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Joshua Redman plays a solo performance at Rockefeller Chapel during the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Sept. 26, 2026, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Chicago Tribune)
Joshua Redman plays a solo performance at Rockefeller Chapel during the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Sept. 26, 2026, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Chicago Tribune)
A solo concert by saxophonist Joshua Redman will close the first night of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Sept. 26.
(Photo: Courtesy of Joshua Redman)
Hyde Park Herald
By James Porter
Photo By Spencer Bibbs
If the Hyde Park Jazz Festival was ever a secret, the word has gotten around by now.
While no attendance records have been revealed, established jazz veterans were almost drawing rock star numbers on Saturday, which was centered on the Midway Plaisance, but spread across 12 venues throughout the neighborhood. The gospel-infused sounds of the Soul Message Trio, featuring Chris Foreman on organ, packed them in at the Augustana Lutheran Church on 55th Street. The Paul Giallorenzo Trio played a set at the Logan Center Penthouse that was literally standing room only. This may or may not have been one of the last warm weekends of the year, but if we must say farewell to summer, this was a grand way to do it.
The Ari Brown Quintet performs on the Midway during the 20th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Sept. 27, 2026.
Spencer Bibbs