If you have a community event that you’d like us to post, please email the information to chicagolandcommunity@clearchannel.com or fax it to (312) 938-7335. Requests should be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event date.
OCTOBER 11
Habilitative Systems, Inc. celebrates 30 years of providing service to the community with “Jazz with Pizzazz 2008,” featuring award-winning artist Najee, Saturday, October 11th at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Tickets are $125 per person. The celebration begins with a reception at 6PM, followed by dinner and entertainment by jazz saxophonist Najee, as well as DJ music and dancing until midnight. For tickets contact, Sharon Moreland at (773) 854-8313 or visit
mailto:twenty_pearls_foundation@yahoo.com.
OCTOBER 11 As a precursor to their upcoming performance at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center, Chicago's One Accord directed by Walt Cunningham, Jr. will be performing on Saturday, October 11th at Unity in Chicago. The Concert titled "Stereotypes" begins at 7:30PM and is followed by an appetizer and desert reception at Unity. Tickets are available at Unity in Chicago, located at 1925 W. Thome or may be purchased via phone at (773) 274-7749. Ticket costs are $20 for the concert and a separate cost of $10 for the Reception to follow. The doors open at 7PM and seating is general admission.
OCTOBER 24
Twenty Pearls Foundation, Lambda Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will host "Jazz'n Under the Stars" Friday, October 24th at the Flossmoor Country Club located at1441 Western Ave in Flossmoor, IL at 6:30PM. This event will feature the phenomenal Joan Colaso. Tickets are $85 and are tax deductible up to the fullest extent of the law. For more information please call (708) 802-1410 or send an e-mail to
twenty_pearls_foundation@yahoo.com.
NOVEMBER 14 2008
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble®
Artistic Director Jon Faddis ®
Presents
Tenth American Heritage Jazz Series
The Harris Theater for Music & Dance, 205 East Randolph Street
8 p.m. Friday, November 14, 2008
Patti Austin and The CJE: Avant Gershwin
In 2008, Patti Austin won the Grammy® for the best Jazz vocal Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards with her sublime Gershwin (Rendezvous, 2007). Tonight, Ms. Austin and The Chicago Jazz Ensemble perform that music, along with a few surprises.
Order tickets today by calling the Columbia College Chicago Ticket Center at 312-369-6600.
Online http://www.chicagojazzensemble.com/.
Or call the Harris Theater Box Office312-334-7777
DECEMBER 12 2008
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble®
Artistic Director Jon Faddis ®
Presents
Tenth American Heritage Jazz Series
The Harris Theater for Music & Dance, 205 East Randolph Street
8 p.m. Friday, December 12, 2008
Paquito D’Rivera and The CJE: Commemorating Goodman, Celebrating Swing
Join Jon Faddis and The Chicago Jazz Ensemble in welcoming Grammy® award-winning woodwind virtuoso Paquito D’Rivera. Tonight’s concert features music commemorating the 70th anniversary of the ground-breaking 1938 Carnegie Hall concert by Benny Goodman (who originally hailed from Chicago), as well as a tribute to Mr. D’Rivera’s own unique big band arrangements of Afro-Cuban and Caribbean music.
Order tickets today by calling the Columbia College Chicago Ticket Center at 312-369-6600.
Online http://www.chicagojazzensemble.com/.
Or call the Harris Theater Box Office312-334-7777
FEBRUARY 20 2009
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble®
Artistic Director Jon Faddis ®
Presents
Tenth American Heritage Jazz Series
The Harris Theater for Music & Dance, 205 East Randolph Street
8 p.m. Friday, February 20, 2009
The Great American Songbook, featuring The CJE's vocalist Bobbi Wilsyn
A perfect way to warm up from winter’s chill – join The Chicago Jazz Ensemble and vocalist Wilsyn for an evening of American classics! Tonight’s concert features the music of Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin and others. ASCAP has teamed up with Columbia College Chicago to continue its Jazz Composer Commissioning Program. This year's commissions are in honor of the 90th birthday year of jazz legend Hank Jones.
Order tickets today by calling the Columbia College Chicago Ticket Center at 312-369-6600.
Online http://www.chicagojazzensemble.com/.
Or call the Harris Theater Box Office312-334-7777
MARCH 20 2009
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble®
Artistic Director Jon Faddis ®
Presents
Tenth American Heritage Jazz Series
The Harris Theater for Music & Dance, 205 East Randolph Street
8 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2009
The Art of the Composer: Music by William Russo and Frank Foster
Join the Chicago Jazz Ensemble for a remarkable evening of jazz that features the music of two of the great contributors to jazz repertory – including The CJE’s own library: William Russo, the late great founder of The CJE and former Stan Kenton Orchestra arranger and trombonist, and Frank Foster, the Grammy® award-winning veteran and former leader of the Count Basie Orchestra who continues to invent and entertain jazz audiences around the world.
Order tickets today by calling the Columbia College Chicago Ticket Center at 312-369-6600.
Online http://www.chicagojazzensemble.com/.
Or call the Harris Theater Box Office312-334-7777
JUNE 5 2009
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble®
Artistic Director Jon Faddis ®
Presents
Tenth American Heritage Jazz Series
The Harris Theater for Music & Dance, 205 East Randolph Street
8p.m. Friday, June 5, 2009
The CJE Performs the music of Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington
Symphony Center Echoes of Nations: Dvorák Festival 220 South Michigan Avenue
Join The Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Artistic Director Jon Faddis for an evening of music by Edward “Duke” Ellington, one of the first American musicians to embody Dvorák’s artistic ideal of America creating its own music, with its own ideas, music that evolves from the many voices and cultural influences in this country.
Tickets for this performance are available through the CSO’s box office only: 312-294-3000 or online at: http://www.cso.org/.
Order tickets today by calling the Columbia College Chicago Ticket Center at 312-369-6600.
Online http://www.chicagojazzensemble.com/.
Or call the Harris Theater Box Office312-334-7777
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