International Jazz Day Neighborhood Jazz Night
Celebrating Jazz in Chicago and International Jazz Day: Neighborhood Jazz Night on Chicago’s South and West Sides
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
7:00PM - 8:30 PM(Free)
Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th Street
Geof Bradfield Sextet, Spirit of Our Ancestors–the music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston
Saxophonist and composer Geof Bradfield blends modern jazz, African rhythms, and the roots music of his native South into a style that is “explicitly adventurous and forward-looking” (AllAboutJazz.com). Born in Houston and based in Chicago, Bradfield has performed throughout North America, Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, sharing the stage and recording studio with artists such as Randy Weston, Dana Hall, Clark Sommers, Brian Blade, Ben Goldberg, Anna Webber, Orrin Evans, Jeff Parker, Matt Ulery, and Ryan Cohan. His work is featured on 50+ CDs including ten albums as a leader that have garnered critical accolades from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and NPR. He has received grants and awards from Chamber Music America, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, DCASE, Illinois Arts Council, and the Mellon Foundation. The Downbeat Critics Poll has named him a Rising Star Tenor Saxophonist and Arranger multiple years.
“Bradfield is the sort of composer who creates room for departure.” - Nate Chinen, NPR
“Texas tenorist Geof Bradfield’s playing possesses a steely grandeur and deep sophistication.” - Michael Jackson, Downbeat
“Reedist Geof Bradfield is a Chicago treasure. His top-notch band embraces a classic Chicago aesthetic, spiked with the blues, unfussy in its attack and arrangements, and wide-ranging in the leader’s compositions.” - Peter Margasak, Nowhere Street
Thank you for joining us in 2025. The 2026 Hyde Park Jazz Festival celebrates our 20th anniversary! Save the dates September 26-27, 2026. The lineup will be announced in june!
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Chicago Tribune
By Hannah Edgar
Photo By Anastasia Busby
Horrible as it was, Kate Dumbleton saw it coming.Like so many arts administrators, the executive director of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival kept a watchful eye on the news after President Trump announced his intent to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. A glimmer of hope arrived in January, when the agency reaffirmed that the $30,000 promised to the festival would, indeed, be coming through.
It turned out to be false hope. A second letter, in May, announced that the festival’s offer letter had been withdrawn. By now already booked, the festival was left to figure out the shortfall on its own.
“It was a gut punch,” says Dumbleton.