DownBeat

By Michael Jackson

Under the sharp curatorial ear of artistic director Kate Dumbleton, abetted by Hyde Park Jazz Society’s vivacious, indefatigable Judith Stein and a team of half a dozen effective women (plus nearly 300 volunteers), the ninth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival proved once again to be a highlight in Chicago’s cultural calendar.

The Columbia Chronicle

By Copy Chief

Attendees danced on the pavement of Midway Plaisance Sept. 27 as the Willie Pickens Quartet grooved through the jazz standard “Afro Blue” at the ninth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival. 

Pianist Pickens said little throughout the performance, but his excited energy had the audience clapping along and dancing in the street by the final number. 

“I wanted [the audience] to take away that jazz is still alive, and jazz is music that can make you feel good,” Pickens said after hisband’s performance. 

The Chicago Maroon

By Emma Broder

For the ninth year in a row, University of Chicago students and the greater South Side community had the opportunity to hear incredible local artists at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival last weekend.

Chicago Tribune

By Howard Reich

The most inspiring moment in last weekend's Hyde Park Jazz Festival occurred as the event was winding down.

WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago

September 27, 2015

Tomeka Reid and her "Hear & Now" trio will perform live on WHPK 88.5 FM September 27th at 9AM. Howard Mandel, president of the "Jazz Journalists Association" will be the guest DJ. This will be an exciting program concurrent with the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.

Chicago Tribune

By Howard Reich

Chicago's best jazz festival energized a city neighborhood over the weekend, drawing large crowds to an ancestral home of the music: the South Side.

Chicago Reader

By Peter Margasak

The annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes another leap in quality this year, offering the strongest program of its nearly decade-long history.

Chicago Tribune

By Howard Reich

The best jazz festivals offer more great performances than you could possibly attend in their entirety, presented in environments well-matched to the music at hand.

Chicago Artists Coalition

By Nuria Sheehan

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival began as an experiment. Nine years ago, some passionate jazz fans in the Hyde Park community created and rallied behind the idea of a jazz festival to be presented in different settings across the neighborhood.

WBEZ Chicago

There aren’t a lot of cells in jazz. But then again, there aren’t a lot of musicians like Tomeka Reid.

Hyde Park Herald

By Allison Matyus

The hype for the 9th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival is starting to settle in the community, but you haven’t seen anything yet.

Hyde Park Herald

By Sam Rappaport

The last weekend of September will see thousands of jazz fans flocking to Hyde Park for the ninth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Chicago’s finest jazz musicians will decorate the stages of various Hyde Park venues over the course of the free, two-day event. Perhaps the most anticipated concert of the festival, however, comes from a musician who has been a staple of the Hyde Park community since 1958—Willie Pickens.

WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago

September 14, 2015

Please tune into WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago this evening at 8 PM CST to hear jazz host John Litweiler conduct a live interview with Mr. Henry Threadgill.

Chicago Daily Herald

By Jacky Runice

The Hyde Park Jazz Fest features nearly 40 performances at 14 venues throughout the historic South Side neighborhood. Local artists Tomeka Reid and Mikel Patrick Avery have composed original pieces for the fest, and Avery will lead a full-scale parade down the Festival Midway. Ambrose Akinmusire's project, banyan, is a 60-minute composition with an original video installation. Other standout acts include Regina Carter, Xavier Davis, Henry Threadgill and David Virelles, among others. 

Chicago Tribune

By Howard Reich

A lively fall season beckons in jazz:

AXS

By Jacqueline Runice

The Obama family’s old stomping grounds play host to more than 35 bands playing on 14 stages. That's over 18 hours of moving grooves, melancholy meditations and improvised glee during the 9th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival, September 26-27.

Chicago Tribune

By Howard Reich

Several major attractions have been added to the ninth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival, running Sept. 26 and 27 in several locations.

Chicago Tribune

By Howard Reich

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.