Threadgill, Akinmusire, Carter to play Hyde Park Jazz Fest
By Howard Reich
May 20, 2015 at 3:03 p.m.
What will the ninth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival bring to the city’s stages?
Rare duos featuring visionary Henry Threadgill with rising young pianist David Virelles and MacArthur Fellowship winner Regina Carter with pianist Xavier Davis.
World premieres by innovative trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and admired Chicago musicians Tomeka Reid and Mikel Patrick Avery.
Pairings of dynamic Chicago drummer Dana Hall with alto saxophone experimenter Nick Mazzarella and Chicago saxophonist Geof Bradfield with former Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker in music of Thelonious Monk.
Those are highlights of the event, which this year, more than any previous, will be taking listeners into a broad range of unfamiliar sounds.
The event will unfold Sept. 26 and 27 across Hyde Park, including the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and Logan Center for the Arts, with the Willie Pickens Quartet closing the festival.