Sunday, January 22, 2012

7:30 – 11:30 pm

Hyde Park Jazz Society presents…

Bassist Marlene Rosenberg and her quartet

celebrate the release of Marlene’s newest CD

" Bassprint " on Seattle jazz label Origin Records.

at

Room 43

1043 E. 43rd St.

Chicago, IL

Marlene’s Quartet includes:

Scott Hesse, Makaya McCraven, Geof Bradfield.

Read more about our friend Marlene Rosenberg:

http://www.origin-records.com/reviews/review.php?ReviewID=1367

http://www.origin-records.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82604

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/01/20/bassist-marlene-rosenberg-plays-room-43-on-sunday

Special thanks to InWalkJazz’s Stan Lee for the poster!

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For the Hyde Park Jazz Society‘s  final 2011 performance in December (they’re closed for Christmas and New Year’s Day), they present vocalist AVA LOGAN.  Join them in celebrating Ava’s birthday!

SUNDAY JAZZ

featuring

Ava Logan, vocals

with

MIGEUL DE LA CERNA, piano;

CHUCK WEBB, bass;

CHARLES HEATH, drums

on

SUNDAY, December 18, 20111

7:30 – 11:30 pm

at the

MARMON GRAND

2230 S. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL

Check out "Someone You Should Know," Harry Porterfield’s feature on Ava:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6534563

Admission always only: $10. Students with university ID and children accompanied by an adult: $5. The Marmon Grand will have food and drinks available for purchase.There is on street parking (meters go off at 9:00 pm) and valet service available.

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A message from the Hyde Park Jazz Society: "Fresh from performances in Eastern Europe, the remarkable saxophonist ARI BROWN, returns this Sunday, 12/4/11, to kick off our December at THE MARMON GRAND. You have been such loyal and faithful supporters, we hope you will continue to be there for us as we start the month in our beautiful new venue. Many of you joined us for our fundraiser earlier this month, so you already have been to The Marmon Grand at 2230 S. Michigan Ave. We know many of you are huge fans of Ari, so you will not want to miss this great musician whom Howard Reich describes as being "what Chicago tenordom is all about, including a larger-than-life presence, a profound affinity with blues expression and an unquenchable thirst for novel sounds." Ari will be joined by his brother Kirk Brown on piano; Yosef Ben Israel, bass; Dr. Cuz, percussion; and Avreeayl Ra, drums. "

Founded by James W. Wagner, the Hyde Park Jazz Society presents SUNDAY JAZZ!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

Ari Brown, saxes

with

Kirk Brown, piano

Yosef Ben Israel, bass

Dr. Cuz, percussion

Avreeayl Ra, drums

at

The Marmon Grand, 2230 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL. (312) 225 – 8100.

Admission always only: $10. Students with University ID and children accompanied by an adult: $5. The Marmon Grand will have food and drinks available for purchase. There is on street parking available, and meters go off at 9:00 pm.

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Ari Brown Quintet

Sunday, October 2, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

Hyde Park Jazz Society, founded by James W. Wagner, presents SUNDAY JAZZ

at

L 26 

in the

South Loop Hotel

11 W. 26th, Chicago, IL

(just off State, near IIT)

ARI BROWN, saxes

with

Kirk Brown, piano

Yosef Ben Israel, bass

Dr. Cuz, percussion

Avreeayl Ra, drums

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

L26 Restaurant is in the South Loop Hotel, located at 26th & State. There is free parking in the hotel lot just west of the building on 26th and plenty of on street, unmetered spaces.

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 and drink prices have been reduced for the Hyde Park Jazz Society audience. But you must ask for the HPJazz 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 Charlie Thomas, President, Hyde Park Jazz Society

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

BMR4 is:

Chris Bernhardt (bass)

Jay Moynihan (reeds & keys)

Mike Rodbard (drums)

Neal Alger (guitar)

BMR4 has been described as "a straight ahead jazz quartet from Chicago that incorporates blues, funk, Cajun, Latin, soul-jazz, and R&B into their act." The quartet features acoustic bassist CHRIS BERNHARDT, JAY MOYNIHAN on reeds and keyboard, MIKE RODBARD on drums, and NEAL ALGER on guitar. Neil Tesser wrote of BMR4 that it "plays a lot of songs rooted in blues and R & B. Music by James Brown jostles up against familiar tunes from Steely Dan or the Beatles; up-tempo modal jazz tunes from the 60s share space with moody, atmospheric pieces straight out of a movie soundtrack; and [it all includes] the infectious groove of John Scofield’s music. "

Founded by James W. Wagner, the Hyde Park Jazz Society presents SUNDAY JAZZ!

at

L26

South Loop Hotel

11 W. 26th St.

(just off State, near IIT)

Chicago, IL

General admission:  $10 and $5 for students with ID’s and children accompanied by adults.

The lovely L26 Restaurant is in the South Loop Hotel, located at 26th & State. There is 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 (as well as light fare), and drink prices have been reduced for the Hyde Park Jazz Society audience. Be sure to ask for the HPJazz 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

Neal Alger on guitar!

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Founded by James W. Wagner, the Hyde Park Jazz Society presents

SUNDAY JAZZ with the summer sounds of

TWO FOR BRAZIL

with

Paulinho Garcia, guitar & vocals

and

Greg Fishman, saxophone

on

SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

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. A dinner menu is available (as well as light fare), and drink prices have been reduced for the Hyde Park Jazz Society audience. Be sure to ask for the HPJazz Society prices. Bar service available too. Free parking in the hotel lot just west of the building on 26th and plenty of on street, unmetered spaces.

Remember that Orbert Davis & John Moultrie are now hosting a weekly jazz show on 90.9fm, WDCB, from Noon to 3:00pm. Give a listen!

"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.

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Sunday, 7/24, 2011, The Hyde Park Jazz Society presents: The Jarrard Harris Quartet.  A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Jarrard found his way to Chicago a little over 11 years ago and has been part of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE), having performed with Jon Faddis, Art Hoyle, Pat Mallinger, Pharez Whitted, and Dana Hall. He is a music educator, composer, and terrific saxophonist. Describing a recording by Jarrard,  jazz reviewer, Ted Gioia, wrote that "Harris plays nine choruses full of high drama, each one better than its predecessor." Jarrard will be joined by BOBBY BROOM, guitar; MICHAEL KING, piano; JUNIUS PAUL, bass; PHIL FORNETTE,  drums.

Sunday, 7/31,2011, join the HPJS for the summer sounds of Two For Brazil with PAULINHO GARCIA & GREG FISHMAN.

Saxophonist and flutist Greg Fishman is considered the foremost expert on the music of Stan Getz. And last year, Paulinho Garcia was named "2010 Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz" by the Chicago Tribune and "2010 Person of the Year" by the Brazil Club for spreading the word about Brazilian music and culture. The Hyde Park Jazz Society invites you to substitute the beaches of Copacabana & Ipanema for those of Chicago by coming out to hear Two for Brazil.

Sunday, 8/7, 2011, the Hyde Park Jazz Society is delighted to present that rare phenomenon, a male jazz vocalist. We invite you to start August the right way by joining us for the mellow sounds of Roderick Harper, called by the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, "a very special talent." Landing a featured spot in the Ellis Marsalis Quartet, Roderick has performed with Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Lovano, Bobby Watson, Marcus Roberts, Cyrus Chestnut, as well as the Marsalis family. He will be be backed up by LEANDRO LOPEZ-VARADY, piano; DENNIS CARROLL, bass; ANDRE BEASLEY, drums.

Founded by James W. Wagner, the HYDE PARK JAZZ SOCIETY, presents SUNDAY JAZZ

at

L26

in The South Loop Hotel

11 W. 26th St.

Chicago, IL

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

Put Sunday, 8/14 on your calendar with Geof Bradfield’s Tribute to Charlie Parker.

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

"Lady T" Quintet

with

Lady T. Marcelain, vocals

Jim Pierce, guitar

Peter Schwendener, piano

Dan De Lorenzo, bass

George Fludas, drums

at

L26

South Loop Hotel

11 West 26th St.

Chicago, IL

Off of State, near IIT

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

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Hyde Park Jazz Society says "Happy Father’s Day" to all the dads out there and to those who take on the father’s role. To celebrate the day, we will have the very talented guitarist CURTIS ROBINSON.  Curtis has performed with such great musicians as Bobby Lewis, Freddy Cole,  and Charles Earland, among others. In addition to performing, Curtis has taught jazz, blues, and rhythm & blues at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.

Founded by James W. Wagner, the HYDE PARK JAZZ SOCIETY presents SUNDAY JAZZ

SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

CURTIS ROBINSON, guitar

with

Mike Logan, piano

Mark Sonksen, bass

Ben Johnson, drums

L26

South Loop Hotel

11 W. 26th Street

(just off State, near IIT)

Chicago, IL

Admission always only: $10.  Students with University ID and children accompanied by an adult: $5. Food and bar service available. Dinner menu is available (as well as light fare), and drink prices have been reduced for the Hyde Park Jazz Society audience. Be sure to ask for the HPJazz Society prices.

Free parking in the hotel lot just west of the building on 26th and plenty of on street, unmetered spaces.

"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

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Founded by James W. Wagner, the Hyde Park Jazz Society presents

SUNDAY JAZZ

at

L26

in The South Loop Hotel

11 W. 26th Street

(just off State, near IIT)

Sunday, May 22, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

Art Hoyle, trumpet

with

Pat Mallinger (sax)

Brad Williams (piano)

Danny Shapera (bass)

Robert Shy (drums)

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

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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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Please join Hyde Park Jazz Society as they welcome saxophonist

Ari Brown and his quintet!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

L 26 South Loop Hotel

11 West 26th St.

(just west of State Street)

Chicago, IL (312) 225 – 7000

Until further notice, The Hyde Park Jazz Society will hold its Sunday evening jazz shows at L26, located in the South Loop Hotel at 11 W. 26th Street. Entry to the hotel is through its free parking lot located immediately west of State on 26th Street. L26 is at the south end of the 1st floor. Food and bar service will be available, and the general admission remains $10 and $5 for students with ID’s and children accompanied by adults.

"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)

Upcoming Schedule

Sunday, April 17, 2011: Ari Brown Quintet

Sunday, April 24, 2011: James Perkins Quartet

Poster by Chicago Studio Club 2011, click on it for more info!

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ROBERT IRVING III GROUP

The Hyde Park Jazz Society is winding up its run this Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the beautiful Room 43*. It will be a VERY special evening featuring the multi-talented Robert Irving III as part of the closing events of the Miles Davis Festival. Robert was composer, arranger, co-producer, and pianist for Miles in the 1980′s . He knows his music! And he knows his Miles!

Robert will be joined by

Charles Heath, drums;

Larry Gray, bass;

Corey Wilkes, trumpet;

Glenn Burris, sax

and special guests!

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

at

Room 43 

1043 E. 43rd St.

Chicago, IL

SUNDAY, April 10, 2011

7:30 – 11:30 pm

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

Support great jazz presented by Hyde Park Jazz Society and celebrate with us what would have been Miles Davis’s 85th birthday year!

NOTE: *Beginning the Sunday AFTER this one (i.e., 4/17), the Hyde Park Jazz Society will be located at L26 in the South Loop Hotel (11 West 26th Street with free parking in the hotel lot immediately west of State on 26th)

Stay up to date, check here: http://www.hydeparkjazzsociety.com/

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HYDE PARK JAZZ SOCIETY!

The Sunday night jazz series that we have sponsored for almost five years is, temporarily, on hiatus. In addition to fines, the City of Chicago has closed Room 43 for thirty days for having presented our music without a PPA license. We are still attempting to clear the paperwork necessary to get the license, but we have encountered a number of obstacles. We view this as an impediment, but not as an end. Jazz will return to the mid south side. The Hyde Park Jazz Society has no intention of letting Jim Wagner’s dream end here!
So stick with us, and keep visiting our website for updates:

www.hydeparkjazzsociety.com

The Hyde Park Jazz Society

Hyde Park Jazz Society Sunday Jazz at Room 43!

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Founded by James W. Wagner, the Hyde Park Jazz Society presents SUNDAY JAZZ

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2010

7:30 – 11:30 pm

ARI BROWN, saxophonist / Kirk Brown, piano / Yosef Ben Israel, bass

/ Dr. Cuz, percussion / Avreeayl Ra, drums

Norman’s Bistro

1001 E. 43rd St.

Chicago, IL

(773) 966 – 5821

Requested Cash Donation: $10. Students w/University ID and children

accompanied by an adult: $5. Food and bar service available. Norman’s Bistro,

1001 E. 43rd St, Chicago, IL, is located one block west of ROOM 43

at the corner of 43rd and Ellis & has green awnings in front. It’s not as large

as ROOM 43, so come early!

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Founded by James W. Wagner,  the Hyde Park Jazz Society presents . . . SUNDAY JAZZ at ROOM 43, 1043 E. 43rd, Chicago, IL.

"one of the hippest places to spend a Sunday night" – Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

Sunday, October 31, 2010

7:30 – 11:30 pm

THREE ELLAS

featuring

DEE ALEXANDER

FRIEDA LEE

SPIDER SALOFF

Jeremy Kahn, piano; Jim Cox, bass; Charles Heath, drums

Requested donation: $10. Students with university ID and children accompanied by an adult: $5

Food and bar service available. ROOM 43: 1.5 blocks East of Ellis (just past Berkeley) on the South side of the street, at the bus stop sign.  Street parking and at "ONE STOP" (43rd & Lake Park).

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Victor Goines
Saxophonist-Clarinetist-Educator-Composer
Education Consultant, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Laconic yet agile, serious yet playful, studied and still hip, he creates straight-ahead jazz that neither kowtows to fads nor buckles under the weight of tradition. -Times-Picayune

Victor Goines is widely recognized as one of the most engaging and versatile performers, composers, collaborators and educators in music today. Drawing from his New Orleans roots, his extraordinary career includes performances throughout the world earning acclaim from audiences, critics, students and colleagues.

Deeply committed to the field of jazz education, Mr. Goines currently holds the position of Northwestern University Artistic Director for the Jazz Studies program, Education Consultant for Jazz at Lincoln Center and has conducted master classes, clinics, workshops, lectures and lessons for The Denver School of the Arts, John Schreiber Group, Greater New Orleans Suzuki Foundation, Cornell University, the Columbus Youth Jazz Ensemble, The University of Scranton and numerous performing arts centers while touring with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. His education posts have included Professor of Jazz Saxophone/Woodwinds and Jazz Studies at Florida A & M University, Adjunct Professor at Xavier University, and a member of the faculties of Loyola University and the University of New Orleans.

Victor represents the personification of the musician/teacher that must become a paradigm for education if unqualified excellence is to be achieved. –Mr. Ellis Marsalis

A member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra since 1993, Mr. Goines also has an active solo career performing and recording with The Victor Goines Quartet including Sunrise to Midnight (2000), To Those We Love So Dearly (1999), Joe’s Blues (1998) and Genesis (1992). In addition to his solo releases, he has performed and collaborated with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, The Wynton Marsalis Septet, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Marcus Roberts and the Academy of Ascension, The Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra, The Wycliffe Gordon Quintet, The Herlin Riley Quintet, Terence Blanchard, Ruth Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Bo Didley Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Damon Short, Freddie Green, Marlon Jordan, The George French Trio and a host of other renowned musicians and ensembles.

Mr. Goines exhibits a maturity and soulfulness that bespeaks his dues playing and his understanding of the importance of this history and tradition. -Offbeat

Mr. Goines has recorded the scores for the motion pictures Undercover Blues, When Night Falls On Manhattan and Rosewood; for the television production of Moonlight Over Miami and The Big Easy (USA Cable Network, 1996); appeared in music videos and films including When Something’s Wrong With My Baby (Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville-1990); the 1991 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival; The New Orleans Concert (Dianne Reeves – 1992); Accent On The Offbeat (Wynton Marsalis and the New York City Ballet – 1993); Citi Movements (Wynton Marsalis and Garth Fagin – 1994); The City of Jazz, Classical Jazz Series (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – 1994); In This House, On This Morning (Wynton Marsalis for Jazz Central BET Cable – 1994); Marsalis on Music (Wynton Marsalis with Seiji Ozawa – 1995); Loosely Mozart (Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, and Marcus Roberts – Sony Classical/Channel 13 Productions – 1996); Sessions at West 54th Street “The Jazz@Lincoln Center Production of Wynton Marsalis’ Blood on the Fields,” 1997; the PBS Great Performances Production of Swingin’ with Duke, 1999; Ken Burns’ acclaimed documentaries JAZZ and Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson; the PBS Live at Lincoln Center Production of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Tribute to James Black, 2003; and Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, 2005.

Born in 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Goines has played the clarinet since the age of eight. He continued his studies with Carl Blouin, Sr., who introduced him to the saxophone at St. Augustine High School. In 1980, he entered Loyola University in New Orleans where he studied clarinet and saxophone, receiving a Bachelor of Music Education Degree in 1984. As Mr. Goines’s interest in jazz increased, he contacted Ellis Marsalis in 1983 to take private lessons. Eight months later, Mr. Marsalis selected Mr. Goines to play saxophone as a member of his quartet. Mr. Goines left New Orleans in 1987 to pursue his graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia receiving his Master of Music Degree in 1990.

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