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2017 Hyde Park Jazz Festival at Hyde Park Jazz Festival - IL at Midway Plaisance
Courtesy of Olivia Junell | Posted on July 26, 2017
Where
Midway Plaisance
Hyde Park Jazz Festival - IL
1130 Midway Plaisance
Chicago, IL
Map
When
Sun, September 24, 2017
1:00 pm
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Musicians
Amina Claudine Myers
pianoAndrew Cyrille
drumsBill McHenry
saxophone, tenorJeremy Pelt
trumpetJoe Locke
vibraphoneWarren Wolf
vibraphoneBallaké Sissoko
koraNicole Mitchell
fluteAbout
The 11th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival will take place Saturday, September 23, and Sunday, September 24, 2017 with two full days of FREE jazz music by over 150 local, national, and international musicians in 12 venues throughout the neighborhood. The Festival continues its commissioning program with world premiere commissions to award winning flutist Nicole Mitchell and critically acclaimed Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko for their project Bamako*Chicago Sound System. Other major acts from pioneering veterans and emerging talent include a rare solo performance by Amina Claudine Myers; a duo with Andrew Cyrille and Bill McHenry; brilliant trumpeter Jeremy Pelt with his Quintet including Victor Gould (piano), Vicente Archer (bass), Jonathan Barber (drums) Jacquelene Acevedo (percussion); and a unique duo of Joe Locke and Warren Wolf on vibraphone, marimba, and piano at Rockefeller Chapel...