redfield, piano; Eldee Young, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Jimmy Dawkins, guitar/ Shirley Johnson, vocals; J.T. Burks, harmolnica; Rich Krich, rhythm guitar; Cornelius Boyson, bass; Tyron Centuray, drums; B.B. “Voice” Odom, vocals
Benny Carter, alto sax; Red Norvo, vibes; Remo Palmier, guitar; Teddy Wilson, piano; Arvell Shaw, bass; Louis Bellson, drums
Von Freeman, Chico Freeman, tenor saxes; George Freeman, guitar; Mark Thompson, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Bruz Freeman, drums
with Gil Evans, composer, arranger, conductor/
Saturday, September 1, 1984
Johnny Board-Sonny
Turner Big Band with Sasha Dalton
Sonny Turner, trumpet; Johnny Board, tenor sax/ Sasha Dalton, vocals; Rodney Clark, Art Hoyle, Calvin Ladner, Frank Walton, Bill Adkins, Al Smith, Clifford Clark, Sam Player, John Watson, Edwin Williams, Frank Hooks, Aaron Dodd, Roland Faulkner, Roselle Claxton, Paul Gusman, Ernie Outlaw
Curtis Robinson, Akio Sasajima, David Onderdonk, guitars
Willis Jackson, tenor sax; Richard “Groove” Holmes, organ; Willie Petus, Billy Gayles
with Sun Ra, composer, keyboards/ Tommy Turrentine, trumpet; Marshall, Allen, John Gilmore, Charles Tyler, saxophones
Sunday, September 2, 1984
A Night in Tunisia –
A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie
Ethnic Heritage
Ensemble
Kahil El’Zabar, leader, percussion/ Edward Wilkerson, woodwinds, piano; Hanah-Jon Taylor, woodwinds
Randy Weston, Johnny Griffin, Richard Davis, Art Blakey
Randy, Weston, piano; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Richard Davis, bass; Art Blakey, drums
with Mario Grillo, percussion, leader/
with Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet/ Walter Davis, Jr., piano
African Sunrise (Amanecer Africano)
Commissioned by the Chicago Jazz Festival; composed by Randy Weston, arranged by Melba Liston; Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet/ The Machito Orchestra; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Walter Davis, Jr., piano; Richard Davis, bass; Art Blakey, drums
1985 Chicago Jazz Festival
Wednesday, August 28, 1985
Buddy Rich Big Band
with Buddy Rich, drums/ Steve Marcus, tenor and soprano saxophones
Doc Cheatham, trumpet; Bud Freeman, tenor sax/ Bob Roberts, guitar; Stu Katz, piano; John Bany, bass; Barrett Deems, drums
with Paula Greer, vocals/ Earma Thompson, piano; Chester Williamson, bass; Duck Scott, drums
Joseph Jarman, woodwinds/ Edward Wilkerson, tenor sax; Geri Allen piano; Fred Hopkins, bass; Thurman Barker, drums
with Mongo Santamaria, congas/
Thursday, August 29, 1985
Jerry Coleman and
Nineburner
Jerry Coleman, drums/ Gene Esposito, arranger; Bobby Lewis, Ron Friedman, trumpets; Cy Touff, bass trumpet; Mike Smith, Joe Daley, Ron Kolber, saxophones; Jodie Christian, piano; John Whitfield, bass
Fred Simon, piano/ Edward Peterson, tenor and soprano saxophones; Steve Rodby, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
with Phil Cohran, trumpet, Frankiphone (amplified thumb piano)/ Maia Hubert, vocals, dancer, harp; Gene Easton, tenor sax
Clark Terry, trumpet; Buddy De Franco, clarinet; Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Nat Pierce, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Gus Johnson, drums
Ira Sullivan, trumpet, saxophones; Lou Donaldson, alto sax; James Moody, saxophones, flute; Duke Jordan, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Friday, August 30, 1985
Prince James Quintet
Prince James, tenor sax/ Roland Faulkner, guitar; Alan Batts, organ; Walter Harper, bass; Jesse Singletery, drums
Chevere
Alejo Poveda, percussion, leader/ Mark Ohlsen, trumpet, percussion; Steve Eisen, reeds, percussion; Fareed Haque, guitar; Chris Camerson, synthesizers; Howard Levy, composer, keyboards, harmonica, mandolin; Rusty Taylor, bass; Joe Rendon, Ruben Alvarez, percussion
Muhal Richard Abrams, piano/ John Purcell, saxophones; Fred Hopkins, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums
with Annie Ross, Jon Hendricks, vocals/
with Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax/ Eddie Barefield, clarinet, saxophones; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Eddie Bert, trombone
Saturday, August 31, 1985
King Fleming Trio
with Boots Robinson and E. Parker McDougal
with King Fleming, piano/ Boots Robinson, E. Parker McDougal, tenor saxophones
Sunnyland Slim, piano, vocals/ Sam Burkhardt, sax; Steve Freund, guitar; Robert Stroger, electric bass; Robert Covington, drums
Amina Claudine Myers, piano/ Ricky Ford, Patience Higgins, saxophones; Jerome Harris, electric bass; Reggie Nicholson, drums
Gregory Davis, Elton Towns, trumpets; Charles Joseph, trombone; Kevin Harris, Roger Lewis, saxophones; Kirk Joseph, tuba; Benny Jones, snare drum; Jenell Marshall, bass drum
with Thad Jones, cornet/ Johnny Coles, trumpet; Bill Hughes, trombone; Eric Dixon, saxophones; Freddie Greene, guitar
Sunday, September 1, 1985
Goodman Theater
presents Changing Times Tap Dancing Company
with Charles “Cookie” Cook, Jane Goldberg, tap dancers
with Ken Gueno, congas, timbales, vocals/ Kenneth Clark, saxophones, flute; Miller Pertum, vibes; Dwayne Harris, drums, timbales
Steve Jensen, trumpet; Tommy Bartlett, trombone; Ron Dewar, clarinet, soprano sax; Brian Naylor, banjo, guitar; Mike Walbridge, bass sax; Scott Mordecai, drums
with Arturo Sandoval, trumpet/ Jon Faddis, trumpet
Henry Threadgill, saxophones, flute, great composer/ Rasul Sidik trumpet; Ray Anderson, trombone; Diedre Murray, cello; Fred Hopkins, bass; Thurman Barker, Reggie Nicholson, drums
Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums
with Stan Getz, tenor sax; Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax/ Jimmy Giuffre, Herbie Steward, tenor saxophones
1986 Chicago Jazz Festival
Wednesday, August 27, 1986 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans
with co-leaders Milton Batiste, trumpet, and Harold Dejan, alto sax/
Joe Williams, vocals; co-leaders Steve Jensen, trumpet, and Jeff Lindberg, trombone/ Henry Johnson, guitar; Norman Simmons, piano; Bob Badgeley, bass; Gerryck King, drums
Kelly Brand, piano/ Ron Dewar, tenor sax; Kelly Sill, bass; Phil Gratteau, drums
with Bunky Green, alto sax/
Humphrey Lyttelton, trumpet/ Bruce Turner, alto sax; Pete Strange, trombone; Joe Johnson, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Barrett Deems, drums
with Alvin Batiste, clarinet; Ellis Marsalis, piano/
Thursday, August 28, 1986 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Grady Johnson Octet
plays Tadd Dameron
Grady Johnson, alto sax/ Art Hoyle, trumpet; John Watson, trombone; Clifford Clark, baritone sax; Roland Faulkner, guitar; Alphonso Jenkins, piano; Nate Stewart, bass; Bob Guthrie, drums
Archie Pereira, keyboards, composer, leader/ Elmer Brown, Kenny Anderson, trumpets; Angel Melendez, Frank Rodriguez, trombones; Freddy Torres, bass, composer; George Gonzalez, bongos; Jose Garcia, conga; Carlos Garcia, timbales, writer of song lyrics; Hector Nunez, Joe Gonzalez, vocals
Hal Russell, composer, tenor sax, trumpet, drums, vibes/ Chuck Burdelik, saxophones, clarinet; Brian Sandstrom, Kent Kessler, basses; Steve Hunt, drums, vibes; Bobby Rubenstein, Susie Spitzer-Cohn, dancers
Tete Montoliu and
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Tete Montoliu, piano; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass
Cab Calloway, vocals/ Jonah Jones, trumpet; Eddie Barefield, Franz Jackson, saxophones; Danny Holgate, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; J.C. Heard, drums
Friday, August 29, 1986 – A Tribute to Thelonious Monk
Jimmy Ellis Quintet
Jimmy Ellis, alto sax/ Sonny Turner, trumpet; Earma Thompson, piano; Jimmy Willis, bass; Steve McCall, drums
Joanie Pallatto, vocals/ Willie Pickens, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Barry Harris, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Ben Riley, drums
Steve Lacy, soprano sax; Misha Mengelberg, piano; Raphael Garrett, bass; Han Bennink, drums
Don Sickler, musical co-ordinator/ Hall Overton, arranger; Don Sickler, Tom Harrell, trumpets; Eddie Bert, trombone; Steve Lacy, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Howard Johnson, saxophones; Mal Waldron, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Ben Riley, drums
Saturday, August 30, 1986 – Second Stage
A Tribute to Eurreal
“Little Brother” Montgomery
with Leroy Nabors, trumpet; Jim Beebe, trombone; Kim Cusack, clarinet; Joe Johnson, piano; Ikey Robinson, banjo; Truck Parham, bass; Kansas Fields, drums
with Eric Schneider, Von Freeman, saxophones/
Melvin Taylor
with Melvin Taylor, guitar, blues singer/
Pierre Dørge, guitar, composer/ Harry Beckett, trumpet; John Tchicai, Jesper Zeuthen, Morten Carlsen, saxes; Irene Becker, piano, composer; Hugo Rasmussen, Johnny Mbizo Dyani, basses; Hamid Drake, drums; Thomas Dyani, Marilyn Mazur, percussion
Art Farmer, trumpet; Benny Golson, tenor sax/ Curtis Fuller, trombone; Mickey Tucker, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Marvin “Smitty” Smith, drums
with Sarah Vaughan, vocals/
Sunday, August 31, 1986 – Second Stage
with Von Freeman, tenor sax/
The Northern Illinois
University Jazz Ensemble
with Ron Modell, director/
Howard Levy, harmonica; Bob Gustafson, piano; Eric Hochberg,
bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Fred Anderson and
Steve McCall
Fred Anderson, tenor sax; Steve McCall, drums
with Grover Mitchell, leader; Dakota Staton, vocals/ Earl Gardner, Frank Gordon, Cecil Bridgewater, trumpets; Gover Mitchell, Jack Jeffers, trombones; Norris Turney, Bill Easley, Doug Lwrence, Joe Temperley, saxophones; George Freeman, guitar; Wild Bill Davis, piano
with Abdullah Ibrahim, piano/ Dick Griffin, trombone; Carlos Ward, alto sax; Ricky Ford, tenor sax; Charles Davis, baritone sax
with Eddie Palmieri, piano/
George Benson, guitar, vocal/ David Newman, tenor sax; Jack McDuff, organ; Greg Bandy, drums
1987 Chicago Jazz Festival
Wednesday, September 2, 1987 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Dave Brubeck, piano/ Bill Smith, clarinet; Chris Brubeck, electric bass, trombone; Randy Jones, drums
Brad Goode, trumpet/ Lin Haliday, tenor sax; Jodie Christian, piano; Thomas Palmer, bass; Bob Rummage, drums
Janice Borla, vocals/ Brad Stirtz, vibes; Frank Dawson, guitar; Bill Harrison, bvass; Jack Mouse, drums
Santez, woodwinds; Marvin Sewell, guitar; Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Hamid Drake, drums
Chucho Valdes, piano/ Jorge Varona, Juan Mungula, trumpets; German Velazzo, Carlos Fernandez Averhoff, Jose Luis Cortex, woodwinds; Carlos Emilio Morales, guitar; Carlos del Puerto, bass; Enrique Pio, Jorge Alfonso, percussion; Oscar Valdes, percussion and vocals
Thursday, September 3, 1987
Bob Stone Big Band
with Bob Stone, drums, leader/ Mike Bendkowski, arranger; Arthur Hoyle, trumpet; Tony Vacca, Bob Frankich, saxes; Tom Hope, piano
Joel Spencer, drums/ Brad Wheeler, tenor and soprano saxes; Akio Sasijima, guitar; Mike Kocour, organ
Oliver Williams, piano/ Al Ehrich, bass; Jules DeFelice, drums
John Carter, clarinet; Bobby Bradford, trumpet; William Jeffrey (?) and Richard Davis (?), basses
A
Tribute to J.A.T.P.
Harry Edison, trumpet; Al Grey, trombone; Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, tenor saxes; Herb Ellis, guitar; Hank Jones, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; J.C. Heard, drums
Friday, September 4, 1987 – Jazz
on Jackson
The Darlene Blackburn
Dancers with the Thunder Sky Drummers
with Darlene Blackburn dancer, choreographer/
Bebop Sam Thomas, guitar/ Maja Rios, vocals; Jerry DiMuzio, woodwinds; Wayman Davis, organ; Scott Black, bass; Joe Jenkins, drums
Mark Colby, tenor and Soprano saxes; Frank Caruso, keyboards/ Thomas Kini, bass; Morris Jennings, drums; Dede Sampaio, percussion
Wilbur Campbell, drums/ Ahmad Salaheldeen, alto sax; Duke Payne, tenor sax, bagpipes; E. Parker McDougal, tenor sax; John Young, piano; John Whitfield, bass
Ellington Dynasty
Greg Sergo, drums/ Steve Jensen, trumpet; John Watson, trombone; Ron Kolber, Ron Dewar, reeds; Joe Johnson, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Everett Greene, vocals
Magic Slim, guitar, blues singer/ John Primer, second guitar; Jerry Berry, bass; Nate Applewhite, drums
David Dallwitz, piano, composer/Bill Munro, trumpet, flugelhorn; Deryck Bentley, trombone; Tas Brown, clarinet; Don Armstrong, clarinet, sax; Johnny Malpas, banjo, guitar; Bob Wright, tuba; John Woodards, drums (all Australian musicians)
Sheila Jordan vocals; Bill Kirchner, sax, arranger/ Bill Warfield, Brian Lynch, trumpets; Douglas Purviance, bass trombone; Ralph Lalama, Glenn Wilson, woodwinds; Marc Cohen, piano; Steve Alcott, bass; Ron Vincent, drums
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet/ Todd Williams, saxophones; Marcus Roberts, piano; Robert Hurst, bass; Jeff Watts, drums
Saturday September 5, 1987 – Jazz
on Jackson
New Horizons Ensemble
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, alto sax, composer/ Robert Griffin (?), trumpet; Steve Berry, trombone; Ari Brown, tenor sax; Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Steve McCall, drums
Dawud Salahuddin, drums/ Walter Henderson, trumpet; Art Porter, alto sax; Harold Smith, guitar; Chris Foreman, organ
same as his South Australian jazz band – see Friday at Petrillo, above
with Irene Reid, vocals; Red Holloway, tenor sax/ Roland Faulkner, guitar; Bobby Forrester, organ
Saturday, September 5, 1987 –
Petrillo Bandshell
John Defauw Sextet
John Defauw, rhythm guitar/ Franz Jackson, clarinet, tenor sax; Eric Schneider, saxes; Joe Johnson, piano; Jim Cox, bass; Wayne Jones, drums
Willie Pickens, piano/ Dan Shapera, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Alex Schlippenbach (West Berlin), piano, leader/ Toshinori Kondo (Japan), Kenny Wheeler (Canada), trumpets; Gunther Christmann (West Germany), Albert Manglesdorff (West Germany), George Lewis (USA), trombones; Evan Parker (England), Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (East Germany), Gerd Dudek (West Germany), saxophones; Bob Stewart (USA), tuba; Alan Silva (USA, France), bass; Paul Lovens (West Germany), drums
Art Blakey, drums/ Wallace Roney, trumpet; Javon Jackson, tenor sax; Benny Green, piano; Peter Washington, bass
Art Blakey, drums/ Bill Hardman, Woody Shaw, trumpets; Julian Priester, trombone; Benny Golson, tenor sax; Walter Davis, Jr., piano; Reggie Workman, bass
Sunday, September 6, 1987 – Jazz
on Jackson
Lester Stephens &
the Modern Traditional Jazz Band with Ikey Robinson
Lester Stephens, drums/ Allen Mahone, trumpet; Ray Thomas, trombone; Charles Lane, clarinet; Emmanual Williams, piano; Raymond Nelson, bass; Ikey Robinson, banjo, guitar
Emmanuel Cranshaw, vibes/ Bobby Broom, guitar; Jodie Christian, piano; Larry Gray, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Nat Adderley, cornet; Mike Smith, alto sax/ Ron Friedman, trumpet; Brad Willaims, piano; Miles Hahn, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Sunday, September 6, 1987 – Petrillo
Bandshell
Curtis Robinson
Quartet with Lenny Lynn
Curtis Robinson, guitar/ Lenny Lynn, vocals; Chris Foreman, organ; Greg Rockingham, drums
Victor Parra, congas, vocals/ Don Acri, tenor sax, flute; Samuel Del Real, piano; Sergio Cruz, bass and violin; Don Woodville, bass and trombone; Jose Rendon, congas; Connie Perrusquia, Eli Gutierrez, timbales, vocals
Joanne Brackeen, piano/ Gary Bartz, alto sax; Cecil McBee, bass; Al Foster, drums
Dexter Gordon, tenor sax/ Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Billy Higgins, drums
Stephane Grapelli, violin/ Marc Fosset, guitar; John Burr, bass
Lester Bowie, trumpet; Arthur Blythe, alto sax; Chico Freeman, tenor sax; Kirk Lightsey, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Don Moye, drums
1988 Chicago Jazz Festival
Joe Williams
Joe Williams, vocals / Eddie Johnson, tenor sax; Henry Johnson, guitar; Norman Simmons, piano; Bob Badgely, bass; Gerryck King, drums
Chevere
Alejo Poveda, leader, percussion/ Mark Ohlsen, trumpet; Steve Eisen, saxes; Ernie Denov, Fareed Haque, guitars; Chris “Hambone” Cameron, keyboards; Howard Levy, piano, harmopnica, mandolin; Eric Hochberg, bass; Ruben Alvarez, Joe Rendon, percussion
Precious, Too: A Tribute to Chicago Jazz Masters Earl Hines, Red Saunders, Walter Dyett
Sonny Turner, trumpet, director/ Paul Serrano, Sonny Covington, trumpets; John Watson, Dicky Harris, Samuel Walton, trombones; Bill Atkins, James Scales, George Dixon, Earl Crossley, Mwata Bowden, saxes; Earma Thompson, piano; Duke Groner, bass; Roland Faulkner, guitar; Kansas Fields, drums; Everett Green, Joan Walton, vocals
Stan Getz, tenor sax; J.J. Johnson, trombone/ Kenny Barron, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Victor Lewis, drums
Lester Bowie, trumpet; Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, woodwinds; Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass; Famoudou Don Moye, drums; all, percussion
Thursday, September 1, 1988, 6
p.m. – Petrillo Bandshell
The Marshall Vente Project
Marshall Vente, composer, piano/ Nick Drozdoff, Art Davis, trumpets; Steve Berry, trombone; Chip Gdalman, Jim Massoth, Jeff Newell, reeds; Frank Dawson, guitar; Scott Mason, bass; Isi Perez, drums; Alejo Poveda, percussion; Anna Dawson, vocals
Henry Johnson, guitar/ Bob Long, piano; Frank Russell, bass; Robert Gates, drums
Dorothy Donegan, piano/ Larry Gray, bass; Joel Spencer, drums
Ira Sullivan, trumpet, flute, saxophones; Eddie Harris, tenor sax/ Chris Anderson, piano; Victor Sproles, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
with Lionel Hampton, vibes/
Friday, September 2, 1988 – Jazz
on Jackson
A Concert Dedicated to Louis
Armstrong
Don Bennett Quintet
Don Bennett, piano/ Carmell Jones, trumpet; Steve Grant, tenor sax; Richard Brown, bass; Darryl Brown, drums
Lew Green, cornet; Kim Cusack, clarinet; Tom Bartlett, trombone; John Cooper, piano; Jack Kuncl, banjo; Mike Walbridge, tuba; Wayne Jones, drums; Carol Leigh, vocals
Eddie Harris, Von Freeman, tenor saxes/ Jodie Christian, piano; Richard Brown, bass; Steve McCall, drums
Friday, September 2, 1988 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Patricia Barber Trio
Patricia Barber, piano, vocals/ Michael Arnopol, bass; Mark Walker, drums
with Phil Cohran, trumpet, Frankiphone, arranger, composer/ Gene Easton, tenor sax; Sister Maia Hubert, Sister Aquilla Sadalla
Pancho Sanchez, conga drums/ Sal Cracchiolo, trumpet; Kenny Goldberg, flute, saxes; Art Velasco, trombone; Charlie Otwell, piano; Tony Banda, bass; Ramon Banda, timbales; David Romero, bongos and percussion
with Bob Wilber, clarinet, leader/ Randy Sandke, trumpet; Ken Peplowski, Loren Schoenberg, tenor saxophones; Mark Share, piano
Sonny Rollins, tenor sax
Clifton Anderson, trombone; Mark Soskin, piano; Jerome Harris, electric bass; Marvin “Smitty” Smith, drums
Saturday, September 3, 1988 – Jazz on
Jackson
A Concert Dedicated to Benny
Goodman
The Swingtet
Chuck Hedges, clarinet, leader/ Duane Thamm, vibes; Bobby Roberts, guitar; John Bany, bass; Johnny Feren, drums
Fareed Haque, guitar/ John Adair, saxes; Rob Amster, bass; David Derge, drums
Clifford Jordan, Ed Peterson, tenor saxes/ Willie Pickens, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Saturday, September 3, 1988 – Petrillo Bandshell
Wallace Burton, piano/ Penny Pendleton, bass; Isaac “Redd” Holt, drums
James Perkins, flute, saxes, leader; Regina Brown, vocals/ Neal Artwick, piano; Marvin Sewell, guitar; Ronald T. Hall, bass; Vern Allisno, drums
Giorgio Gaslini Quintet (Italy)
Giorgio Gaslini, piano/ Roberto Ottaviano, Claudio Fasoli, saxes; Bruno Tommasso, bass; Giampiero Prina, drums
with Sun Ra, composer, arranger, keyboards/ Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, saxophones
Johnny Griffin, tenor sax/ Von Freeman, John Gilmore, Eddie Harris, Clifford Jordan, E. Parker McDougal, Ed Peterson, tenor saxophones; Michael Weiss, piano, Dennis Irwin, bass; Kenny Washington, drums
Sunday September 4, 1988 – Jazz on
Jackson
A Concert Dedicated to Gene Ammons
The Giants of Jazz
Truck Parham, bass, leader/ Lucius Washington, tenor sax; Dean Meyers, piano; Kansas Fields, drums
Thurman “Red” Cooper, guitar/ Tony Eaton, violin, tenor sax; Lewis Ball, organ, Phil Cooper, drums; Billy Edwards, vocals
Johnny Griffin, Ira Sullivan, tenor saxes/ Junior Mance, piano; Kelly Sill, bass; Robert Barry, drums
Sunday, September 4, 1988 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Chicago Public
Schools All-City Jazz Ensemble
with Willie Naylor (chairman, Chicago Vocational High School music department), director/
Doc Cheathan, trumpet; Bud Freeman, tenor sax; Art Hodes, piano/ Frank Chace, clarinet; Eddie DeHaas, bass; Barrett Deems, drums
Charlie Haden, bass, leader/ Carla Bley, composer; Stanton Davis, Tom Harrell, trumpets; Ray Anderson, trombone; Sharon Freeman, french horn; Joe Daley, tuba; Ken McIntyre, Dewey Redman, Joe Lovano, saxes; Mick Goodrick, guitar; Geri Allen, piano; Paul Motian, drums
Andrew Hill, piano, composer/ Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Rufus Reid, bass; Ben Riley, drums
Ernestine
Anderson
with Ernestine Anderson, vocals/
Herbie
Hancock Quintet
Herbie Hancock, piano/Ernie Watts, tenor sax; Buster Williams, bass; Al Foster, drums
1989 Chicago Jazz Festival
Thursday,
August 31, 1989 – Petrillo Bandshell
Barrett
Deems Big Band
with Barrett Deems, drums/
Bethany
Pickens Quintet
Berthany Pickens, piano/ Rod McGaha, trumpet; Ron Blake, tenor sax; Mendai, bass; Toby Williams, drums
Giovanni
Tommaso Quintet
Giovanni Tommaso, bass/ Paolo Fresu, Flavio Boltro, trumpets; Danilo Rea, piano; Roberto Gatto, drums
Benny
Carter/ Further Definitions
Benny Carter, alto sax/ Phil Woods, alto sax; Frank Wess, Eddie Johnson, tenor saxophones; John Collins, guitar; Jodie Christian, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Gus Johnson, drums
Betty
Carter
with Betty Carter, vocals/
Friday, September 1, 1989 – Jazz
on Jackson
Cooper-Dogan
Quintet
Jim Cooper, vibes; Bob Dogan, piano/ Art Davis, trumpet; Dan DeLorenzo, bass; George Fludas, drums
Damon
Short Quintet
Damon Short, drums, composer/ Chuck Burdelik, Jeff Newell, saxophones; Jim Yanda, guitar; Larry Kohut, bass
Frank
Wess
Frank Wess, tenor sax/ Willie Pickens, piano; Dan Shapera, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Friday, September 1, 1989 –
Petrillo Bandshell
A Tribute to Max Roach
Franz
Jackson-Truck Parham-Kansas Fields-Rozelle Claxton with special guest Art Hodes
with Franz Jackson, reeds; Rozelle Claxton, Art Hodes, piano; Truck Parham, bass; Kansas Fields, drums/
Art
Hoyle Quintet with Francine Griffin
Art Hoyle, trumpet/ Francine Griffin, vocals; Ed Petersen, tenor sax; Brad Williams, piano; John Whitfield, bass; Robert Shy, drums
World
Saxophone Quartet
Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, David Murray, saxophones
M’Boom
Max Roach, drums/ Roy Brooks, Fred King, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Freddie Waits, Warren Smith, Ray Mantilla, percussion
Max
Roach’s Double Quartet
Max Roach, drums/ Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet; Odean Pope, sax; Tyrone Brown, bass; and Uptown String Quartet: Diane Monroe, Lesa Terry, violins; Maxine Roach, viola; Eileen Folson, cello
Saturday, September 2, 1989 – Jazz
on Jackson
Diane
Delin
Diane Delin, violin/ Bobby Schiff, piano; Al Ehrich, bass; Steve Davis, drums
Nidawo
Gideon Foli Alorwoyie – African-American Unity Ensemble
with Gideon Foli Alorwoyie, percussion/
Sam
Rivers
Sam Rivers, woodwinds/ Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass; Hamid Drake, drums
Satuday, September 2, 1989 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Mark
Colby-Frank Caruso
Mark Colby, sax; Frank Caruso, keyboards/ Thoms Kini, bass; Morris Jennings, drums; DeDe Sampaio, percussion
Serrano,
Fricano, Jones, & Goode
Paul Serrano, Guy Fricano, Carmell Jones, Brad Goode, trumpets/ Jodie Christian, piano; Dennis Carroll, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Martial Solal, solo piano
Hank
Crawford- Jimmy McGriff
with Hank Crawford, alto sax; Jimmy McGriff, organ/
Dizzy
Gillespie’s United Nations Superband
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet/ Jon Faddis, Claudio Roditi (Brazil), trumpets; Slide Hampton, Steve Turre, trombones; James Moody, Paquito D’Rivera (Cuba), Mario Rivera (Cuba), Sam Rivers, saxophones; Danilo Perez (Panama), piano; Ed Cherry, guitar; John Lee, bass; Ignacio Berroa, drums; Giovanni Hidalgo (Puerto Rico), Airto Moreira (Brazil), percussion; Flora Purim (Brazil), vocals
Sunday, September 3, 1989 – Jazz
on Jackson
Louisiana
Jazz Repertory Ensemble
Fred Starr, clarinet, C-melody sax/ Charlie Fardella, cornet; Tom Ebbert, trombone; John Royen, piano; John Chaffe, banjo, mandolin; Walter Payton, bass, tuba; John Joyce, drums
Bunky
Green Quintet
Bunky Green, alto sax/ Paul serrano, trumpet; Stu Katz, piano; Larry Gray, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Charles
Earland-Jimmy McGriff
Charles Earland, Jimmy McGriff, organs/ Clarence Wheeler, tenor sax; Bobby Broom, guitar; Zim, drums
Sunday, September 3, 1989,
Petrillo Bandshell
Chicago
Public Schools All-City High School Jazz Ensemble
with Dr. Willie Naylor, director/
Louisiana
Repertory Jazz Ensemble
same personnel as Sept. 3 Jazz on Jackson opening act
Fred
Anderson Quartet
Fred Anderson, tenor sax/ Bill Brimfield, trumpet; Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass; Ajaramu, drums
Stan
Tracey Quintet
Stan Tracey, piano, composer/ Art Themen, Alan Skidmore, saxophones; Roy Babbington, bass; Clark Tracey, drums
Freddie
Hubbard-Joe Henderson with the Walter Davis, Jr. Trio
with Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Joe Henderson, tenor sax; Walter Davis, Jr., piano/
Jimmy
Smith All-Star Jam Session
Jimmy Smith, organ/ Lou Donaldson, alto sax; Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Grady Tate, drums
1990 Chicago Jazz Festival
Thursday, August 30,
1990 – Petrillo Bandshell
Freddy Cole – Tribute
to Nat King Cole
Freddy Cole, vocals, piano/ Boots Robinson, tenor sax; Ed Zad, guitar; Eddie Edwards, bass; Greg Rockingham, drums
Marcin Januskiewicz, piano/ Ryan Shultz, bass trumpet; Jerry DiMuzio, tenor and soprano saxes; Jim Cooper, vibes; Nick Tountas, bass; Charles Braugham, drums; Alejo Poveda, percussion
Ruben Alvarez, percussion/ John Goldman, flute, saxes; Jose Valdez, keyboards; Caleb Drake, bass; Jose Rendon, Samuel Torres, percussion
Jeannie Cheatham, piano, vocals; Jimmy Cheatham, trombone, arranger/ Snooky Young, trumpet; Curtis Peagler, Ricky Woodard, Ed “Dinky” Morris, saxophones; George “Red” Callendar, bass; John “Ironman” Harris, drums
Miles Davis, trumpet/ Kenny Garrett, sax; Rich Patterson, guitar; Kei Akagi, keyboards; Foley, bass; Ricky Wellman, drums; John Bigham, percussion
Friday, August 31, 1990 – Jazz on
Jackson
Bill Harrison Quintet
Bill Harrison, bass/ Steve Smyth, trumpet; James Gailloreto, sax; John Moulder, guitar; Jeff Stitely, drums
Cozy Eggleston, tenor sax/ Marie Stone, alto sax; Karl Johnson, organ; Bruce Neil, guitar; Ken Sampson, drums
Oliver Jones, piano/Michel Cloutier, bass; Bernard Primeau, drums
Friday, August 31, 1990 – Petrillo
Bandshell
Paul Smoker, trumpet/ Drew Gress, bass; Phil Haynes, drums
Rachael Lee, vocals; Steve Jensen, trumpet; John Watson, trombone; Ron Dewar, sax; Earma Thompson, piano; Brian Benson, bass; Phil Gratteau, drums
Buck Clayton, arranger, leader/ Byron Stripling, Randy Sandke, John Eckert, trumpets; Matt Finders, Bobby Pring, trombones; Jerry Dodgion, Frank Wess, Doug Lawrence, Joe Temperley, saxophones; Dick Katz, piano; James Chirilo, guitar; Lynn Seaton, bass; Dennis Mackrel, drums
Albert Manglesdorff, trombone/ Wolfgang Dauner, keyboards; Dieter Ilg, bass; Wolfgang Haffner, drums
McCoy Tyner, piano/ Virgil Jones, Earl Gardner, Kamau Adlifu, trumpets; John Clark, french horn; Robin Eubanks, Steve Turre, trombones; Howard Johnson, tuba; Ricky Ford, Junior Cook, Joe Ford, Doug Harris, saxophones; Avery Sharpe, bass; Aaron Scott, drums; Steve Thornton, percussion
Saturday, September 1, 1990 – Jazz
on Jackson
Ed Petan Trio with Cy Touff and Ryan Shultz
Ed Petan, piano/ Cy Touff, Ryan Shultz, bass trumpets; Stu Miller, bass; Bob Rummage, drums
Evod Magek, vocals, director/ Walter Henderson, trumpet; Duke Payne, reeds; George Lewis, trombone; Calvin “Koko” Brunson, keyboards; Oscar “Bobo” Brown III, bass; Curtis Prince, drums
Bud Shank, alto sax, flute/ Mike Kocour, piano; Kelly Sill, bass; Joel Spencer, drums
Akio Sasajima, guitar/ Ron Blake, sax; Peter Saxe, synthesizer; Mike Kocour, piano; Steve Rodby, bass; Joel Spencer, drums
Shirley Horn, vocals, piano; Buck Hill, tenor sax/ Charles Ables, bass; Steve Williams, drums
Foday Musa Suso, kora, kalimba, dousongoni, percussion/ Abdul Hakeen, guitar; Calvin “Coco” Brunson, keyboards; Joseph Thomas, bass; Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph, percussion; Isatou Walker, vocals
Jack Walrath, trumpet; John Burtis, trombone; John Handy, alto sax; George Adams, tenor sax; John Hicks, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Victor Lewis, drums
Epitaph by Charles Mingus
Gunther Schuller, conductor/ Jack Walrath, Lew Soloff, Byron Stripling, Melton Mustafa, Earl Gardner, trumpets; Eddie Bert, Sam Burtis, Art Baron, Paul Fralise, Wayne Andre, Dave Taylor, trombones; John Handy, Alex Foster, George Adams, Bob Steen, Robert Rosenberg, Gary Smulyan, saxophones; Michael Rabinowitz, bassoon; Dale Kleps, contrabass clarinet; Don Butterfield, tuba; Jack Wilkins, guitar; Steve Nelson, vibes; John Hicks, Mulgrew Miller, pianos; Rufus Reid, Edwin Schuller, basses; Victor Lewis, drums; Warren Smith, Joe Passaro, percussion
Sunday, September 2, 1990 – Jazz
on Jackson
Gene Esposito’s
Gennaro
Gene Esposito, piano, arranger/ Art Davis, trumpet; Pete O’Neil, saxes; Jim Cooper, vibes; Bill Terry, bass; Phil Gratteau, drums; Ken Gueno, percussion
Hal Russell, tenor and soprano saxes, trumpet, vibes, drums/ Mars Williams, tenor and soprano saxes, didgeridoo; Brian Sandstrom, bass, guitar, trumpet; Kent Kessler, bass, didgeridoo; Steve Hunt, drums, vibes, didgeridoo
Buck Hill, tenor sax/ Stu Katz, piano; Larry Gray, bass; George Hughes, drums
Sunday, September 2, 1990 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Chicago Public
Schools All-City High School Jazz Ensemble
with Dr. Willie Naylor (Chicago Vocational H.S. music department chairman), director/
Kermit Ruffin, Derek Wiley, Derek Shezbie, trumpets; Keith Anderson, Stafford Agee, trombones; John Gilbert, tenor sax; Philip Frazier, tuba; Keith Frazier, Ajay Mallerie, drums
with Oscar Brown, Jr., vocals; Oscar Brown III, bass, director/ Calvin “Koko” Brunson, keyboards
Bengt Berger/Chapter Seven (Sweden)
Bengt Berger, percussion/ Ivo Nilsson, trombone; Lennart Aberg, Thomas Gustafson, Roland Keijser, saxophones; Anders Jormin, Sergei Muchin, basses; Anders Kjellberg, drums
Shorty Rogers, trumpet, flugelhorn, composer/ Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz, Lanny Morgan, saxophones, flutes; Pete Jolly, piano; Charles Berghofer, bass; Sherman Ferguson, drums
Muhal Richard Abrams, composer, piano/ Jack Walrath, Ron Tooley, Valery Ponomarev, Eddie Allen, trumpets; Dick Griffin, Alfred Patterson, Bill Lowe, Jack Jeffers, trombones; Patience Higgins, Marty Ehrlich, Eugene Ghee, Bobby Eldridge, Alex Foster, reeds; Rufus Reid, bass; Reggie Nicholson, drums; Warren Smith, percussion; Bernard Mixon, drums
Horace Silver, piano, composer/ Michael Mossman, trumpet; Ralph Bowen, tenor sax; Clarence Seay, bass; Yoron Israel, drums
1991 Chicago Jazz Festival
Thursday, August 29, 1991
Ruddley Thibodeaux, Frank Hooper, trumpets; Walter Moore, trombone; Joseph “Toot” Smith, clarinet; Sidney Wyche, Norwood Sutton, saxophones; Frank “Jo Friday” Bedell, sousaphone; Ferdinand “Nippy” Polite, snare drum; Dorance “Chauncey” Harrison, bass drum
Ramsey Lewis, Dr. Billy Taylor, pianos
Bill Russo, composer, arranger, conductor; Lee Konitz, alto sax/
Vandy Harris, tenor sax/ Robert Griffin, trumpet; Jodie Christian, piano; Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Hamid Drake, drums
Marilyn Crispell, piano/ Reggie Workman, bass; Gerry Hemingway, drums
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet/ Wycliffe Gordon, trombone; Wes Anderson, alto sax; Todd Williams, tenor and soprano saxes; Farid Barron, piano; Reginald Veal, bass; Herlin Riley, drums
Friday, August 30, 1991 – Jazz on
Jackson
Mothra
Steve Hashimoto, electric bass, composer/ Mark Messing, Michael Levin, reeds; Kathy Kelly, vibes; Mike Smith, guitar; Heath Chappell, drums
Steve Jensen, trumpet; Russ Phillips, trombone/ Kim Cusack, clarinet; Dave Bany, guitar; John Bany, bass; Paul Wertico, drums; Jeannie Lambert, vocals
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, saxes/ Ameen Muhammad, trumpet; Steve Berry, trombone; Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass; Reggie Nicholson, drums
Lee Konitz, alto sax; Laurence Hobgood, piano/Dan Anderson, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Johnny Frigo Quartet
Johnny Frigo, violin/ Joe Vito, piano, Jim Atlas, bass; Rick Frigo, drums
Lorez Alexandria, vocals; John Young, piano/ Michael Barnett, bass; George Hughes, drums
Gary Burton, vibes/Don McCaslin, sax; Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitar; Baron Browne, bass; Martin Richards, drums
Ray Anderson, trombone/ Simon Nabatov, piano; Mark Helias, bass; Dion Parson, drums
Jay McShann, piano/ Buddy Tate, tenor sax; Claude “Fiddler” Williams, violin; Milt Hinton, bass; Bobby Durham, drums
Saturday, August 31, 1991 – Jazz
on Jackson
Eddie Johnson-Paul
Serrano Quintet
Paul Serrano, trumpet; Eddie Johnson, tenor sax/ John Young, piano; Eddie DeHaas, bass; George Hughes, drums
Kathy Kelly, vibes/ Neal Seroka, guitar; Steve Hashimoto, bass; Heath Chappell, drums
Reggie Willis, bass/ Riley Mullins, trumpet; Rubin Cooper, Pat Mallinger, saxophones; Anthony Wonsey, keyboards; Jim Erickson, drums
Michel Cloutier, bass/ Warren Bernhardt, piano; Jim Hirschfield, drums
Saturday, August 31, 1991 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Paul Wertico’s
“Quintet Thing”
Paul Wertico, drums/ Orbert Davis, trumpet; Peter Balin, sax; Jim Trompeter, piano; Eric Hochberg, bass; guest Chico Freeman, tenor sax
Wardell Reese, tenor sax/ Robert Zimmerman, trombone; Roland Faulkner, guitar; Chris Foreman, organ; Marvin Jones, drums; Marvinetta Woodley, vocals
Enrico Rava (Italy), trumpet; Franco D’Andrea (Italy), piano; Miroslav Vitous (USA, formerly Czechoslovakia), bass; Daniel Humair (Switzerland), drums
Abbey Lincoln, vocals/ Rodney Kendrick, piano; Billy Johnson, bass; Mark Jonson, drums
The Chicago Cantata by George Gruntz
Comissioned by the Chicago Jazz Festival; composed by George Gruntz (Switzerland), piano, conductor/ Sterling Plumpp, lyrics; Lester Bowie, Franco Ambrosetti (Switzerland), trumpets; Ray Anderson, trombone; Howard Johnson, tuba, baritone sax; Von Freeman, Mwata Bowden, saxophones; Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass; Reggie Nicholson, drums; Norfleets, vocals; Lincoln Family, vocals; Billy Branch, harmonica, vocals; Roebuck “Pop” Staples, guitar, vocals; Carl Weathersby, guitar; Sunnyland Slim, piano
Sunday, September 1, 1991 – Jazz
on Jackson
Kelly Brand Quartet
featuring Ron Dewar
Kelly Brand, piano/ Ron Dewar, sax; Kelly Sill, bass; Phil Grateau, drums
Edwin Sanchez, piano/ Brian Finn, trumpet; Steve Eisen, sax, flute; Mike Rivera, bass; Luis Rosario, drums, timbales; Joe Rendon, Benjamin Alvarez, congas, percussion
Edwin Petersen, tenor sax/ Fareed Haque, guitar; Laurence Hobgood, piano; Rob Amster, bass; Jim Widlowski, drums
Danny Barker, guitar, banjo/ Greg Stafford, cornet; Lester Caliste, trombone; Pud Brown, sax and clarinet; Richard Thompson, piano; Dewey Sampson, bass; Ernie Elly, drums; Bobby Davis, dancer
Sunday, September 1, 1991 –
Petrillo Bandshell
East St. Louis Lincoln Senior High School Jazz Band
with Ronald Carter, director/
Judy Roberts, piano, vocals/ Neal Seroka, guitar; Jim Cox, bass; Phil Gratteau, drums
Ralph Moore, tenor sax/ Steve Nelson, vibes; Renee Rosnes, piano; Billy Drummond, bass; Peter Washington, drums
Elvin Jones, drums/ Sonny Fortune, Ravi Coltrane, saxophones; Willie Pickens, piano; Chip Jackson, bass
with Hugh Masekela, trumpet/
1992 Chicago Jazz Festival
“Uncle” Lionel Batiste, bass drum/ Kenneth Terry, trumpet; Corey Henry, trombone; Butch Gomez, soprano sax; Milwaukee Fats, tuba; Jerry Barber, percussion
Friday, September 4, 1992 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Mike Smith Quintet
Mike Smith, alto sax/ Ron Friedman, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jimmy Ryan, piano; John Whitfield, bass; Bob Rummage, drums
Bobby Broom, guitar/Dennis Carroll, bass; Larry Banks, drums
Arturo Sandoval, trumpet/ Kenny Anderson, tenor sax; Felix Gomez, piano; John Rivers, bass; Aaron Serfati, drums
Diane Schuur, piano, vocals/ Robert Hines, bass; Jim Rupp, drums
Jay Beckenstein, sax/ Dave Samuels, vibes; Julio Fernandez, guitar; Tom Schuman, keyboards; Scott Ambush, bass; Joel Rosenblatt, drums
Saturday, September 5, 1992 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Frank Glover Quartet (Indianapolis)
Frank Glover, clarinet/ Claude Sifferlen, piano; Ken Gotschall, bass; Ron Brinson, drums
Jeff Stitely, drums/ Ryan Shultz, bass trumpet; John McLean, guitar; Larry Kohut, bass
Arthur Hoyle, trumpet; James Scales, alto sax; Boots Robinson, Duke Payne, tenor saxophones; Earma Thompson, piano; Bill Yancey, bass; Robert Barry, drums
Kahil El’Zabar, percussion/ Edward Wilkerson, saxophones, clarinet; Joseph Bowie, trombone
with Louis Bellson, drums; Ron Modell, director/
Mel Torme
Mel Torme , vocals/ John Colianni, piano; John Leitham, bass; Donny Osborne, drums
Sonny Rollins, tenor sax/ Clifton Anderson, trombone; Jerome Harris, guitar; Mark Soskin, keyboards; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Victor See-Yuen, percussion
Sunday, September 6, 1992
Bethany Pickens
Quintet
Bethany Pickens, piano/ Rod McGaha, trumpet; Ron Blake, tenor sax; Larry Gray, bass; Perry Wilson, drums
Jim Beebe, trombone; Franz Jackson, clarinet, tenor sax/ Bob Neighbor, trumpet; Joe Johnson, piano; Jimmy Johnson, bass; Rusty Jones, drums
Patricia Barber, vocals, piano/ Michael Arnopol, bass; Jeff Stitely, drums
Randy Weston, piano/ Benny Powell, trombone; Talib Kibwe, Billy Harper, saxophones; Jamil Nasser, bass; Clyde Lucas, drums; Neil Clark, percussion
Lester Bowie, trumpet/ Earl Gardner, Eddie E.J. Allen, Gerald Brazel, trumpets; Vincent Chancey, french horn; Frank Lacy, Luis Bonilla, trombones; Bob Stewart, tuba; Vinnie Johnson, drums; Famoudou Don Moye, percussion
1993 Chicago Jazz Festival
Wardell Lewis, Grand Marshall; Brice Miller, George Johnson, trumpets; Jeffery Herbert, trombone; Mark Smith, tuba; Ricky Paulin, clarinet; Dwight Miller, sax; Oscar Washington, bass drum; Herbert A. McCarver III, snare drum
Friday, September 10, 1993 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Charles Earland
Charles Earland, organ/ Todd Herbert, sax; Dave Sampson, guitar; Gerryck King, drums
Nnenna Freelon, vocals/ Anthony Wonsey, piano; Ron McWhorter, bass; Ron Savage, drums
Edward Wilkerson, composer, tenor sax, clarinet/ Robert Griffin, trumpet; Isaiah Jackson, trombone; Aaron Dodd, tuba; Mwata Bowden, britone sax, clarinet; Naomi Millender, cello; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Dushun Moseley, drums
Alvin Batiste and Doc
Cheatham
Doc Cheatham, trumpet; Alvin Batiste, clarinet/ James Williams, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Herman Jackson, drums
Bobby Watson and the
Tailor Made Big Band
Bobby Watson, alto sax, arranger; Jon Faddis, musical director, trumpet/ Ryan Kisor, Melton Mustafa, Terrell Stafford, trumpets; Tim Williams, Andre Adkins, Jack Schatz, Matt Haviland, trombones; Mike Migliori, Bill Saxton, Jim Hartog, Ed Jackson, Rich Rothenberg, saxophones; Edward Simon, piano; Essiet Essiet, bass; Victor Lewis, drums; Ray Mantilla, percussion
Saturday, September 11, 1993 –
Jackson Stage
Ken Vandermark Trio
Ken Vandermark, saxophones/ Kent Kessler, bass; Michael Zerang, drums
Reginald Robinson, solo piano, composer; Erwin Helfer, solo piano
Tribute to Ed Crilly: Kenny Hing with Art Hoyle, Eddie Johnson, Larry Novak, John Whitfield, and Wilbur Campbell
Kenny Hing, sax/ Art Hoyle,
trumpet; Eddie Johnson, tenor sax; Larry Novak, piano; John Whitfield, bass;
Wilbur Campbell, drums
Saturday, September 11, 1993 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Monk’s Dream
Mike Kocour, organ; Steve Million, piano; Robert Shy, drums
E. Parker McDougal, tenor sax/ Burgess Gardner, trumpet; Jodie Christian, piano; Larry Gray, bass; Al Green, drums
Frank Foster, director/ Derrick Gardner, Robert Ojeda, Michael P. Williams, Scotty Barhnart, trompets; William Hughes, Melvin Wanzo, Clarence L. Banks, Robert Trowers, trombones; Doug Miller, Danny Turner, John C. Williams, Kenny Hing, Manny Boyd, saxophones; George Caldwell, piano; Charlton Johnson, guitar; Cleveland Eaton, bass; David Gibson, drums
Sir Roland Hanna, piano, leader/ Johnny Coles, trumpet; Britt Woodman, trombone; Norris Turney, Harold Ashby, Joe Temperley, saxophones; Rufus Reid, bass; Grady Tate, drums
Charlie Haden, bass, leader; Carla Bley, arranger, composer; Langston Hughes poem “Dream Keeper”: Chicago Childrens Choir/ Tom Harrell, Earl Gardner, trumpets; Ray Anderson, trombone; Sharon Freeman, french horn; Joe Daley, tuba; Joe Lovano, Javon Jackson, Ken McIntyre, saxophones; Mick Goodrick, guitar; Amina Claudine Myers, piano; Paul Motian, drums
BOSE Music To The Ears! Laser Show
Sunday, September 12, 1993 –
Jackson Stage
Jeff Newell Quartet
Jeff Newell, woodwinds/ Steve Million, piano; Larry Kohut, bass; Rick Vitek, drums
Eddie Calhoun, bass/ Boots Robinson, tenor sax; John Watson,
trombone; Jodie Christian, piano; Phil Thomas, drums
Sir Roland Hanna, solo piano
Sunday, September 12, 1993 –
Petrillo Bandshell
East St. Louis High
School Jazz Band with special guest Oliver Lake
with Ron Carter, director; Oliver Lake, alto sax/
Orbert Davis Quartet
Orbert Davis, trumpet/ Robert Harris, piano; Marlene Rosenberg, bass; Ernie Adams, drums
Jane Bunnett, soprano sax/ Larry Kramer, trumpet; Chucho Valdes, piano; Kieran Overs, bass; Billy Hart, drums
Teddy Edwards, tenor sax/ Conte Candoli, trumpet; Buddy Collette, alto sax; Lou Levy, piano; Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Larance Marable, drums
Horace Tapscott, piano/ Oscar Brashear, trumpet; Thurman Green, trombone; Arthur Blythe, alto sax; Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Roberto Miranda, bass; Fritz Wise, drums
Dr. John, piano, vocals; Donald Harrison, alto sax/ Jamil Sharif, Charlie Miller, trumpets; Alvin “Red” Tyler, Eric Traub, saxophones; Tommy Moran, guitar; David Barard, bass; Freddie Staehle, drums; Chief Smiley Ricks, percussion
1994 Chicago Jazz Festival
The Pinettes Brass
Band
Tenisha Thompson, Sheri Dominguez, Toyah Adams, trumpets; Janelle Massey, Erinn Thompson, trombones; Jewel Davis, Nia Lassere, saxophones; Janine Waters, tuba; Nazaren Hartman, Cassandra French, Jeffrey Herbert, drums
Thursday, September 2, 1994 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Barrett Deems Big
Band
Barrett Deems, drums/ Chuck Parrish, Mike McLaughlin, Brad Goode, Pete Ellman, trumpets; Audrey Morrison, Loren Binford, Scott Roberts, Craig Kaucher, trombones; Richie Corpolongo, Jane Johnson, Mike Levin, Tim McNamara, Barry Winograd, saxophones; Duane Thamm, vibes; Ron Curtis, guitar; Wilson McKindra, bass
David Sanchez, sax/ Danilo Perez, piano; Ugonna Okegwo, bass; Leon Parker, drums
Ernest Dawkins, sax/ Ameen Muhammad, trumpet; Steve Berry trombone; Jeffrey Parker, guitar; Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Avreeayl Ra, drums
Terence Blanchard Quartet: A Billie Holiday Tribute
Terence Blanchard, trumpet/ Bruce Barth, piano; Chris Thomas, bass; Troy Davis, drums; Jeanie Bryson, vocals
Horace Silver, piano, composer/ Gregory Gisbert, Ron Stout, tumpets; Suzette Moriarty, french horn; George Bohanon, trombone; Maurice Spears, bass trombone; Red Holloway, tenor sax; Bob Maize, bass; Carl Burnett, drums
Saturday, September 3, 1994 –
Jackson Stage
David Kikoski Trio
David Kikoski, piano/ Ugonna Okegwo, bass; Leon Parker, drums
Andy Goodrich, sax/ Odies Williams, trumpet; John Young, piano; John Whitfield, bass; George Hughes, drums
Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, tenor saxophones/ Jodie Christian, piano; John Whitfield, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Saturday, September 3, 1994 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Kevin Mahogany
Kevin Mahogany, vocals/ Jeff Newell, sax; James Weidman, piano; Marlene Rosenberg, bass; Mark Walker, drums
Art Hoyle, trumpet, co-leader; Dick Wang, co-leader/ Sonny Cohn, Bobby Lewis, Danny Barber, trumpets; Russ Philips, John Watson, Edwin Williams, Mike Meyers, trombones; Chris Lega, Bill Adkins, Ron Dewar, Eddie Johnson, Ron Kolber, saxophones; Brad Williams, piano; John Whitfield, bass; Bob Cousins, drums
Marian McPartland, piano/ Mary Fettig, alto sax; Jim Cox, bass; Charles Braugham, drums
Jon Jang and the Pan Asian Orchestra
Jon Jang, composer, piano/Liu Qi-Chao, suona, erhu, sheng; James Newton, flute; John Worley Jr., trumpet; Jeff Cressman, trombone; Melecio Magdaluyo, Francis Wong, Jim Norton, reeds; Mark Izu, bass; Anthony Brown, drums; Zhang Yan
Dewey Redman, Joshua Redman, Von Freeman, Chico Freeman, saxophones/ Brad Mehldau, piano; Christian McBride, bass; Gregory Hutchinson, drums
Sunday, September 4, 1994 –
Jackson Stage
Bill McFarland and
the Chicago Horns
Bill McFarland, trombone/ Kenny Anderson, trumpet; Hank Ford, tenor sax; Sam Soda, piano; Mike Staron, bass; Rick Vitek, drums
Rex Richardson, trumpet/ Mike Pendowski, sax; Sam Struyk, piano; Larry Kohut, bass; Dana Hall, drums; Hinda Hoffman, vocals
Dewey Redman, sax; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Hamid Drake, drums
Sunday, September 4, 1994 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Chuck Hedges Swingtet
Chuck Hedges, clarinet/ Duane Thamm, vibes; Dave Bany, guitar; John Bany, bass; Charles Braugham, drums
Arthur Taylor, drums/ Abraham Burton, alto sax; Mark Carey, piano; Billy Johnson, bass; Patato Valdez, percussion
Fred Anderson, tenor sax/ Bill Brimfield, trumpet; George Lewis, trombone; Douglas Ewart, Edward “Kidd” Jordan, woodwinds; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Hamid Drake, drums
Etta Jones, vocals; Houston Person, tenor sax/ Stan Hope, piano; Peter Martin Weiss, bass; Chip White, drums
Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, vibes/ James Williams, piano; Bob Cranshaw,. bass; Kenny Washington, drums
Gerald Wilson, composer, arranger, conductor/ Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear, Ron Barrows, Bob Clark, trumpets; George Bohanon, Thurman Green, Ira Nepus, Maurice Spears, trombone; Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, John Stephes, Scott Mayo, Randall Willis, saxophones; Anthony Wilson, guitar; Brian O’Rourke, piano; Trey Henry, bass; Mel Lee, drums;
1995 Chicago Jazz Festival
High Steppers Brass
Band from New Orleans
Daryl Fields, tuba/ Tannon Williams, Chad Brown, Willie Williams, trumpets; Herbert Stevens, Toliver Jenkins, trombones; Albert Davis, sax; Derek Tabb, snare drum; Christopher James, bass drum
Friday, September 1, 1995 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Kurt Elling and Trio New featuring Edward Petersen
Kurt Elling, vocals/ Edward Petersen, tenor sax; Laurence Hobgood, piano; Eric Hochberg, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Stanley Turrentine, Javon Jackson, tenor saxophones/ Henry Johnson, guitar; Kenny Drew Jr., piano; Charles Fambrough, bass; Cecil Brooks III, drums
Cassandra Wilson,vocals/ Charles Burnham, viola and mandolin; Brandon Ross, guitar; Lonnie Plaxico, bass; Lance Carter, bass; Jeff Haynes, drums
Jackie McLean, alto sax; Bobby Hutcherson,vibes/ Grachan Moncur III, trombone; Reggie Workman, bass; Billy Higgins, drums
Saturday, September 2, 1995 –
Jackson Stage
Jeff Newell’s New
Trad Octet
Jeff Newell, reeds/ Orbert Davis, trumpet; Ryan Schultz, bass trumpet; John McLean, guitar; Steve Million, piano; Rob Amster, bass; Rick Vitek, drums
Kelly Sill, bass; Joel Spencer, drums/ Chris Potter, saxophone; Gary Dial, piano
Eddie Palmieri, piano/ Brian Lynch, trumpet; Conrad Herwig, trombone; Donald Harrison, sax; John Benitez, bass; Jose Claussell, timbales; Richie Flores, congas; Paoli Meijias, bongo
Saturday, September 2, 1995 –
Petrillo Bandshell
George Freeman
Quartet featuring Von Freeman
George Freeman, guitar/ Von Freeman, piano; Eric Hochberg, bass; Michael Raynor, drums
Jackie Allen vocals/ Larry Harris, piano; Jim Cox, bass; Phil Gratteau, drums
Lou Donaldson, alto sax, vocals/ Peter Bernstein, guitar; Dr. Lonnie Smith, organ; Fukushi Tainaka, drums
Ellis Marsalis, piano; Nicholas Payton, trumpet/ Roland Gerin, bass; Jason Marsalis, drums
Henry Threadgill, woodwinds/ Mark Taylor, french horn; Tony Cedras, accordion; Brandon Ross, Ed Cherry, guitars; Edwin Rodriguez, Jose Davila, tubas; Pheeroan akLaff, drums; Sentienla Toy, drums
Sunday, September 3, 1995 –
Jackson Stage
NRG Ensemble
Chuck Burdelik, alto sax; Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, tenor saxophones; Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello; Brian Sandstrom, bass, trumpet, electric guitar; Kent Kessler, bass; Steve Hunt, drums, vibes
Ajaramu, drums/ Bill Brimfield, trumpet; Ari Brown, Arthur Taylor, Paul Fenner, saxophones; Jim Baker, piano; Michael Cristol bass
Dave Clark, tenor sax/
Elijah Levi, vocals; Kirk Garrison, trumpet; Paul Mundy, Martin “Van” Kelly, saxophones; Donny Nichilo, piano; Bill Yancey, bass; Phil Thomas, drums
Jodie Christian, piano/ Sonny Cohn, trumpet; Norris Turney, alto sax; Eddie Johnson, tenor sax; Larry Gray, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Sunday, September 3, 1995 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Willie Pickens Trio with the Chicago Children’s Choir
Willie Pickens, piano; Chicago Children’s Choir/ Marlene Rosenberg, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Marcin Januskiewicz, piano/ Ryan Schultz, bass trumpet; Jerry DiMuzio, saxophones; Jim Cooper, vibes; Nick Tountas, bass; Charlie Braugham, drums; Alejo Poveda, percussion
Muhal Richard Abrams Experimental Band Reunion
Muhal Richard Abrams, conductor, piano/ Leo Smith, Eddie E.J. Allen, trumpets; George Lewis, trombone; Anthony Braxton, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, saxophones; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Amina Claudine Myers, keyboards; Leonard Jones, bass; Reggie Nicholson, drums
John Scofield, guitar; Eddie Harris, tenor sax/ Larry Goldings, keyboards; Dennis Irwin, bass; Bill Stewart, drums
75 and Still Count’n:
Clark Terry and Friends
Clark Terry, trumpet/ Harry “Sweets” Edison, trumpet; Britt Woodman, trombone; Norris Turney, alto sax; Frank Wess, tenor sax; John Campbell, piano, Larry Gray, bass; Charlie Braugham, drums
1996 Chicago Jazz Festival
Friday, August 30, 1996 – Jackson
Stage
Steve Cooper’s
“Tribute to Red Nichols”
Steve Cooper, trumpet/ Don Sohan, trumpet; Don Dygert, Bob Skallerup, trombones; Bob McNulty, Don Kramer, John Otto, clarinets, saxophones; Ron Omland, piano; Ed Kalfas, bass; Bob Cousins, drums
Southport
All-Stars
Bradley Parker-Sparrow, piano; Joanie Pallatto, vocals/ Bobby Lewis, trumpet; Michael Mason, flute; Paulinho Garcia, George Freeman, Dave Onderdonk, Frank Portolese, guitars; Tatsu Aoki, bass; April Aloisio, vocals; Michael Raynor, drums
Don Boadi, vocals, guitar/ Mahamudu Iddrisu, sax; Anna Lomu, keyboards; Henry Heine, bass; George Mills, drums; Marc Vaughn, congas; Joe DeArchiso, vocals
Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, trumpets/ Lou Levy, piano; John Whitfield, bass; Robert Shy, drums
with Ahmad Jamal, piano/
Ari Brown, tenor and soprano sax/ Kirk Brown, piano; Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Avreeayl Ra, drums
The Chicago Sound Revisited: A Tribute to Wilbur Ware
Bunky Green, alto sax; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Junior Mance, piano; Victor Sproles, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals/ Thierry Eliez, piano; Hein Van De Gein, bass; Chris Strik, drums
Jon Faddis, trumpet, director/ Milt Jackson, vibes; James Moody, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; and Lew Soloff, Orbert Davis, Art Hoyle, David Spencer, trumpets; Dick Wilson, Edwin Williams, Mike Young, trombones; Mike Smith, Ari Brown, Sonny Seals, saxophones; Dick Oatts, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Lewis Nash, drums
Saturday, August 31, 1996 – Jazz
on Jackson Stage
Eric Alexander, Lin Halliday, Cecil Payne, saxophones/ Harold Mabern, piano; John Ore, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums
Riccardo Luppi Quartet (Italy)
Riccardo Luppi, saxophone/ Stefano Battaglia, piano; Paolino Dalla Porta, bass; Francesco Sotgiu, drums
Jeannie Cheatham, vocals, piano; Jimmy Cheatham, trombone/ Nolan Smith, trumpet; Herman Riley, Louis Taylor, Ernie Fields, saxophones; Richard Reid, bass; John “Ironman” Harris, drums
with Ron Modell, director/ Lou Marini, sax
Victor Parra, percussion/ Steve Hawkins, trumpet; Gregorio Aguirre, trombone, vocals; Albert Martinez, flute; Steve Gibbons, violin; Jimmy Hernandez, piano; James Abe, bass; Eric Carillo, conga; Connie Parra, timbales, vocals
Leon Parker, drums/ Steve Wilson, alto sax; Ed Howard, bass; Natalie Cushman, percussion
Sketches of Spain by Gil Evans: Chicago Jazz Ensemble
William Russo, director/ David Spencer, Chuck Parrish, Scott Hall, Rex Richardson, trumpets; Audrey Morrison, Fritz Hocking, trombones; Mike Buckwalter, Jeff Tollefson, Beth Mazur, french horns; Dan Anderson, tuba; David Young, Tyrone Tatum, Tom Bulgram, Jim Gailloreto, Jim McNamara, reeds; Streve Hartman, harp; James Cammack, bass; Frank Parker, drums; John Stuart, Bob Everson, percussion
Marchus Roberts, piano/ Marcus Printup, Randall Heywood, trumpets; Vincent Gardner, trombone; Ted Nash, clarinet; Steven Riley, Richard Brown, saxophones; David Grossman, bass; Jason Marsalis, drums
Sunday, September 1, 1996 – Jazz
on Jackson
John Brumbach, Ron Dewar, saxophones/ Alan Batts, organ; John Abrams, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Laurence Hobgood, piano/ Eric Hochberg, bass; Paul Wertico, drums
Jim Baker, piano; Fred Anderson, tenor sax/ Kent Kessler, bass; Hamid Drake, drums
Everett Greene, vocals/ Eddie Johnson, tenor sax; John Young, piano; John Whitfield, bass; Gerryck King, drums
Sunday, September 1, 1996 –
Petrillo Music Shell
Frank Chace Quintet
Frank Chace, clarinet/ Dan Stiernberg, Curt Morrison, guitars; Jim Cox, bass; Bob Cousins, drums
Chris
Foreman Quartet
Chris Foreman, organ/ Kimberley Gordon, vocals; Diane Ellis, sax; Mike Alamana, guitar; Greg Rockingham, drums
Roy Haynes, drums/ Donald Harrison, Don Braden, saxophones; Dave Kikoski, piano; Ed Howard, bass
Carla Bley, conductor, keyboards / Lew Soloff, Earl Gardner, Ryan Kisor, Miles Evans, trumpet; Gary Valente, Keith O’Quinn, Luis Bonilla, Earl McIntyre, trombones; Dave Liebman (special guest), Vincent Herring, Alex Foster, Gary Smulyan, George Young, saxophones; Pete Levin, synthesizer; Steve Swallow, electric bass; Dennis Mackerel, drums
Music from the film Kansas City
Nicholas Payton, Steven Bernstein, James Zollar, trumpets; Art Baron, Curtis Fowlkes, trombones; Don Byron, Jesse Davis, David Murray, David “Fathead” Newman, saxophones; Mark Whitfield, guitar; Cyrus Chestnut, piano; Brad Jones, bass; Victor Lewis, drums
1997 Chicago Jazz Festival
Original Pinstripe Brass Marching Band (New Orleans)
Wardell Lewis, Grand Marshall; George Johnson, Brice Miller, Raymond Jones, trumpets; Jeffrey Herbert, Samuel Venable, Robert Harris, Dwayne Paulin, trombones; Mark Smith, tuba; Ricky Paulin, clarinet; Leonard Blair, Dwight Miller, saxophones; Terrance Hilliard, Damion Wheeler, bass drums; Herbert A. McCarver III, snare drums
Thursday, August 28, 1997 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Billy Taylor Trio
Billy Taylor, piano; Chip Jackson, bass; Steve Johns, drums
Richard Pillot, bass, leader/ Willie Garcia, sax, flute; Mrk Jacobi, vibes; Edwin Sanchez, piano; Ruben Alvarez, Joe Rendon, Jose Gregorio, Juan Fuentes, percussion
Joe Henderson, tenor sax/ Conrad Herwig, trombone; George Mraz, bass; Jason Marsalis, drums
Randy Brecker, Ryan Kisor, Earl Gardner, Alex Sipiaguine, trumpets; Earl McIntyre, Luis Bonilla, Clark Gayton, trombones; Steve Slagle, Vincent Herring, Seamus Blake, John Stubblefield, Ronnie Cuber, saxophones; Kenny Drew Jr., piano; Andy McKee, bass; Gene Jackson, drums
Friday, August 29, 1997 – Petrillo
Bandshell
Juli Wood Quintet
featuring Mel Rhyne
Juli Wood, saxophones/ Mike Piog, trumpet; Mel Rhyne, organ; Dave Bayloes, drums; Duma Saafir, congas
Myra Melford, piano, composer/ Dave Douglas, trumpet; Chris Speed, clarinet, sax; Erik Friedlander, cello; Michael Sarin, drums
Boulou Ferre, Elios Ferre, guitars; Christophe Le Van, bass; Gerard Faroux, drums
Jackie McLean, alto sax/ Raymond Williams, trumpet; Steve Davis, trombone; Allan Palmer, piano; Phil Bowler, bass; Eric McPherson, drums
Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax/ Riley Mullins, Dennis Reynolds, Winston Byrd, Mark McGowan, trumpets; Earlie Braggs, Michael Grey, Danny Tomassone, trombones; Tom Olin, Joey Cavaseno, Julian Pressley, Arthur Daniels, Gerald Dunn, saxophones; Nicholas Walker, bass; Dwayne Cook Broadnax, drums
Saturday, August 30, 1997 – Jazz
on Jackson
Ameen Muhammad’s
Chicago 3-D
Ameen Muhammad, trumpet/ Maia Hubert, vocals, multiple instruments; Ari Brown, tenor sax; Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Dushun Moseley, drums
Rich Corpolongo, sax/ Larry Luchowski, piano; Eric Hochberg, bass; Mike Raynor, drums
Jackie Cain, vocals; Roy Kral, piano, vocals/ John Whitfield, bass; Charles Braugham, drums
Saturday, August 30, 1997 –
Petrillo Bandshell
Marshall Vente, piano, composer, arranger/ Terry Connell, Steve Schneck, trumpets; John Mose, trombone; Jeff Newell, Jim Massoth, Chip Gdalman, reeds; Frank Dawson, guitar; Scott Mason, bass; Isidro Perez, drums; Anna Dawson, vocals
Steve Turre, trombone, conch shells/ Regina Carter, violin; Akua Dixon, cello; Stephen Scott, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Lewis Nash, drums
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, guitar, violin, vocals/ Bernard Floyd, Bobby Campo, Jamil Sharif, trumpets; Rick Trolsen, John Touchy, Brian O’Neill, Mike Sutter, trombones; Ray Moore, Eric Demmer, Warren Bell, Tony Dagradi, Eric Traub, Anthony Frigo, saxophones; Joe Krown, piano, organ; Harold Floyd, bass; David Peters, drums
Nicholas Payton Quintet: Salute to Louis Armstrong (in memory of Doc Cheatham)
Nicholas Payton, trumpet/ Jesse Davis, alto sax; Anthony Wonsey, piano; Reuben Rogers, bass; Adonis Rose, drums
75th Birthday Tribute
to Von Freeman
Von Freeman, tenor sax/ Brad Goode, trumpet; Chico Freeman, Rudy Mahanthappa, saxophones; George Freeman, guitar; John Young, Jodie Christian, pianos; Rob Amster, bass; Mike Raynor, drums; Betty Reynolds, Kurt Elling, vocals
Samana
Maia Hubert, vibes, flute, percussion; Shanta Nurullah, bass, sitar, mbira (thumb piano); Niki Mitchell, flute, percussion; Aquilla Sadalla, clarinets, percussion; Coco Elysses, percussion; everyone, vocals
Willie Pickens, piano/ Tito Carillo, trumpet; Todd Herbert, tenor sax; Larry Gray, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Roy Rubenstein, trombone/ Bob Neighbor, trumpet; Norrie Cox, clarinet; Mike Miller, piano; Dick Pierce, bass; Hank Tausend, drums
Mark Murphy, Kurt Elling, vocals/ Brad Williams, piano; Eric Hochberg, bass; Bob Rummage, drums
Sunday, August 31, 1997 – Petrillo
Bandshell
Rob Mazurek’s
Underground Orchestra
Rob Mazurek, cornet/ Sara P. Smith, trombone; Jeff Parker, guitar; Chris Lopes, bass; Chad Taylor, drums
Ruby Braff, cornet/ John Bunch, piano; Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar; Michael Moor, bass; Jim Gwin, drums
Bernie McGann Trio (Australia)
Bernie McGann, alto sax/ Lloyd Swanton, bass; John Pochee, drums
Betty Carter, vocals/ Bruce Flower, piano; Curtis Lundy, bass; Ralph Peterson, drums
Marcus Belgrave, trumpet; Charles McPherson, alto sax; Frank Foster, tenor sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Rodney Whitaker, bass; Gerald Cleaver, drums
1998 Chicago Jazz Festival
Algiers Brass Band (New Orleans)
Ruddley Thibodeaux, leader, trumpet/ Thaddeus Ford, trumpet; Andrew Galbiati, trombone; Joseph Smith, clarinet; Curtis Johnson, Sidney Wyche, saxophones; Frank Bedell, sousaphone; Joseph Williams, bass drum; Frank Oxley, snare drum
Thursday, September 3, 1998 –
Petrillo Music Shell
Eric Schneider-Eddie
Johnson Quintet
Eric Schneider, alto sax; Eddie Johnson, tenor sax/ John Young, piano; Larry Kohut, bass; Charlie Braugham, drums
McCoy Tyner, beautiful solo piano
Nancy Wilson, vocals/ Longineau Parsons, trumpet; Mike Smith, alto sax; Llew Matthews, piano; John B. Williams, bass; Roy McCurdy, drums
Friday, September 4, 1998 –
Petrillo Music Shell
The Awakening
Ken Chaney, piano/ Frank Gordon, trumpet; Ari Brown, tenor sax; Steve Galloway, trombone; Reggie Willis, bass; Arlington Davis Jr., drums
Irakere (Cuba)
Dionisio Rodriguez, piano, musical director/ Julie Veranes, Basilio Marquez Richards, trumpets; Roman O’Reilly, Irving Sierra, saxophones; Carlos Tabares, Jorge Chicoy, guitars; Luis Valdes Cortes, keyboards; Jesus “Chucho” Valdes, piano; Narciso Hernandez, bass; Adel Gomez, Enrique Garcia, percussion; Mayra Rodriguez, Maikel Fajardo, vocals
Branford Marsalis, sax/ Kenny Kirkland, piano; Eric Revis, bass; Jeff “Tain” Watts, drums
Saturday, September 5, 1998 – Jazz
on Jackson
Karl Montzka Quartet
Karl Montzka, organ/ Ryan Schultz, bass trumpet; John McLean, guitar; Eric Montzka, drums
Andy Goodrich, alto sax/ Tony Mojica, trumpet; Jodie Christian, piano; Larry Gray, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Frank Lacy, trombone; Charles Davis, sax/ Willie Pickens, piano; Larry Gray, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Saturday, September 5, 1998 –
Petrillo Music Shell
Andy Bey, vocals, piano/ Geraldine DeHaas, vocals; Pat O’Leary, bass; Greg Bandy, drums
Lee Konitz, alto sax; Martial Solal, piano
Edward Wilkerson Jr., composer, conductor; Von Freeman, Fred Anderson, tenor saxophones/ David Spencer, Ameen Muhammad, Rod McGaha, Robert Griffin, trumpets; Sam Walton, Greg Frizell, Isaiah Jackson, Steve Berry, trombones; Vandy Harris, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, Mwata Bowden, James Perkins, Ari Brown, woodwinds; Gerald Powell, tuba; Harrison Bankhead, Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Reggie Nicholson, Dushun Moseley, Enoch Williamson, percussion; Phyllis McKenny, Don Lawson, Terrrance Gray, violins; Naomi Millender, cello; Maia Hubert, harp, percussion, vocal; Rita Warford, Bernard Mixon, singers
Roy Hargrove, trumpet/ Sherman Irby, alto sax; Frank Lacy, trombone; Larry Willis, piano; Gerald Cannon, bass; Willie Jones III, drums
Sunday, September 6, 1998 – Jazz
on Jackson
Terry Callier and
Beyond
Terry Callier, guitar, vocals/ Rich Fudoli, sax; Dave Onderdonk, guitar; Eric Hochberg, bass; Penn Mcgee, drums
Jose Valdes, piano/ Tito Carillo, trumpet; Kevin Quayle, trombone; Chuck Desorme, sax; Cal Drake, bass; Jose Frau, timbsales; Rey Reyes, congas; Joe Lacour, bongos; Sonia Perez, vocals
Chuck Burdelik, Mars Williams, saxophones; Brian Sandstrom, trumpet, guitar, bass; Kent Kessler, bass; Steve Hunt, drums, vibes
John Campbell, piano; Ed Petersen, tenor sax/ Kelly Sill, bass; Joel Spencer, drums
Grazyna Auguscik
Grazyna Auguscik, vocals/ John McLean, guitar; Dan Trudell, organ; Eric Hochberg, bass; Eric Montzka, drums; Ruben Alvarez, percussion
Art Hoyle, trumpet; Julian Priester, trombone; Marshall Allen, James Scales, Charles Davis, Mwata Bowden, woodwinds; Jodie Christian, piano; Richard Evans, bass; James Herndon, Robert Barry, percussion
Lou Donaldson, alto sax/ Peter Bernstein, guitar; Dr. Lonnie Smith, organ; Kenny Washington, drums
Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill, director; Claudio Roditi, trumpet; Billy Harper, tenor sax; Victor Lewis, drums/ Victor Paz, Jim Seeley, Kenny Rampton, Matt Hilgenberg, trumpets; Angel “Papo” Vasquez, Gary Valente, Avi Lebo, Jack Jeffers, trombones; Mike Migliore, Peter Brainin, Marshall MacDonald, James Cozier, Pablo Calogero, reeds; Arturo O’Farrill Jr., piano; Andy Gonzalez, bass; Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Joe Gonzalez, Roland Guerrero, percussion
1999 Chicago Jazz Festival
Ruddley Thibodeaux, leader/ Thaddeus Ford, trumpet; Joseph Smith, Clarinet; Curtis Johnson, sax; Andrew Galbiati, trombone; Frank Bedell, tuba; Joseph Williams, bass drum; Frank Oxley, snare drum
with Eric Jacobson, Roc Ohly, leaders
Thursday, September 2, 1999 –
Chicago Cultural Center
Danilo Perez solo piano
Thursday, September 2, 1999 –
Petrillo Music Shell
Chick Corea and Origin with Gary Burton
with Chick Corea, keyboards; Gary Burton, vibes/
Henry Johnson, guitar/ Norman Simmons, piano; Larry Gray, bass; Ernie Adams, drums
with Grover Mitchell, trombone, leader/ Allyn Ferguson, arranger;William Hues, Clarence Banks, trombones; John Williams, Kenny Hing, saxophones; Butch Miles, drums
Friday, September 5, 1999 –
Chicago Cultural Center
Sam Rivers Trio
Sam Rivers, solo woodwinds, piano
Friday, September 3, 1999 –
Petrillo Music Shell
A Tribute to Thomas A. Dorsey by Maggie Brown, vocals
with George Freeman, guitar/ Chris Foreman, organ
with John Zorn, sax/ Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums
with Tommy Flanagan, piano; Phil Woods, alto sax; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax/
Saturday, September 4, 1999 – Jazz
on Jackson
Marlene Rosenberg Quartet
with Marlene Rosenberg, bass/
Richard Sudhalter, trumpet/ Cory Jamison, vocals; John Otto, Jim Beebe, Jon Weber, John Whitfield, Greg Sergo
with Frank Catalano, Von Freeman, saxophones/
Saturday, September 4, 1999 –
Junior Jazz
Jackie Allen – Scat
Workshop
Jackie Allen, scat singing
Quraysh Ali Lansana, executive director/ Emily Hooper Lansana, Glenda Baker, storytellers, actors; Niki Mitchell, flute; Orisegun Olomidun, percussion
Grupo Folklorico
International – Latin American Dance
Saturday, September 4, 1999 –
Petrillo Music Shell
Combs-Novak Sextet
with Larry Combs, clarinet; Larry Novak, piano/
with Lavay Smith, vocals/
with Sam Rivers, director/ Ray Anderson, trombone; Hamiet Bluiett, baritone sax;
Comissioned by the Chicago Jazz Festival; composed by Danilo Perez, piano; with Steve Lacy, soprano sax
Sunday, September 5, 1999 – Jazz
on Jackson
Beltway to Bronzeville by Ernest Dawkins, performed by Gallery 37
Jazz
with Ernest Dawkins, director/ Hamiet Bluiett, baritone sax
with Joanie Pallatto, vocals/ George Freeman, guitar
Ray Anderson, trombone; Hamiet Bluiett, baritone sax; Ken Vandermark, tenor sax; Kent Kessler, bass; Hamid Drake, drums
Sir Roland Hanna, piano; Rufus Reid, bass
Sunday, September 5, 1999 – Junior
Jazz
Debi Winston-Buzil, Manny Bances, Marvin Tate, Carlos Cornier, stories, songs, dances
Maggie Brown, vocals
Howard Levy, harmonica
Sunday, September 5, 1999 –
Petrillo Music Shell
A Celebration of Duke Ellington at
100
Arthur Hoyle, trumpet, co-director; Richard Wang, co-director/ Herb Jeffries, vocals; Mark Olen, Kirk Garrison, Richard Leister, Orbert Davis, trumpets; Scott Bentall, Audrey Morrison, T.S. Galloway, Tracy Kirk, trombones; Chris Lega, Eric Schneider, Ron Dewar, Ron Kolber, Eddie Johnson, saxophones;
Brad Williams, piano; Dan DeLorenzo, bass; Bob Cousins, drums
Art Baron, trombone, leader; Britt Woodman, trombone/ Norris Turney, Bill Easley, Joe Temperley, saxophones; Richard Wyands, piano; Earl May, bass; Vinnie Johnson, drums; Ira Hawkins, vocals
Marian McPartland, piano/ Willie Pickens, Judy Roberts, Jodie Christian, pianos
Far East Suite by Duke Ellington, played by the Asian-American Jazz
Orchestra
with Anthony Brown, director/
2000 Chicago Jazz Festival
Big Chief Smiley Ricks (Wild Renegade Hunters), Wild Man Ivory Holmes, Joseph Prieur (Golden Arrows), Second Chief Troy Young (Mohawk Hunters), Sug Williams (Cheyenne Hunters), Second Chief Howard Miller (Creole Wild West), parading, singing, dancing; Gregory Boyd, conga drums
D.D. Jackson solo piano
Thursday, August 31, 2000 –
Petrillo Band Shell
A Tribute to Wilbur
Campbell
Jerry Coleman, Curtis Prince, Robert Shy, Paul Wertico, drums
Henry
Johnson Trio with guest Hank Crawford
Henry Johnson, guitar; Hank Crawford, alto sax/ Chris Foreman, organ; Greg Rockingham, drums
Andrew Hill, piano, composer; Von Freeman, tenor sax/ Ron Horton, trumpet; Aaron Stewart, Marty Ehrlich, saxophones; Scott Colley bass; Nashiet Waits, drums
Dianne Reeves, vocals/ Stefon Harris, vibes; Otmaro Ruiz, piano; Reginald Veal, bass; Rocky Bryant, drums
Joseph Jarman
Retrospective
Joseph Jarman, composer, conductor/ Ameen Muhammad, Robert Griffin, trumpets; Steve Berry, trombones; Ernest Dawkins, Mwata Bowden, Edward Wilkerson, saxophones; Ari Brown, piano; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Dushun Moseley, Art “Turk” Burton, drums
Misha Mengelberg, piano; Han Bennink, percussion/ Thomas Heberer, trumpet; Wolter Wierbos, trombone; Ab Baars, Michael Moore, clarinets, saxophones; Mary Oliver, violin; Tristan Honsinger, cello; Ernst Glerum, bass
Friday, September 1, 2000 –
Petrillo Band Shell
Guy Fricano Sextet
Guy Fricano, trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet/ John Arabagon, Jack Barron, saxophones, flutes; David Gordon, piano; Anthony Brock, bass; Michale Fiale, drums
David Murray, tenor sax, bass clarinet; Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, trumpets; Craig Harris, trombone; James Spaulding, alto sax; Lafayette Gilchrist, piano; Jaribu Shahid, bass; Mark Johnson, drums
Herbie Hancock: The Gershwin’s World Group
Herbie Hancock, piano/ Eli Degibri, sax; Scott Colley, bass; Teri Lyne Carrington, drums
Saturday, September 2, 2000 – Jazz
on Jackson
Sabertooth Organ Quartet
Cameron Pfiffner, Pat Mallinger, saxophones; Dan Trudell, organ; Ted Sirota, drums
A Tribute to Gene Esposito: Joe Iaco and John Campbell solo pianos
with Ira Sullivan, trumpet, tenor and soprano saxes; Stu Katz, piano, vibes/ Arthur Hoyle, trumpet; Von Freeman, Ari Brown, Eric Schneider, saxophones; Jodie Christian, Willie Pickens, pianos; Marlene Rosenberg, Dan Shapera, Kelly Sill, bass; Ajaramu, Robert Shy, Paul Wertico, drums
Saturday, September 2 – Junior
Jazz
Urban Credo
Andrea Vinson, director/ Students of Antonia Panoja, Roger C. Sullivan, and Whitney M. Young high schools, Chicago, perform African and Caribbean dances
John Santos, Latin percussion
with Orbert Davis, trumpet/
Saturday, September 2, 2000 –
Petrillo Band Shell
Bobby Broom Trio
Bobby Broom, guitar/ Dennis Carroll, bass; Dana Hall, drums
Roscoe Mitchell, woodwinds/ Leroy Jenkins, violin; Spencer Barefield, guitar; Craig Taborn, Matthew Shipp, piano; Jaribu Shahid, Leon Dorsey, bass; Tani Tabbal, Gerald Cleaver, drums
Charles Lloyd, tenor sax/ John Abercrombie, guitar; Marc Johnson, bass; Billy Higgins, drums
David Holland, bass/ Chris Potter, sax; Robin Eubank, trombone; Steve Nelson, vibes; Billy Kilson, drums
Sunday, September 3, 2000 – Jazz
on Jackson
Raices y Suenos (Roots and Dreams) by Ruben Alvarez, played by
Gallery 37 Latin Jazz Band
with Ruben Alvarez, composer; David Hernandez, lyrics; Don Skoog, conductor/
Grady Johnson, alto and saxophone, flute/ Dicky Harris, trombone; Roland Faulkner, guitar; Randy Ford, bass; Jim McDonald, drums
Tatsu Aoki, bass/ Mwata Bowden, baritone sax, clarinets; Robbie Hunsinger, oboe, shenai; Paul Kim, Patti Adashi, Hide Yoshihashi, Japanese percussion instruments
Liquid
Soul
Mars Williams, tenor sax/ The Dirty MF, rapper, m.c.; Ajax, disc jockey; Ron Haynes, trumpet; John Janowiak, trombone; Tommy Sanchez, guitar; Ricki Showalter, bass; Don Leall, drums; Newt Cole, percussion
Sunday, September 3, 2000 – Junior
Jazz
Brienn
Perry: A Singing, Swinging Vocal Workshop
Brienn Perry, vocals
Shanta:
Stories and Songs of African People
Shanta, storyteller, songs, harps, guitars, thumb pianos
Douglas
Ewart: Original Instruments and Rhythms
Douglas Ewart, woodwinds and percussion made by Ewart
Sunday, September 3, 2000 –
Petrillo Music Shell
Beyond the Grey Haze by Lester Bowie;
the Lester Bowie Tribute Band
Commissioned by the Jazz Institute of Chicago; composed by Lester Bowie; with Byron Bowie, conductor/ Joseph Bowie, trombone; Roscoe Mitchell, alto sax; Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass
Italian Instabile Orchestra (Italy)
Alberto Mandarini, Guido Mazzon, Pino Minafra, trumpets; Lauro Rossi, Giancarlo Chiaffini, Sebi Tremontana, trombones; Martin Mayes, french horn; Carlo Actis Dato, Daniele Cavalcanti, Eugenio Colombo, Gianluigi Travesi ,woodwinds; Renato Geremia, violin, woodwinds; Umberto Petrin, piano; Paolo Damiani, bass; Vincenzo Mazzone, Tiziano, Ricardo Bergerone, percussion
Batacumbele
with special guests Giovanni Hidalgo and Angel “Papo” Vazquez
Angel “Cachete” Maldonado, percussion/ Jerry Medina, trumpet, vocals; Juan Torres, trumpet; Angel “Papo” Vazquez, trombone; Yan Carlos Altima, piano; Edward Rivera, bass; Giovanni Hidalgo, Anthony Carillo, Angel Dueno, percussion; Benjamin Vega, Frances J. Morales, Jimmy Rivera, vocals
Thelonious
Monk Orchestra Reunion
Don Sickler, trumpet/ Jack Walrath, trumpet; Eddie Bert, trombone; Howard Johnson, tuba; Steve Lacy, Phil Woods, Harold Land, saxophones; Ronnie Mathews, piano; David Williams, bass; Ben Riley, drums
2001 Chicago Jazz Festival
Thursday, August 30, 2001 –
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, August 30 – Petrillo
Music Shell
Orbert Davis: Happy
100th Birthday, Louis Armstrong!
Orbert Davis, trumpet/ Steve Berry, trombone; Brent Courtney, clarinet; Ryan Cohan, piano; Lorin Cohen, bass; Leon Joyce, drums
Kahil El’Zabar, percussion; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone/ Ari Brown, tenor sax, piano; Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals/ Thierry Eliez, piano; Thomas Bramerie, bass; Terri Lyne Carrington, drums
Friday, August 31, 2001 – Chicago
Cultural Center
Ralph Alessi, trumpet/ Peter Epstein, sax; Drew Gress, bass; Ted Sirota, drums
Friday, August 31, 2001 – Petrillo
Music Shell
The Three Tenors: Von
Freeman, Eric Alexander, Edward Petersen
Von Freeman, Eric Alexander, Edward Petersen, tenor saxophones/ Willie Pickens, piano; Brian Sandstrom, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Kurt
Elling Quartet with special guests Orbert Davis, Jim Gailloretto, and Pat
Mallinger
Kurt Elling, vocals/ Orbert Davis, trumpet; Jim Gailloretto, Pat Mallinger, saxophones; Laurence Hobgood, piano; Rob Amster, bass; Michael Raynor, drums
Dave Brubeck, piano/ special guest Bill Smith, clarinet; special guest Taylor Eigsti, piano; Bobby Militello, saxophones; Michael Moore, bass; Randy Jones, drums
Saturday, September 1, 2001 – Jazz
and Heritage Family Stage
Ameen Muhammad and
the Griot Band: When the Griot Sings
Ameen Muhammad, trumpet/ Mwata Bowden, clarinets, baritone sax; LuiLui Satterfield, electric bass; Avreeayl Ra, drums
Kimosho P. Murphy, director/ Western African dances by elementary-high school age students
Orbert Davis, trumpet; Franz Jackson, vocals, tenor sax, clarinet; Ryan Cohan, piano
Tatsu Aoki, bass, Taiko drum, composer/ Mwata Bowden, Taku Akiyama, Toru Hironaka, saxophones; Jonathan Chen, violin; Hiroshi Eguchi, bass; Jason Matsumoto, Ryan Toguri, Hide Yoshihashi, Taiko drums; Mia Park, drums; Yoko Noge, vocals
Saturday, September 1, 2001 – Jazz
on Jackson
Damon Short Quintet
Damon Short, drums, composer/ Ryan Shultz, bass trumpet; Paul Scea, Chuck Burdelik, saxophones; Kevin Tkacz, bass
Jeremy Kahn, John Young, solo pianos
David Young, Maurice Brown, trumpets/ Bobby Broom, guitar; Dennis Carroll, bass; Kobie Watkins, drums
Marshall Vente, piano, composer, arranger; Billy Harper, tenor sax/ Terry Connell, Tom Tallman, trumpets, Steve Berry, trombone; John Blane, tuba; Rich Corpolongo, Pat Mallinger, Chip Gdalman, woodwinds; Frank Dawson, guitar; Scott Mason, bass; Isidore Perez, drums; Javier Gonzalez, percussion
Saturday, September 1, 2001 –
Petrillo Music Shell
The David Boykin Expanse
David Boykin, tenor sax, clarinet; Nicole Mitchell, flute; Jim Baker, piano; Josh Abrams, bass; Isaiah Spencer, drums; Marquecia Jordan, vocals
Bobby
Sanabria Big Band
Bobby Sanabria, percussion/ Michael Phillip Mossman, John Walsh, Tim Ouimette, Tanya Darby, trumpets; Dr,. Chris Washburne, Barry Olsen, Joe Fiedler, Dan Levine, trombones; Ricardo Pons, Gene Jefferson, Peter Brainin, Jay Collins, Carl Corwin, saxophones; John DiMartino, piano; Boris Kozlov, bass; Wilson “Chembo” Corniel, Roberto Quintero, Hiram “El Pavo” Remon, percussion
Greg Osby, alto sax/ Jason Moran, piano; Calvin Jones, bass; Derrek Phillips, drums
Gerald Wilson, composer, arranger, director; Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Anthony Wilson, guitar/
Snooky Young, Carl Saunders, Bijon Watson, Ron Barrows, trumpets; Les Benedict, Isaac Smith, Maurice Spears, Dan Weinstein, trombones; Carl Randall, Louis Van Taylor, Randall Willis, Scott Mayo, Jack Nimitz, saxophones; Brian O’Rourke, piano; Louis Spears, bass; Mel Lee, drums
Sunday, September 2, 2001 – Jazz
and Heritage Family Stage
Bethany Pickens Trio
Bethany Pickens, piano/ Ted Brewer, bass; Dana Hall, drums
Jendayi P. Anderson, percussion, leader/ Edie Armstrong, Susan E. Ward, SheShe C. Inara, Olabisi, Joyce LaGrone, Vivian Nunn, Patricia Rogers, percussion
Jimmy Payne. Jr. and
Sara Payne: Jazz Tap Dance
Sunday, September 2 – Jazz on
Jackson
Katherine Davis, vocals/ Sonny Seals, tenor sax; Joe Johnson, piano; Derrick Polk, bass; Leon Joyce, drums
Kathy Kelly, vibes/John McLean, guitar; Dan DeLorenzo, bass; Jim Widlowski, drums
Franz Jackson, tenor sax; Lew Green, cornet; Kim Cusack, clarinet, alto sax; Tom Bartlett, trombone; John Cooper, piano; Jack Kuncl, banjo; Mike Walbridge, tuba; Wayne Jones, drums
with Jodie Christian, piano; Marlene Rosenberg, bass; Robert Shy, drums
Sunday, September 2, 2001 –
Petrillo Music Shell
John Bany, James Willis, Dan Shapera, John Whitfield, basses
Johnny Frigo, violin/ Joe Vito, piano; Jim Cox, bass; Rick Frigo, drums
Benny Golson, tenor sax/ Curtis Fuller, trombone; Mulgrew Miller, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Carl Allen, drums; Eddie Henderson, trumpet joined the band near the end of the set
NDR Big Band (Hamburg, Germany) (NDR=Nord Deutsche Rundfunk [North German Radio])
Dieter Glawischnig, director/ Ingolf Burkhardt, Claus Stotter, Michael Leuschner, Reiner Winterschladen, trumpets; Joe Gallardo, Thomas Loup, Stefan Lottermann, Ingo Lahme, trombones; Fiete Felsch, Peter Bolte, Christof Lauer, Lutz Buchner, Frank Delle, saxophones; Vladyslav Sendecki, piano; Stephan Diez, guitar; Lucas Lindholm, bass; Ian Thomas, Marcio Doctor, drums
Terence Blanchard, trumpet; Cassandra Wilson, vocal/ Brice Winston, tenor sax; Edward Simon, piano; Derek Nievergeit, bass; Eric Harland, drums
Thursday (Petrillo
Bandshell)
David Sanchez Quintet
Patricia Barber
Chico Hamilton & Euphoria, with Special Guests Arthur Blythe and Larry Coryell
Friday (Petrillo
Bandshell)
“Fifty Years of Big Band Jazz: A Tribute To Bill Holman” with the Chicago Jazz
Ensemble
Ray Anderson’s Pocket Brass Band
Ahmad Jamal Trio with Special Guest George Coleman
Saturday (Family
Stage)
Children’s Dance Theater of Chicago
David Hernandez and Street Sounds
Yoko Noge’s Jazz Me Blues
“The Art of Soloing” with Ray Anderson
Saturday (Jackson
Stage)
Grazyna Auguscik’s “Past Forward”
Butch Thompson
Ron Perrillo Trio
tba
Saturday (Petrillo
Bandshell)
Mal Waldron & Oliver Lake
Jimmy Heath and the Jazz Members Orchestra (? didn’t they change their name?)
Carla Cook Quintet
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Sunday (Family Stage)
“A History of Jazz” featuring Jodie Christian
“Clave: Following the Beat” with Danilo Perez
Najib Bahri Trio (?)
Langston Hughes’ “Weary Blues” featuring…?
Sunday (Jackson
Stage)
Andy’s Windy City All-Stars with Special Guest Franz Jackson
John McLean Quartet
Chuchito Valdes’ Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz
Von Freeman Quartet (?)
Sunday (Petrillo
Bandshell)
Maggie Brown and Oscar Brown Jr.
George Lewis & the NOW Orchestra with Special Guests Fred Anderson, Bill Brimfield,
and Roscoe Mitchell
Jammin’ at the Petrillo
“Millenium Monk” featuring Sphere with Special Guest Phil Woods
2003 Chicago Jazz Festival
Thursday,
August 28
• “An Image of Man:” A Tribute to Bill Russo featuring Guillermo Gregorio, Fred
Lonberg-Holm and String Quartet
Symphony Center
• The Branford Marsalis Quartet and "The Message Lives: A Tribute to Art Blakey"
featuring the Jazz Messenger
Alumni All-Stars: Terence Blanchard, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Watson, Branford
Marsalis, Cedar Walton, Peter Washington, Winard Harper
Friday, August 29
Jazz on Jackson
• Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls
• Dee Alexander Quartet
• Kalaparush & The Light
• Burgess Gardner Big Band
Jazz & Heritage Family Stage
• “Swing Talk” with Alan Gresik and the Swing Shift Orchestra
• People’s Jazz Theater Company
• “Exploring the African Rhythms of Jazz” with Famoudou Don Moye
Grant Park - Petrillo Music Shell
• Bradley Williams Trio with Sheila Jordan
• Roscoe Mitchell Big Band
• “Jammin’ at the Petrillo: Chicago Style” featuring Maurice Brown, Harrison Bankhead, Dana Hall, Stu Katz, Ron Blake, Ira Sullivan, Audrey Morrison, and Bunky Green
• Dave Holland Big Band
Saturday, August 30
Jazz on
Jackson:
• Chicago Latin Jazz All Stars
• Taku Akiyama Quintet
• Laurence Hobgood
• Roscoe Mitchell Septet
Jazz & Heritage Family Stage
• Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago
• “Art of the Solo” with Bunky Green
• Tribute to Ameen Muhammad
Grant Park - Petrillo Music Shell
• Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana
• Ken Vandermark and the Crisis Ensemble
• Freddy Cole
• Elvin Jones’ Jazz Machine
Sunday, August 31
Jazz on Jackson: A Tribute to 50 Years of Delmark Records
• Lurie Bell Quartet
• Jodie Christian Trio with special guests Ira Sullivan and Brad Goode
• Reginald Robinson
• Ari Brown Quartet
Jazz & Heritage Family Stage
• “Jazz Links: Passing on the Tradition”
• “In the Hands of Our Children: Japanese Traditional Drumming” with Eigen, Kioto and Tatsu Aoki, members of the Tsukasa Daiko and Mwata Bowden
• “Velvet Lounge Jam” featuring the Greg Ward Quartet and the Dennis Winslet Quartet
Grant Park - Petrillo Music Shell
• Franz Jackson
• Karrin Allyson Quintet
• Chano Dominguez Sextet
• McCoy Tyner Big Band
26th
Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
Thursday September 2
Symphony Center - 8 p.m.
Dee Dee Bridgewater and “A Salute to the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra” led by Jon Faddis and featuring: Hank Jones, George Mraz, Billy Harper, Cecil Bridgewater, Jerry Dodgion, Garnett Brown, Earl McIntyre, Dennis Wilson, Mark Vinci, Ed Xiques, Frank Green, John Reiley, Tom Garling, Orbert Davis, Art Hoyle, and Pat Mallinger
Grant Park
Jazz on Jackson
12:00 – 12:55 Joe Rendon and Friends
1:10 – 2:05 Jerry Dodgion and the John Campbell Trio
2:20 – 3:15 Jeru
3:30 – 4:30 Toshiko Akiyoshi with Peter Washington and Eddie Marshall
Jazz & Heritage
12:30 – 1:30 The St. Patrick High School Honors Jazz Band
2:00 – 3:00 Performance Duo “In The Spirit” with Emily Hooper-Lansana and Glenda Zahra-Baker
3:30 – 4:30 “Art of the Solo” with Hamiet Bluiett and Ray Anderson
Petrillo
5:00 – 5:50 Henry Johnson’ Organ Express featuring Chris Foreman and Greg Rockingham with special guest Irene Reid
6:00 – 6:55 Winard Harper Sextet
7:10 – 8:10 “Latin Side of Miles” featuring: Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, Mario Rivera, Edsel Gomez, Robbie Ameen, Pedro Martinez, Ruben Rodriguez
8:30 – 9:30 “Celebrating Count Basie’s 100th Birthday” with the New Kansas City 7 featuring: Clark Terry, Frank Wess, Buddy DeFranco, Frank Foster, Benny Powell, Harold Jones, Buddy Catlett and George Caldwell
Grant Park
Jazz on Jackson
12:00 –12:50 Jeb Bishop Trio
1:05 – 1:35 Erwin Helfer: “Homage to Art Hodes and Pete Johnson”
1:40 – 2:10 Kirk Brown
2:25 – 3:20 Ryan Cohan Quintet
3:35 – 4:30 Crosswind
Jazz & Heritage
12:30 – 1:30 “Jammin w/ Kids” featuring: Kidd Jordan and the Ken Chaney Trio
2:00 – 3:00 Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center
3:30 – 4:30 Charles Walton interviews Frank Foster
Petrillo
5:00 – 5:50 Ten Part Invention
6:00 – 6:55 “A 100th Birthday Tribute to Coleman Hawkins” with the Bennie Wallace Nonet
7:10 – 8:10 “Jammin’ at the Petrillo” featuring: James Moody, Jon Faddis, Von Freeman and the Ron Perillo Trio
8:30 – 9:30 Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Grant Park
Jazz on Jackson
12:00 – 12:50 Joan Hickey Quartet
1:05 – 2:00 Swing Gitan
2:15 – 3:10 “Jazz from Down Under” (small band from Ten Part Invention)
3:25 – 4:30 The Janice Borla Group
Jazz & Heritage
12:30 – 1:30 “Percussion Discussion” with Hamid Drake
2:00 – 3:00 Susan May with the Bobby Schiff Trio
3:30 – 4:30 “Jazz History” with the Jimmy Ellis Quartet
Petrillo
4:45 – 5:00 “Bass is the Place” - Remembering Malachi Favors Maghostut
5:05 – 5:55 Fred Anderson, Kidd Jordan, Hamiet Bluiett, Jeff Parker, Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake
6:00 – 6:55 Butch Thompson’s “Tribute to Fats Waller at 100”
7:10 – 8:10 The Monksieland Band with Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Dave Douglas, Jean-Jacques Avenel, and John Betsch
8:30 – 9:30 Toshiko Akiyoshi with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra