Sonic Healing Ministries, founded by composer, musician, and educator David Boykin, is an organization dedicated to the evolution of the human spirit through music. The crux of our mission is to consciously create work that positively impacts the wellness of ourselves and our audiences. (from the Sonic Healing website) Monthly Free Jazz Prayer Sessions This month: Microcosmic Sound Orchestra
Find out more »$5 cover Chicago Jazz Composers Collective presents An Afternoon of Original Jazz with: Dave Onderdonk Quartet featuring: Dave Onderdonk – composer, guitar Rob Clearfield – piano Curt Bley – bass Rick Vitek – drums Jimmy Bennington Colour and Sound featuring: Jimmy Bennington – composer, drums Fred Jackson, Jr. – sax Artie Black – sax Dustin Laurenzi – sax Mike Harmon – bass
Find out more »Superstar pianist Jenny Lin and composer, pianist and radio host Seth Boustead share the stage for an evening of virtuosic new works for solo piano, followed by a set of music inspired by Barcelona architecture, photographs by Diane Arbus and a sneak peak of April's Sound of Silent Film Festival, featuring newly composed scores performed live to modern silent films. Admired for her adventurous programming...
Find out more »PILLOWHAMMER is a gentle but devastating blow to the central nervous system. Led by JIM DORLING, former harmonium player of Chicago/Thrill Jockey-based TOWN & COUNTRY, the band plays an intoxicating blend of psychedelic, loungey rock music, as heard on their November 2015 release, How To Scrape Skies. In the band's own words, THE PILLOWHAMMER "lays you out and you stay there, because it's pretty relaxing down there." CALEB WILLITZ is a...
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