Braxton Cook at Navy Pier!
Don’t miss a very special evening with Emmy® Award Winning Artist and one of this generation’s most exciting emerging voices in the Jazz world at the beautiful Navy Pier’s Lake Stage in Polk Brothers Park.
Friday, August 25 at 6PM. This is a free and family-friendly outdoor concert. Feel free to bring your picnics!
Braxton attended Juilliard School and as just a freshman, he met Grammy® Award-nominated trumpeter Christian Scott and became a long-term member in Christian’s band honing his skills on the road. In 2017, Fader Magazine named Braxton a “Jazz Marvel” and “Jazz Prodigy.” And shortly after, Braxton was listed as Top Five Jazz Artist To Watch. Outside of the Jazz sphere, Braxton has worked alongside Rihanna at the 2016 VMAs and Solange Knowles; contracting the horn players involved in her live shows at the Guggenheim, Radio City Music Hall, Afro Punk Festival, Panorama Festival, and Made in America Festival.
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Watercolors at Navy Pier
Jazz Institute of Chicago is proud to receive generous support from the following organizations
The Alphawood Foundation; a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; Crown Family Philanthropies; Chicago's Cultural Treasures; The Darling Family Foundation; The Ella Fitzgerald Foundation; The Epstein Family Foundation; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation; The Fry Foundation; The Glossberg Foundation; The Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency; The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince; The Mellon Foundation; The Polk Bros. Foundation; The Walder Foundation; The Wang Family