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The Chicago Jazz Festival is an admission-free, four-day annual jazz festival in Chicago's Millennium Park. It is run by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and programmed with the assistance of Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating international and local artists playing many forms of jazz music.
Jazz Showcase is one of the oldest jazz clubs in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1947 by NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal, whose son Wayne now owns and operates the venue. Segal's various showcases have served as a launch pad for a number of career jazz musicians.
Modern Chicago jazz. From the mid 1960s to the present day the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has nurtured "Great Black Music: Ancient to the Future". Chicago's jazz scene includes the annual Chicago Jazz Festival which has its origins in the 1970s.
The Jazz Institute of Chicago is a non-profit arts presenting organization that produces jazz concerts and runs educational programs. It was founded in 1969 by a small band of jazz fans, writers, club owners, and musicians to preserve the historical roots of Chicago music and to ensure that the music would still be heard.
Andy's Jazz Club, located several blocks north of the Chicago Loop, was founded as "Andy's 11 E. Lounge" in 1951 by Andy Rizzuto. A group of investors bought the property in 1975, changing its name to "Andy's". The club is one of the city's most popular jazz venues.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jazz styles and plays many instruments, including "little instruments": bells, bicycle horns, birthday party noisemakers, wind chimes, and various forms of percussion.
Jazz music. By the late 1980s, jazz had become the station's primary format. While jazz remains its focus, WDCB plays a diverse variety of musical genres, including blues, roots rock, bluegrass, Celtic, folk, big band, Afro-Cuban jazz, and world music, along with old-time radio shows.
Chicago jazz may refer to: Chicago Jazz (synchronized skating team), a junior-level synchronized skating team; Chicago jazz, Chicago-style Dixieland jazz; See also. Chicago Jazz Festival; Music of Chicago
Pages in category "Jazz musicians from Chicago". The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chicago Jazz was a synchronized skating team from Rolling Meadows, IL, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The Chicago Jazz began in 1987, as the Jazz Babies under the direction of Coach Lisa Darken.