Chris Madsen on sax, Eric Hochberg, bass and Steve Million, piano

Wednesday, 1/25/12

6-9 pm

Catch 35 

35 West Wacker Drive 

Chicago, IL

(312) 346-3500

and…

Chris Madsen on sax, Andy Brown on guitar 

Friday, 1/24/12

7-9:30 pm

Flight 112 Wine Bar 

112 West Park Avenue

Elmhurst, IL

(630) 758-0808

and then…

Chris Madsen on sax with Kevin Fort on keyboard

Saturday, 1/28/12

8-11 pm

Kamehachi

531 N. Wells

Chicago, IL

(312) 664-3663

In Old Town

The big event is:

Chris Madsen  CD release party

A tribute to 1920′s trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

8 and 10 pm

Chris Madsen on sax, Joe Policastro, bass, Dan Effland, guitar, and drummer Joel Spencer

at

Jazz Showcase

806 S. Polk

Chicago, IL

$10

Last but not least..

Chris Madsen on sax with Kevin Fort on keyboard

Saturday, 3/31/12

8-11 pm

Kamehachi

531 N. Wells

Chicago, IL

(312) 664-3663

In Old Town

Be sure to…

Visit the OFFICIAL website of Chris Madsen:

www.chrismadsen.net 

and Chris Madsen on youtube:

www.youtube.com/chrismadsen81

Chris Madsen CD’s are available at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/cmadsen

and www.cdbaby.com/cd/chrismadsentrio

Photos property of Chris Madsen, all rights reserved. Thanks to Chris for use of the photos.

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Saxophonist Mark Colby

on

Monday, January 23, 2012

8:00 – 11:30 pm

at

 Jazz Showcase

806 S. Plymouth Court

Chicago, IL

(312) 360 – 0234

$10 cover

Thanks to Mark Colby for use of his black and white photo.

We are the proud owners of Mark Colby’s new CD Yesterday’s Gardenias  , and you can be too!

Just click on the CD covers to buy. Also find Yesterday’s Gardenias on itunes  

or http://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Gardenias/dp/B006ITAFC0 !

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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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The Chris Greene Quartet is the MAYNE event this fall.

Chris Greene is "… a post-bop maverick intent on shaking things up for the mainstream," according to AllAboutJazz.com.

THURSDAY, October 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm, the Chris Greene Quartet intends to shake things up at the famed Mayne Stage theatre, located at 1328 West Morse Avenue, Chicago, IL, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.

The CGQ is Chris Greene (leader, composer, saxophones) with Damian Espinosa on piano, Marc Piane on bass and Steve Corley on drums. The band will be recording all new tunes for a new live CD, with legendary recording engineer Joe Tortorici at the helm. The funky and eclectic William Kurk Enterprise will open the show. 

Thursday, October 27, 2011

8:00 pm

William Kurk Enterprise will open

and then . . .

The Chris Greene Quartet

at               

Mayne Stage 

1328 W. Morse Ave.

Chicago, IL

or  (773) 381 – 4554       

18 and over      

Tickets are $15 for reserved seating and $10 general admission. The box office opens at 6:00 pm; lobby doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased in advance through the Mayne Stage box office at (773) 381 – 4551 or online.

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The Chris Greene Quartet is the MAYNE event this fall. Chris Greene is "…a post-bop maverick intent on shaking things up for the mainstream," according to All About Jazz.com.

Thursday, October 27, 2011, at 8:00 pm, the Chris Greene Quartet intends to shake things up at the famed Mayne Stage theatre, located at 1328 W. Morse Ave. in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.

The CGQ is Chris Greene (leader, composer, saxophones) with Damian Espinosa on piano, Marc Piane on bass and Steve Corley on drums. The band will be recording all new tunes for a new live CD, with legendary recording engineer Joe Tortorici at the helm. The funky and eclectic William Kurk Enterprise will open the show.

Tickets are $15 for reserved seating and $10 general admission. The box office opens at 6:00 pm; lobby doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased in advance through the Mayne Stage box office at (773) 381 – 4551 or online.

Other UPCOMING Chris Greene gigs…

Fridays, October 7 &14 & 28, 2011 at 8 pm

L’Eiffel Bistrot & Creperie

100 W. Higgins Rd., Barrington, IL                        

(847) 428 – 4783

no cover.

Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 3 pm

Polyrhythms’ Third Sunday Jazz Workshop & Concert

Redstone Room      

129 N Main St., 2nd Fl., Davenport, Iowa

All Ages / $10 or $15 (VIP reserved seating)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 7 pm

Every third Wednesday

M Lounge

1520 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL

(312) 447 -  0201

no cover.

Friday, October 21, 2011 at 8 pm

The Livery Pub

Art Hop Night!               

190 5th Street, Benton Harbor, MI       

(269) 925 – 8760       

21 and over /$10   

Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 8 pm

Mayne Stage       

Chris Greene Quartet

LIVE RECORDING

by Jazz Master Joe Tortorici, recording engineer

w/ opener William Kurk Enterprise               

1328 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL

or  (773) 381 – 4554       

18 and over      

Tickets $10 and $15    

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7 pm       

Charles Heath Presents Jazz on the South Side               

ETA Creative Arts Foundation       

7558 S. South Chicago, Chicago, IL

(773) 752 – 3955       

All Ages / $10 cover 

Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 7 pm

Big Ed’s BBQ & Grill

30 North Genesee, Waukegan, IL

(847) 782 – 8772       

21 and over / no cover .

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 7pm

Every third Wednesday

M Lounge

1520 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL

(312) 447 – 0201

no cover.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 7 pm

Every third Wednesday

M Lounge

1520 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL

(312) 447 – 0201

no cover.

Chris Greene on saxophone … LIVE in 2011!

“…dynamo…threads each tune with high-octane uplift.” ~ Jazz Times

“[Greene] brings to the table new interpretations with a wholesome willingness to

explore and redefine the past.” ~ Chris K., Gods of Music

Photo of Mayne Stage taken by/property of Chicago Studio Club 2011.

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Shawn Maxwell

URBAN VIGILANTE CD Release Party!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

at

Jazz Showcase

806 S. Plymouth Ct.

Chicago, IL

$10 cover

Shawn and his group will be celebrating the release of  their fourth disc, and second on Chicago sessions label, "Urban Vigilante."  They will have copies of the CD at the show and at a special low price of $10 each!

Performing all original tunes from the new URBAN VIGILANTE CD,  as well as the first three, featuring:

Shawn Maxwell – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute

Leandro Lopez Varady – piano

Bob Lovecchio – bass

Brandon Dickert – drums

Click on the Urban Vigilante CD cover to learn more/purchase!

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Mark O’Connor Quintet

at

The 2011 Chicago Jazz Festival

Saturday, September 3, 2011

4:00 – 5:00 pm   

The Jazz Lounge presented by Chicago Jazz Magazine

1/2 a block east of Columbus on Jackson

Chicago, IL

They will be playing music from their newly released CD, Suspended Reality, as well as a couple of tunes from Mirage. Come hang with them and be sure to say hello!

Mark O’ Connor Quintet:

Mark O’Connor tenor saxophone

Chris Davis trumpet

Dan Murphy keyboard

Jon Paul bass

Tom Hipskind drums

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Ernest Dawkins Straight Ahead Quartet

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Showtimes: 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm

One of the life goals of Ernest Dawkins is to represent the African American cultural experience through his music. His musical art form reflects the rich background and cultural distinctions of African American life.

He is one of Chicago’s premier jazz saxophonist whose music reflects his extraordinary talent not just as a musician but a composer as well. He has recorded eleven CD’s and is the founder and leader of his own group, New Horizons Ensemble.

The Band:

Ernest Dawkins: Saxophone

Justin Dillard: Piano

Junius Paul: Bass

Isaiah Spencer: Drums

Jazz Showcase

806 S. Plymouth Ct.

Chicago, IL

Chicago Studio Club photos of Dearborn Station, corner of Polk and Plymouth Court.

Take a left from Polk, on Plymouth, Jazz Showcase is just down the way, at 806 S. Plymouth Court.

Doors open at: 6:00 pm

Please pass the word and get there early!

Parking: $5 after 6:00 pm behind the venue

Cover $10

All photos taken by/property of  Chicago Studio Club.  Poster by John Moultrie.

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Here is something special to do for your mom ON Mother’s Day 2011!   

Mama’s SOUL Mother’s Day SOIREE!

Vocalist Felena Bunn  and saxophonist Marqueal Jordan and The 9th Hour Band will perform.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

6:00 – 9:00 pm

Tickets available online today, SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICE 2 for price of 1, that’s 2 for only $20!   

Click on poster for more info.

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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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Pat Mallinger’s URBAN SOUL "I Need A Miracle"

Pat Mallinger on saxophones, Dan Trudell on keys, Victor Garcia on trumpet, Matt Ferguson on bass, Mike Allemana on guitar

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Saturday, January 22, 2011
and
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Jeff Chan presents his two current ensembles!

Elastic Arts

2830 N. Milwaukee, 2nd flr.

Chicago, IL. 

First set starts at 9:00 pm

$10 admission

Elastic Arts Foundation is located above a Chinese restaurant that is actually pretty good.  It’s a great place to have dinner before the show!

The Cultural Arts Quartet is Jeff Chan and Ed Wilkerson – winds, Tatsu Aoki – bass and Avreeayl Ra – drums

The Chicago Clarinet Conglomerate is Mwata Bowden, Jeff Chan and Ed Wilkerson – clarinets of all sorts!

http://jeffchanmusic.com/

Elastic Arts, 2830 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL

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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!

Click on the original artwork by President Charlie Thomas for MORE!

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Chris Greene Quartet LIVE at Jazz Showcase!

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“Big Band Jam Session”

featuring

Bob Centano and ‘Pieces of Eight’
with Dawn Daviera vocalist

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

http://bobcentano.net/

Cafe Zalute  9501 W. Devon  Rosemont, IL  (847) 685 – 0206

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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.

Click on pic for MORE about Victor and on poster for more about HPJS!

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Friday, October 15th, 2010

Pete Miller’s Steakhouse

John Goldman’s Quadrangle – 8:00 pm

1557 Sherman Ave.  Evanston, IL

847-328-0399 / no cover.

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Pete Miller’s Steakhouse

John Goldman’s Quadrangle – 8:00 pm

1557 Sherman Ave.  Evanston, IL

847-328-0399  / no cover.

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

The Whistler

John Goldman’s Quadrangle – 9:30 pm

2421 N. Milwaukee Ave.  Chicago, IL

773-227-3530  /  no cover.

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Jerry’s Wicker Park

John Goldman & friends – 7:00 pm

1938 W. Division St.  Chicago, IL

(773) 235-1006  /  no cover.

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