TITO CARRILLO SEXTET at Navy Pier

Join us at beautiful Lake Stage at Polk Bros Park for the amazing Tito Carrillo and his Latin-infused sextet at Chicago Navy Pier’s WATERCOLORS.

Tito Carrillo, trumpet & flugelhorn
Chris Madsen, saxophones
Julius Tucker, piano
Clark Sommers, bass
Alejandro Salazar, drums
Victor Gonzalez, Latin percussion

Tito Carrillo is a trumpeter, educator, bandleader, composer, and arranger, and since 1996 he has been a fixture in the Chicago jazz and Latin music scenes. The list of artists he has performed, recorded, and toured with is as varied as his skill set: Chicago heavyweights Willie Pickens, Ryan Cohan, Juan Pastor and Chinchano, and Kurt Elling; big bands such as the Woody Herman Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, and Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra (directed by David Baker); jazz greats such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Louis Hayes, Jon Faddis, and Vincent Herring; Salsa legends such as Andy Montañez, Tony Vega, and Cheo Feliciano; Latin jazz giants Tito Puente and Paquito D'Rivera; and pop icons Quincy Jones and Phil Collins. 

Carrillo has played some of the most prestigious venues in the world, including Chicago's Symphony Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and London's Royal Albert Hall. His work has been heard at international jazz festivals in Chicago, Telluride, Montreux (Switzerland), North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague (Netherlands), and Pori, Finland. 

Tito Carrillo released his debut solo album Opening Statement in 2011 on the Origin label to critical acclaim, and for this concert his group will be performing selections off of his next solo album Urbanessence, due out in the fall of 2022.

Of Carrillo, the Chicago Tribune states, "he has acquired a reputation as a fluid improviser, doubly-blessed with a warm lyric style and technique to burn." He continues to lead his own quintet in Chicago, as well as being an active guest soloist and clinician at various secondary and collegiate jazz programs across the U.S. and abroad.