Thursday, August 29
Chicago Cultural Center
Claudia Cassidy Theater
11 AM–noon Red Rose Ragtime Band, programmed in collaboration with the Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz
Preston Bradley Hall
11 AM-noon What Is This Thing Called Jazz? Trumpeters Corey Wilkes and Pharez Whitted in conversation with pianist Miguel de la Cerna (and in performance with bassist Micah Collier and drummer Jeremiah Collier)
6:30–7:25 PM Mike Reed’s The City Was Yellow celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, with cornetist Rob Mazurek, flutist Nicole Mitchell, saxophonists Ari Brown and Geof Bradfield, trombonists Steve Berry, guitarist Jeff Parker, and bassist Matt Ulery
3–4 PM Rob Mazurek’s Desert Encrypts Vol. 1
4:15–5 PM George Freeman and Billy Branch
11:45 AM–12:15 PM Thomas Kelly High School Jazz Combo
