The 10th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival will take place On Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Hamilton Park 513 W 72nd. St. from 12:00 (noon) to 6:00 PM, . In case of rain, the festivities will take place inside the field house.
This years headliners are: The Houston Person Quartet featuring legendary Pianist Willie Pickens, Ernie Adams and young Lion Junius Paul Bass. The Maggie Brown Quartet. Creative Supergroup featuring Ari Brown Saxophone/Piano, Dee Alexander Vocals, Ernest Dawkins Saxophones, Junius Paul Bass, Avreeayl Ra percussion. And, Guitto Gargle, presented in part by a Partnership with Punta Giara Cultural Association of Sardinia, Italy.Our grand elder award will be presented to Houston Person. A passionate tenor saxophonist, alternately tough and tender, he is only now beginning to receive the recognition he so richly deserves as today's leading instrumentalist in the tradition Gene Ammons and Stanley Turrentine made so popular during their careers.
The 10th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival is sponsored by 17th Ward Alderman Latasha Thomas, 5th Ward Alderman Freddrenna Lyle, and is made possible by a grant from the Governors International Arts Exchange Program of the Illinois Arts Council, Live the Spirit Residency, Dawk Publishing, the Chicago Park District, Delmark Records, Chicago Creative Arts on Line, Donne E. Trotter, and the Oppenheimer Family Foundation. This project is partially supported by a CityArts Program grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs.To learn more about Live The Spirit Residency, or to volunteer for the Festival, visit us online at www.livethespiritresidency.org or call us on 773-221-6385.
