Join us for Jazz in Chicago!
Thank you for a wonderful gala! We had an amazing time.

November brings changing leaves, Jam Sessions, Chicago Stage with Alejandro Salazar, and Jazz on Film. Don't forget that registration is open for the Jazz in Chi Regional Jazz Band Festival.

Spread the word! We're celebrating Joe Segal; a Jazz Institute of Chicago co-founder, NEA Jazz Master, and owner of the legendary Jazz Showcase club.


Read on for more details!
2019 - 20 Jazz Links Jam Sessions
November 13, 2019 | 5pm | Free
Jazz Showcase
806 S. Plymouth Court | Chicago

Jazz jam sessions have long been the place where musicians gather to connect, perform together, and hone their skills. Historically, jam sessions take place after-hours in the clubs, making it impossible for student musicians to participate. The Jazz Links Jam Session creates a live performance opportunity where student musicians can learn, grow, and connect with their jazz community.

The Jazz Links Jam Sessions take place one Wednesday per month at the Jazz Showcase from October through May from 5pm to 7pm. Students perform with one another and with the Jazz Links house band, which includes world-class professional jazz musicians.

Benefit for Joe Segal
November 18, 2019 | 7pm
Studebaker Theater
410 S. Michigan Avenue | Chicago
Tickets: $30 - $350

Spread the word! We're celebrating Joe Segal; a Jazz Institute of Chicago co-founder, NEA Jazz Master, and owner of the legendary Jazz Showcase night club.

Chicago Stage at the Logan:
Alejandro Salazar
November 22, 2019 | 6pm | Free
Cafe Logan
915 E. 60th Street | Chicago
Pre-concert for
UChicago Presents: Craig Taborn and Kris Davis, pianos

In partnership with the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts and the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazz at the Logan presents CHICAGO STAGE at the Logan showcasing local jazz artists in free pre-concert performances in Cafe Logan at 6pm.

Jazz on Film: Louie Bluie
November 23, 2019 | 7pm and 9pm
Filmfront
1740 W. 18th Street | Chicago
FREE

Terry Zwigoff’s first film follows Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong as he hangs out, plays music, and, anecdote by anecdote, recounts his life.

Armstrong’s life was a story of joy and music, but it was also inseparably a story about the challenges a black man faced moving through white spaces.

Preceded by: Assorted Musical “Soundies”

Jazz in Chi Regional Jazz Band Festival
February 22, 2019
Whitney Young Magnet High School
211 S. Laflin Street | Chicago

Registration is open for the 2020  Jazz in the Chi Regional Jazz Band Festival ! For this upcoming festival, we are thrilled to continue our partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center and serve as a  Regional  Essentially Ellington  Jazz Festival location.

Come join us for a full day of:

  • Performances
  • Clinics
  • Master Classes
  • Jam Sessions
  • A College Vendor Fair
  • Band Directors and Essentially Ellington Clinicians Luncheon
  • An Evening Concert featuring the Festival Clinicians
  • Awards Ceremony at the end of the day

And a great day of jazz and networking with fellow peers for you and your students!

NEW FOR 2020!  The festival will now be open to ALL regional school jazz ensembles from elementary through high school.

Chicago Public Schools save 20% on registration!  CPS schools that register before November 22nd will receive a 20% discount on their registration fees. Enter promo code  CPS20  at checkout to receive the discount.

The Jazz Institute of Chicago Celebrates 50 Years
With a 50-year history of nurturing and promoting jazz in all its forms through concerts, public events and educational programming, the JIC will celebrate this golden anniversary throughout 2019 with a year-long celebration of jazz music. Our goal is to reach the minds and hearts and souls of as many as possible with special concerts, a jazz film festival, a listening and speakers series, family programming, art exhibitions, a house+jazz dance party and a weekend-long birthday bash at the Logan Center for the Arts that showcases the diversity of jazz and our community, our cultural partners and the foundations upon which the organization has grown. For more information on our celebration,  visit   www.jazzinchicago.org/50th
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