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2nd ANNUAL HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINE-UP

14 Hours of FREE Jazz---Reginald R. Robinson, Nicole Mitchell, Robert Irving III, Ari Brown, Dee Alexander, Fred Anderson, Orbert Davis, Willie Pickens, Chicago Jazz Orchestra and many others

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 Noon – 2 AM

The 2nd Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 27, 2008, will bring together world-class headliners and local emerging artists for 14 hours of FREE, non-stop jazz for the serious and casual listener, alike. The Festival will highlight performances by renowned jazz musicians, while celebrating the music and culture of Chicago's Hyde Park. Ramsey Lewis is serving as this year’s Honorary Festival Chair and WNUA 95.5 as its Media Sponsor.

Festival shuttles will continually loop, transporting attendees, free of charge, to a variety of creative and unexpected performance venues, including the DuSable Museum of African American History, Oriental Institute, Quadrangle Club, Smart Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House, Hyde Park Art Center, Checkerboard Lounge, Rockefeller Chapel, Little Black Pearl, Experimental Station, International House and the main stage at the Midway Plaisance.

New to this year’s Festival is a relationship with the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, encouraging attendees to ride their bikes. From noon to 10pm, cyclists can leave their bikes at a designated area, secured by a bike valet, that is located immediately on the Festival shuttle route.

The Festival headliners are world-class, award winning, respected authorities on jazz and its culture. Performers include premier pianist/composer and MacArthur “genius” Award recipient, Reginald R. Robinson, flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell, Delmark recording saxophonist Ari Brown, saxophonist & owner of famed Velvet Lounge Fred Anderson, silver-screen trumpeter Orbert Davis; jazz vocalist Dee Alexander; Grammy-nominated trumpeter Ron Haynes, saxophone masters Chicago Sax in the City; Brazilian-style jazz duo Two For Brazil; jazz vocalist Maggie Brown; pianist/arranger Willie Pickens; trumpeter Corey Wilkes, guitarist Henry Johnson, Latin pianist Edwin Sanchez, and many, many others.

The Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival’s mission is to unite the community through appreciation of Hyde Park’s history and a universal appreciation of jazz and its cultural importance. The Festival is being produced by the Hyde Park Cultural Alliance, the University of Chicago, the Hyde Park Jazz Society, and Music Producer Carolyn Albritton.

www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org – a complete schedule of artists/venues/times follows –

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Ramsey Lewis 2008 JAZ 27, Honorary Festival Chair Media Sponsor FESTIVALSEPTEMBER 2008 HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL SCHEDULE TIME EVENT VENUE / LOCATION Noon–12:30 PM Jazz Institute Jazz Links Ensemble DuSable Museum / 740 E. 56th St. 1:00–1:30 PM Reginald R. Robinson DuSable Museum / 740 E. 56th St. 1:00–2:00 PM M.A.D.D. Rhythm & DeTour 1130 Midway Plaisance North / Between Ellis and Woodlawn Aves. 1:00–2:00 PM Bethany Pickens Little Black Pearl / 1060 E. 47th St. 2:00–3:00 PM Henry Johnson Organ Express DuSable Museum / 740 E. 56th St. 2:00–3:00 PM Nicole Mitchell Smart Museum / 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. 2:30–3:30 PM Ron Haynes Little Black Pearl / 1060 E. 47th St. 3:00–4:00 PM Fred Anderson Hyde Park Art Center / 5020 S. Cornell Ave. 3:00–4:00 PM Chicago Jazz Orchestra (featuring Freida Lee, vocalist) 1130 Midway Plaisance North / Between Ellis and Woodlawn Aves. 3:30–4:30 PM Robert Irving III Smart Museum / 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. 3:30 –4:30 PM Frank Russell Experimental Station / 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. 4:00 –5:00 PM Ari Brown Quadrangle Club / 1155 E. 57th St. 4:00–6:00 PM Two for Brazil (Paulinho Garcia & Greg Fishman) Robie House / 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. & Heitor Garcia 4:30–5:30 PM Corey Wilkes & Kahil El’Zabar Hyde Park Art Center / 5020 S. Cornell Ave. 5:00 –6:00 PM Charlie Johnson Quartet 1130 Midway Plaisance North / Between Ellis and Woodlawn Aves. 5:00–6:00 PM Maggie Brown Experimental Station / 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. 6:00–6:30 PM U-High Jazz Band Oriental Institute / 1155 E. 58th St. 6:30–7:30 PM Discopoet Khari B. Experimental Station / 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. 6:30–7:30 PM Greg Spero Checkerboard Lounge / 5201 S. Harper Ave. 7:00 –8:00 PM Dee Alexander Rockefeller Chapel / 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. 7:00 –8:00 PM Peter Lerner Oriental Institute / 1155 E. 58th St. 7:00 –8:00 PM Edwin Sanchez Latin Jazz 1130 Midway Plaisance North / Between Ellis and Woodlawn Aves. 7:00 –8:00 PM John Wright International House / 1414 E. 59th St. 8:00 –9:00 PM Joan Collaso & Larry Hanks Checkerboard Lounge / 5201 S. Harper Ave. 8:30–9:30 PM Orbert Davis International House / 1414 E. 59th St. 9:00–10:00 PM Chicago Sax In The City 1130 Midway Plaisance North / Between Ellis and Woodlawn Aves. 9:30–10:30 PM Willie Pickens Checkerboard Lounge / 5201 S. Harper Ave. 10:00–11:00 PM The Greatest Guitars / Henry Johnson / International House / 1414 E. 59th St. Curtis Robinson / Buddy Fambro Midnight–2:00 AM MIDNIGHT SLAM JAM International House / 1414 E. 59th St. Hosted by Curtis Robinson

All seating is on a fi rst-come, fi rst served basis. For more information, call the Jazz Festival Hotline at 773.834.3534 or visit hydeparkjazzfestival.org.

Produced by the University of Chicago, the Hyde Park Cultural Alliance, and the Hyde Park Jazz Society. Carolyn Albritton, Executive Music Producer

Illustration by Kenneth Shaw 8-08/50M/COM/09176