Jazz harmonica virtuoso and 2012 Grammy winner Howard Levy and noted musicians on the UIC jazz faculty will perform in an evening concert highlighting the third annual High School Jazz Festival at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Monday, Feb. 27, 2012

Festival: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Concert: 7:00 pm

Student Center East

Illinois Room

750 S. Halsted St.

Chicago, IL

Noted Chicago jazz artists who teach at UIC, including Ernie Adams (percussion), Patricia Barber (vocals), Ari Brown (saxophone), Orbert Davis (trumpet), Stewart Miller (bass), Peter Stoltzman (piano), and Zvonimir Tot (guitar), will score and critique the performances of 10 to 14 Chicago-area high school jazz ensembles.

The UIC Jazz Faculty Combo, Student Combo and Jazz Ensemble will perform at midday. Admission is free.

The festival will culminate with a 7 p.m. concert featuring renowned harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy, the UIC Jazz Faculty Combo, and the UIC Jazz Ensemble, directed by drummer Joel Spencer, adjunct lecturer of music.

Tickets to the evening concert are $10 for the general public; $7 with student ID. Tickets are available at http://theatreandmusic.aa.uic.edu/musicpages/music-jazzfestival.htm or at the door (cash or check only).  For information, please call (312) 996-6068.

“There was always talk about extending the day when we educate high school students to include a concert that not only would they attend, but that would also appeal to the public,” said Joel Spencer, adjunct lecturer and director of the jazz ensemble.

UIC’s High School Jazz Festival was initiated in 2010 for jazz bands of all sizes throughout the Chicago area.

Photo of Howard Levy by Chicago Studio Club, all rights reserved.

Jim Ryan Quartet

featuring

Jim Ryan on piano

Stewert Miller on bass

Ernie Adams on drums

and Pat Mallinger on sax

or

Bobby Lewis on trumpet

EVERY TUESDAY

in

November and

December 2011

5:00 – 8:30 pm

at

Andy’s Jazz Club

11 E. Hubbard St.

Chicago, IL

(312)  642 – 6805

$5 cover.

Jim Ryan Quartet at Andy’s, check them out!

Poster by Chicago Studio Club 2011.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

7:30 -11:30 pm

Ernie Adams,

drums & percussion

Scott Hesse, guitars

Marcin Fahmy, keys

Junius Paul, bass

Orbert Davis describes Ernie as "every leader’s wish and every composer’s dream. He’s a musician who brings indescribable energy, precision, dedication, knowledge, passion and expertise to EVERY performance, EVERY rehearsal — EVERY NOTE!"

Founded by James W. Wagner Hyde Park Jazz Society presents Sunday Jazz

at

L26

in The South Loop Hotel

11 West 26th Street

(just off State, near IIT)

Chicago, IL

Admission always only: $10. Students with university ID and children accompanied by an adult: $5.

L26 Restaurant is in the South Loop Hotel, has a free parking in the hotel lot just west of the building on 26th and plenty of on street, unmetered spaces. Since L26 is smaller than Room 43, you may want to get there a little early for good seats. A dinner menu is available and drink prices have been reduced for the Hyde Park Jazz Society audience. Be sure to ask for the Hyde Park Jazz Society prices.

"It’s not difficult to envision a scene developing here, thanks to the warmth of the room and the easily accessible location of the hotel"

Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

Poster by Chicago Studio Club 2011.

Ernie Adams LIVE in Chicago!

Sunday, April 24, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

Saxophonist, JAMES PERKINS has played on over 250 albums, thousands of jingles, commercials and industrials, and has been on hundreds of tours and productions locally, nationally and abroad. He has  been recognized as "a master of his craft and instrument"  and "an exciting and exhilarating force to be reckoned with!"

JAMES PERKINS, sax

with

Charlie Johnson, piano

Harrison Bankhead, bass

Ernie Adams, drums

L 26

South Loop Hotel

11 W. 26th St.

Chicago, IL

(312) 225 – 4545

(parking just west of State on 26th)

Free parking in the hotel lot just west of the building on 26th.

Admission only: $10

Students with university ID and children accompanied by an adult: $5

Reminder: L26 is smaller than Room 43, so you may want to get there a little early for good seats. A dinner menu is available.

"It’s not difficult to envision a scene developing here, thanks to the warmth of the room and the easily accessible location of the hotel"

Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

Poster by HPJS President Charlie Thomas, 2011.

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 Mon., Oct. 26, 2009

9:00 pm

Ernie Adams Quartet

Andy’s Jazz Club

11 E. Hubbard

Chicago, IL

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