Jazz Postcards 2020

There’s something special about receiving a postcard in the mail! Postcards are reminders that someone is thinking of you while they are away. They express joy, but also longing: Wish you were here!

Postcards are short and, at times, bittersweet. At a time when we all wish we could be together, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival has invited more than 30 jazz musicians to send musical postcards to a community of their choosing. Each artist has selected a location and a time to play for 30 minutes on four dates this summer (July 25th, July 30th, August 14th, and August 23rd of 2020).

On each of these dates, listen for the sounds of these postcards across Chicago! We are not advertising the locations in order to keep gatherings small, but you can find hints here and there, and may wind up crossing paths with these pop-up programs.

Miss you!

Wish you were here!

Love,

Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Check out some of the musical post cards from summer of 2020!

Jazz Postcards: Fred Jackson Jr & Jimmy Bennington July 25th, Jarvis Sq Pottery Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2020

Sam Trump and Radius Jazz Postcards July 25th, Consious Plates Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2020

Jazz Postcards: 2 Brown Sisters - Africa & Maggie Brown July 30th, Dorchester Arts Housing Collective Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2020

Jazz Postcards: AdamZanolini and Xristian Espinoza August, 14th Oakland Museum Of Contemporary Art

Geof Bradfield and Dana Hall August 14th Victory Monument, 3500 S Martin Luther King Dr

Isaiah Collier, Isaiah Spencer and James Wenzel Trio August 14th DuSable Museum

Angel Bat Dawid August 9th, 2020

Shanta Nurullah and Keewa Nurullah August 23th, 2020 Dixon School

Junius Paul and Tomeka Reid August 23th, 2020 Jackson Park ABOUT THE JAZZ POSTCARDS PROJECT There is something special about receiving a postcard in the mail...

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Jazz Postcards: Greg Ward and Christian Dillingham July 25th, Washingon Park Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2020

Jazz Postcards: Greg Artry Greg Ward July 30th, South Shore Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2020

Adam Zanolini and Xristian Espinoza August 14th S. Komensky

Joshua Abrams, Tomeka Reid and Dave Rempis August 14th Margate Park

Thaddeus Tukes and Julius Tucker August 14th

Ben Lamar Gay and Rob Frye August 23th, 2020 Jackson Park ABOUT THE JAZZ POSTCARDS PROJECT There is something special about receiving a postcard in the mail!...

Avreeayl Raand and Ed Wilkerson August 23th, 2020 La Rabida Hospital Video by Floyd Webb ABOUT THE JAZZ POSTCARDS PROJECT There is something special about re...

Dana Hall's Inner Dialogue : Sound and Semiosis August 23th, 2020 Winnemac Park ABOUT THE JAZZ POSTCARDS PROJECT There is something special about receiving a...

Video by Christopher Andrew.