JOHNNY IGUANA @ Hong Kong Pizza Party, Yorkville, IL

    FRIDAY MAY 16, 2025: Johnny Iguana at HONG KONG PIZZA PARTY in Yorkville, IL. Solo piano plus guest drums by the formidable Michael Caskey (this show is aka Iguana vs. Bunny) Hong Kong Pizza Party 2025 CLICK TO PURCHASE TICKETS Local on Principle, Comfortable by Design. A boutique event meant to be different from other music festivals….

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      DELMARK RECORDS Remix Night @ PUNCH HOUSE, Chicago, IL

      A special Sunday night feature of classic cuts from legendary Chicago Record label Delmark Records spun by Julia Miller. Delmark Record’s Julia Miller is going to be spinning vinyl at Punch House! It’s in the basement of Thalia Hall in a very funky, cool space. There are two really cool remixes from Johnny Iguana’s Chicago…

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        Geof Bradfield @ Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago

        SHOWTIMES:   6:00PM-7:15PM & 8:15PM–9:30PM Geof Bradfield Date Feb 22 2025 Cost $20.00 Showtimes:   6:00pm-7:15pm & 8:15pm-9:30pm “Reedist Geof Bradfield is a Chicago treasure. The top-notch band—with Johnson, drummer Hall, bassist Clark Sommers, and guitarist Scott Hesse—embraces a classic Chicago aesthetic, spiked with the blues, unfussy in its attack and arrangements, and wide-ranging in the leader’s compositions.” -Peter…

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        Four Delmark classics coming back in print as glorious high quality vinyl LPs! J.B. Hutto’s Hawk Squat, Robert Nighthawk’s Bricks In My Pillow, Otis Rush’s Cold Day In Hell, and Anthony Braxton’s 3 Compositions of New Jazz

        J.B. Hutto & His Hawks – Hawk Squat (w/ Sunnyland Slim)Delmark 617 “The raw-as-an-open-wound Chicago slide guitarist J.B. Hutto outdid himself throughout an outrageously raucous album anchored by an impossible-to-ignore ‘Hip Shakin’, the blaring title cut, and savage renditions of ‘20% Alcohol’ and ‘Notoriety Woman’.” -Bill Dahl, allmusic.com. The rough & rowdy blues heard at…

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          Jason Adasiewicz – CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL @ Chicago Cultural Center

          Chicago Jazz Festival Schedule — August 29, 2024 Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. FREE Admission Chicago Jazz Festival  >  Thursday, August 29, 2024 Thursday,Aug. 29 Jason Adasiewicz 6:00-6:45 pm Preston Bradley Hall 6-6:45pm – Jason Adasiewicz Hands down the most powerfully original vibraphonist on the improvised music beat, Chicago’s Jason Adasiewicz has separated himself from…

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