Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz Presents Mary Lou Williams at 100 featuring Bethany Pickens and Amina Claudine Myers August 5, 2010

Sample the savory sounds of jazz with a distinctively Chicago flavor as this celebrated music series returns for its 6th year. Presented in collaboration with Jazz Institute of Chicago, Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz begins July 29 and grooves through September 2.

Bethany Pickens leads an all star band in a retrospective to honor jazz innovator, composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams, who arranged for Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Earl Hines, and mentored Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Thelonius Monk, among others. Amina Claudine Myers’ special commission salutes Williams, in honor of the jazz pioneer’s hundredth birthday. Participating as Music Director, Richard Wang, noted historian and Music Professor Emeritus at UOIC and project consultant Cecilia Smith from New York make certain that the celebration will engage the whole spectrum of Williams’ power.

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Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz is presented by the Chicago Jazz Partnership.

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