Chicago Jazz Magazine

09/06/2026

Don’t leave the Festival without your FREE souvenir program! Music, memories & a keepsake!

Featuring artist profiles, musical highlights and insights into the performers, it’s a closer look at the artists bringing the Chicago Jazz Festival to life.

09/06/2026

2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Sunday September 6 .hunt_ Alex Beltran

09/06/2026

2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Sunday September 6

JAY PRITZKER PAVILION7:45 - 9 p.m. - Paquito D’Riveraname) emblemized the Latin jazz of the ‘50s and ‘60s, Paquito (ditto) has long been the poster boy for a broader version of Latin jazz in the modern era. A 2005 NEA Jazz Master, the Cuban-born alto saxophonist and clarinetist would be deserv...

09/06/2026

🎷 Take home a piece of the Festival! Pick up your FREE Official 2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Souvenir Program at the Festival. 📖 Music, memories & a keepsake!

Featuring artist profiles, musical highlights and stories behind the performers, it’s an in-depth look at the artists appearing at this year’s Festival.

09/05/2026

2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Saturday September 5
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09/05/2026

2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Saturday September 5

JAY PRITZKER PAVILION7:45-9 p.m. - M.E.B. (Miles Electric Band) celebrating The Miles Davis CentennialIn this, the 100th anniversary of Miles Davis’ birth, there have been plenty of tributes to his great acoustic bands of the ‘50s and early ‘60s. But the trumpeter’s extended foray into elect...

09/05/2026

Take home a piece of the Festival! Pick up your FREE Official 2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Souvenir Program at the Festival. 📖

Filled with performance schedules, artist profiles and special features, it’s the perfect guide—and keepsake—for your Festival experience.

09/04/2026

2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Friday September 4 Artists Spotlight

JAY PRITZKER PAVILION7:45-9 p.m. - Robert Glasper6:25-7:25 p.m. - Dr. Emma Dayhuff Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project featuring Dee Alexander, Corey Wilkes, Isaiah Collier, Michael King, and Jonathan PinsonOn her live 2025 debut album, Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project, bassist and....

09/04/2026

2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Friday September 4. Dr Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project featuring Dee Alexander - Rossignol Entertainment and Chris Greene - saxophonist

09/04/2026

2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Friday Sep 4 at Millennium Park

7:45 - 9 p.m. - Robert Glasper

6:25 - 7:25 p.m. - Dr. Emma Dayhuff Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project featuring Dee Alexander, Corey Wilkes, Isaiah Collier, Michael King, and Jonathan Pinson

4-4:45 p.m. - The Jo Ann Daugherty Trio with special guest, Henry Johnson

3:45-4 p.m. - Emcee Intro Remarks + National Anthem + Lift Every Voice

VON FREEMAN PAVILION (NORTH PROMENADE)

3-3:45 p.m. - Scott Burns Quintet

1:50-2:45 p.m. - Maison Electronique

12:40-1:35 p.m. - Lily Finnegan's Heat On

11:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. - Stephen Parisi with Kabir Dalawari

WDCB JAZZ LOUNGE

6:45-7:45 p.m. - Marlene Rosenberg Quartet

4:30-6:15 p.m. - Constantine Alexander Firetet

2:15-4 p.m. - Raíces Latin Jazz Quintet

Noon - 1:45 p.m. - Chris Greene Quartet