DownBeat

Co-produced with the Hyde Park Jazz Society, the festival grows more ambitious each year, earning recognition as a major jazz presenter in Chicago.

Windy City Weekend, ABC7

ChicagoMusic.org

By Neil Tesser

The weather forecast is picture-perfect for this year’s Hyde Park Jazz Festival (Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27-28) – terrific news for a festival that spreads its performances over a couple of square miles.

Chicago Tribune

By Howard Reich

It’s the most magical weekend of the year, venues large and small, familiar and novel lighting up a single Chicago neighborhood.

Chicago Magazine

By Matt Pollock

If you missed Chicago’s city-sanctioned Jazz Festival in Millennium Park last month, don’t fret. The eighth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival kicks off this weekend, and its Midwest-heavy lineup is comparable if not downright better.