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For 25 years, Symphony Center

Presents has brought the greatest

jazz icons and innovators to Chicago.

This landmark season celebrates

the series’ signature programming

that features the artistry of

both jazz legends and rising stars,

sensational double bills, new

commissions, Chicago artists

and Symphony Center Jazz series

favorites. Experience these

incredible performers in the acoustic

excellence of Orchestra Hall and

witness jazz history in the making.

…and MORE!

See page 16 for details on subscriber benefits.

Join us for the celebratory

25th SEASON

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Cécile McLorin Salvant

Nicholas Payton

Anat Cohen

Bria Skonberg

Jason Moran

Don’t miss the

jazz series that

“has become

indispensable

to music in Chicago.”

—Chicago Tribune

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Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal’s prolific career has spanned seven decades since his landmark album At the Pershing: But Not for Me—recorded at the Pershing Hotel in Chicago—attracted the attention of Miles Davis and launched him to international fame. Jamal’s sound continues to evolve on his funky and spacious latest album, Marseille. ■ Azerbaijani pianist Shahin Novrasli opens with a solo performance that blends his country’s traditional mugham folk music with a host of jazz and baroque influences.

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Shahin Novrasli piano

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Roy Hargrove Roy Hargrove

with special guest

One of the most highly esteemed saxophonists performing today, NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his quartet play with a seemingly telepathic connection to one another. They return to Symphony Center with special guest trumpeter Roy Hargrove, whose bold and flexible tone has made him a star since his emergence in the early 1990s. ■ In an SCP commission commemorating the centennial of the World War I Armistice, Chicago contemporary ragtime pianist and composer Reginald R. Robinson will present a tribute to James Reese Europe, whose 369th Regiment “Hell Fighters” first brought black American music to France during the war.

Reginald R. Robinson

James Reese Europe

Celebrates the great

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Saxophonist Joshua Redman’s strong tone and fluid approach match his wide palette of styles. Since his first album in 1993, which was soon followed by his first Orchestra Hall appearance in 1995, he has collaborated with a diverse array of musicians on everything from hard bop to jazz standards. ■ Israel-born clarinetist Anat Cohen brings elements of swing to a musical vision that embraces sounds from Brazil, Africa and the Middle East. With a tentet of horns, strings and percussion, Cohen expands on this sound and her global musical journey. This performance will include a Symphony Center co-commission of a concerto for solo clarinet and ensemble by Cohen’s longtime colleague Oded Lev-Ari.

Joshua Redman Quartet

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FEATURING

Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers and Gregory Hutchinson

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Inspired by the musical life of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer Ralph Ellison, Jazz in the Key of Ellison is a multimedia concert featuring music by Ellison’s favorite artists including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Thelonious Monk. This star-led evening includes Grammy® Award-winning trumpeter Nicholas Payton, R&B and jazz vocalist Will Downing, iconic Labelle singer Nona Hendryx and 2017 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz vocal competition winner Quiana Lynell with the Andy Farber Jazz Orchestra.

FEATURING

Quiana Lynell, Nicholas Payton

Will Downing, Nona Hendryx,

the Andy Farber Jazz Orchestra AND

JAZZ IN THE KEY OF ELLISON

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Enjoy a night of Latin jazz featuring two generations of Cuban masters. In his Symphony Center debut, 14-time Grammy® Award-winning clarinetist and saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, a co-founder of the landmark ensemble Irakere, performs with his masterful quintet. ■ World-class Afro-Cuban hand percussionist Pedrito Martinez and Alfredo Rodríguez, a classically trained pianist and protégé of producer Quincy Jones, form a lively duo, exploring Cuban dance through a modern jazz lens.

Paquito D’Rivera Quintet

Paquito D’Rivera Quintet

Pedrito Martinez & Alfredo Rodríguez Duo



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FRIDAY M A RCH 1 5 8:0 0

Returning to Symphony Center in a special performance featuring influential guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and the group's new pianist Orrin Evans, The Bad Plus draws from a wide range of influences to create compelling original songs and reinventions of hits by artists such as Blondie, Nirvana and Black Sabbath. ■ José James’ smooth baritone voice and coolly assertive delivery have made him “one of the suavest vocal improvisers on the scene” (Pitchfork). He makes his Symphony Center debut with a tribute to superstar R&B singer/songwriter Bill Withers.

FEATURINGTHEBADPLUSORRIN EVANS piano

REID ANDERSON bass

DAVE KING drums

Kurt Rosenwinkel

José James Bill Withers

CELEBRATES

LEAN ON ME: LEAN ON ME:


MONTEReY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR:

and featuring

Melissa Aldana , Yasushi Nakamura , Bria Skonberg , Jamison Ross and musical director Christian Sands

60th Anniversary Celebration starring Cécile McLorin Salvant

The 25th anniversary of the Symphony Center Presents Jazz series celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival by bringing this touring ensemble of today’s young all-stars to our stage. Two-time Grammy® Award-winner Cécile McLorin Salvant, called “the finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade” by The New York Times, returns to Symphony Center to star alongside Chilean-born saxophonist Melissa Aldana, trumpeter and singer-songwriter Bria Skonberg, and drummer and vocalist Jamison Ross. Musical director and pianist Christian Sands leads this incredible ensemble from one of the world’s greatest jazz festivals.

FRIDAY A PRIL 12 8:0 0

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Melissa Aldana

Bria Skonberg

Jamison Ross

Christian Sands

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FRIDAY M AY 3 8:0 0

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Iconic keyboardist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea, a 22-time Grammy® Award-winner and NEA Jazz Master, teams up with banjo innovator Béla Fleck, himself a 14-time Grammy® Award-winner, for a collaboration between two globally minded virtuosos. Through their compositions, the duo’s combined love for jazz, bluegrass and flamenco shines through.


Jason Moran piano • Alicia Hall Moran mezzo-soprano Pastor Smokie Norful piano and vocals

Imani Winds • Kenwood Academy Jazz Ensemble Joseph Joubert music director

Pianist Jason Moran, a 2010 MacArthur Fellow with a command of jazz history that seems to flow from his fingertips, returns to Symphony Center for a performance of Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration, a Symphony Center Presents Jazz series co-commission. For this ambitious project, Moran and his wife, mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran, weave together a broad spectrum of musical styles to tell the story of the African-Americans who relocated from the South and how their journey shaped American culture.

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TWO WINGS:

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The Music of Black America

In Migration

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WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET

FRIDAY JUNE 7 8:0 0

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NEA Jazz Master Wayne Shorter is one of the most revered saxophonists and influential jazz composers of all time. His signature tone and improvisational genius stand at the center of his quartet, which has been performing together for more than 18 years. Of their last performance at Symphony Center, the Chicago Tribune said “These weren't straightforward renditions of a band’s working repertory so much as occasions for crafting abstract portraits in sound.”

WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET

featuring

and

DANIL O PÉREZ, JOHN PATITUCCI BRIAN BLADE

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The greatest living master of the tabla and one of the “architects of modern world music” (NPR), Zakir Hussain returns with his international ensemble of the world’s finest percussionists. Continually pushing boundaries and exploring new and old musical traditions, this world-class group makes each of its performances an entirely unforgettable experience.

Friday, April 19, 8:00

Z A K IR HUSS A IN A ND THE M A STERS OF PERCUSSION

Japanese taiko-drumming troupe Kodo returns to Symphony Center for a dramatic performance full of pulsing rhythms, athletic virtuosity and stirring passion. “Indeed, if there is such a thing as perfection in music, Kodo comes as near to it as any group in the world” (The New York Times).

Thursday, February 28, 7:30

KODO ONE E A RTH TOUR 2019: E VOLUTION

South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir returns to Symphony Center for an infectiously joyful performance of spirituals, gospel tunes and pop hits that celebrates the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. The soaring voices and rousing drumbeats of this international treasure will have you dancing in your seat.

Friday, November 16, 8:00

SOW ETO GOSPEL CHOIR SONGS OF TH E FREE


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Soweto Gospel Choir

Zakir Hussain

Kodo

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Black America in Migration• Wayne Shorter Quartet

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José James Celebrates Bill Withers• Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour• Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

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