Your Guide to the Local Jazz Scene
Saxophonist, improviser, and composer Dave Rempis has been an integral part of the thriving Chicago jazz and improvised music scene since 1997. With a background in ethnomusicology and African studies at Northwestern University, including a year spent at the University of Ghana, Rempis burst onto the creative music scene at the age of 22 when […]
Brought to you by Feestet The North Street Cabaret jazz jam is created to celebrate and explore jazz. We welcome all of it: the standards, the improvised, the free, and the tangential genres: Bossa, R&B, Funk, Folk, Rap, if you call it, we'll try it out. This space holds a special place in our heart, […]
Artist Website | https://www.thebillrobertscombo.com/ Founded in 2014, the Bill Roberts Combo brings a tight, nuanced, and rhythmically powerful presentation to blues-jazz unlike anything you've heard before. The Combo performs both as an instrumental unit, and in a full band with a vocalist and other instrumentation, allowing the Combo to shine in many different kinds of […]
Get into the spirit as standard holiday tunes are put through the Meisel filter and turned into soulful, original jazz! Enchanting audiences with powerful saxophone playing and melodic and dusky vocals, Ryan and Susan capture the spirit of the season and transforms it into a sonic display of celebration that is thought-provoking, expressive, and fun! […]
Tickets $20-25 | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ben-ferris-octet-annual-christmas-show-tickets-1002353294687?aff=oddtdtcreator ONLINE TICKETS SALES END 4 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME. YOU MAY ALSO PURCHASE TICKETS AT THE DOOR The Ben Ferris Octet is back with their annual Holiday Show! Featuring an all-star Wisconsin band of Nick Bartell, Ben Knox, Jon Hoel, Luke Busch, Paul Dietrich, Darren Sterud, Paul Muench, Ben Ferris and Michael […]
After 10 years of presenting Ellington's Nutcracker, a new Christmas tradition will start, presented by Darren Sterud and Mr. Chair. Vince Guiraldi's music is most associated with Charles M. Schultz's Charlie Brown and the TV specials in the 60's and 70's. This year we are pleased and happy to present "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with […]
TICKET LINK | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tim-whalen-holiday-show-tickets-1089971888259?aff=oddtdtcreator ONLINE TICKET SALES END 4 HOURS BEOFRE SHOW TIME. TICKETS MAY ALSO BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR. Tim Whalen is highly versatile songwriter, keyboard player, producer, composer, and arranger. His passion and dedication to his art shines in everything he touches, and he’s been blessed with opportunities to write and play music with some […]
Musical Family Holiday Stories of Love and Peace (jazz/indie fusion) Laurie Lang - bass, Sally de Broux - vocals, Lucy Croasdale - sax, Issac de Broux-Slone - guitar/drums/vocals, John Becker - piano/drums
Fareed Haque classical guitar, Casey Nielsen Electric and Acoustic guitar, Alex Austin bass, Juan Pastor, percussion, Greg Fundis drums celebrating the re-release of Blue Note Record Opaque
TICKET LINK| |ONLINE TICKET SALES END 4 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME. TICKETS MAY STILL BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR. Artist Website | https://caravanswings.com/ Caravan is a world traveling instrumental acoustic jazz group based in Madison, Wisconsin. They are primarily influenced by the legendary Romani Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. The ensemble also pulls influences from American jazz, […]
