Chicago Jazz Festival | August 31- September 2, 2012

The music starts in 3 months, 12 days

Roy Haynes, Fountain of Youth

Aug, 31 | 6:30 PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

One of the last remaining inventors of bebop, veteran Jazz drummer Roy Haynes has enjoyed collaborations with noted jazz artists such as Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and contemporary stars such as Chick Corea and Pat Metheny. The octogenarian and native of Boston was recently recognized by his peers with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy®.

Allen Toussaint

Sept, 2 | 8:30 pm

Closing out the festival on Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. is Allen Toussaint’s “The Bright Mississippi” featuring Marc Robot and Don Byron. The New Orleans native grew up in a shotgun house learning his piano style at a young age and inspired by some of greats including Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Ray Charles and Huey” Piano” Smith.

Dianne Reeves

Sept. 1, | 8:30 PM

The four-time Grammy winner is the only singer to win the vocal category for three consecutive recordings in any singing category. Reeves has been touring the world in the last couple years including two stops at the White House, once for a State Dinner and earlier this year at the Governor’s Ball.

Ken Vandermark

Aug 31, Sept 1, Sept 2 |

The Chicago Jazz Festival announces saxophonist and composer Ken Vandermark as its Artist in Residence for this year’s festival. The Chicago Jazz Festival exclusively names Chicago artists for its Artist in Residence program, now in its tenth year, commissioning large-scale compositions and presenting multiple performance opportunities over the course of the four day festival.