Thursday, September 2

Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion

12:00 – 12:50  Umbrella Music: Bridging Improvised Music and Dance

1:05 – 1:55  Jodie Christian Quintet

2:10 – 3:00   The MIYUMI Project Big Band: “Trans-Rooted” featuring JASC Tsukasa Taiko

3:15 – 4:00   Jim Wagner’s All Stars featuring Willie Pickens, Ari Brown, Jimmy Ellis, Robert Shy, Frank Russell, Corey Wilkes and Maggie Brown

Friday, September 3

Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph

Randolph Café

12:00 – 1:00   Hector Silveira Septet

1:30 – 2:30  The Grilly Brothers Sextet

Claudia Cassidy Theater

12:15 – 1:15    James Dapogny: “Art of the Solo”

1:45 – 2:45   AACM Experimental Ensemble

Preston Bradley Hall

12:30 – 1:30   Tomeka Reid’s Hear In Now Trio

2:00 – 3:00   Jim Cooper’s Mallet Madness featuring Kathy Kelly and Carl Leukaufe

Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion

4:00 – 4:50    Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble and Noteworthy

5:00 – 5:50  James Dapogny

6:00 – 6:55   Mike LeDonne Trio with special guest Eric Alexander

7:10 – 8:10  Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Orchestra

8:30 – 9:30  Ramsey Lewis 75th Birthday Celebration

Saturday, September 4

Grant Park

Jazz on Jackson Stage

12:00 – 12:55  Douglas Ewart Nyahbingi Drum Choir

1:10 – 2:05  Paul Giallorenzo’s GitGo

2:20 – 3:15   Maggie Brown: “A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln”

3:30 – 4:30  Dana Hall Quintet with special gust Nicholas Payton

6:00 – 7:30  Corey Wilkes

8:00 – 9:00  Steve Cole

Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage

12:00 – 12:30  Chi-Arts Jazz Combo

12:45 – 1:15   Jazz Ambassadors Combo

1:30 – 2:10  Kenwood Academy Jazz Ensemble

2:25 – 3:05  Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School Jazz Ensemble

3:20 – 3:50  Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble

4:05 – 4:50   Roosevelt University Jazz Ensemble

Jazz and Heritage Stage

12:30 – 1:30  West End Jazz Band

2:00 – 3:00  Cameron Pfiffner’s Marco Polo

3:30 – 4:30   Nicole Mitchell’s Sonic Projections

Petrillo Music Shell

5:00 – 5:50   Chuchito Valdez Afro-Cuban Ensemble

6:00 – 6:55   Rene Marie “High Maintenance” Quartet

7:10 – 8:10  Charisma: “A Lee Morgan Tribute”

8:30 – 9:30  The Either/Orchestra with special guests Getachew Mekurya and Teshome Mitiku

Sunday, September 5

Grant Park

Jazz on Jackson Stage

12:00 – 12:55   Paulinho Garcia Quintet

1:10 – 2:05  Nicole Mitchell‘s Black Earth Ensemble

2:20 – 3:15  Brad Goode Quartet

3:30 – 4:30  Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band

6:00 – 7:30  Harlan Jefferson

8:00 – 9:00  Norman Brown

Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage

12:00 – 12:30  Northside College Prep Jazz Combo

12:45 – 1:15  Whitney Young Magnet High School Jazz Combo

1:30 – 2:10  Lakeview High School Jazz Ensemble

2:25 – 3:05   John Hersey High School Jazz Ensemble

3:30 – 4:05   University of Chicago Jazz X-Tet

Jazz and Heritage Stage

12:30 – 1:30  Bethany Pickens Trio

2:00 – 3:00   NOMO

3:30 – 4:30  Saalik Ziyad’s 5 After 7 Project

Petrillo Music Shell

5:00 – 6:00  Brad Mehldau Trio

6:15 – 7:05  Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls

7:20 – 8:15  Henry Threadgill’s Zooid

8:30 – 9:30  Kurt Elling Quintet with special guest Ernie Watts

This Festival is scheduled and present by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events.

Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.