Tomeka Reid 'Hear in Now' on WHPK 9/27

WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago

September 27, 2015

Tomeka Reid and her "Hear & Now" trio will perform live on WHPK 88.5 FM September 27th at 9AM. Howard Mandel, president of the "Jazz Journalists Association" will be the guest DJ. This will be an exciting program concurrent with the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.

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Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Chicago Reader

By Peter Margasak

The annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes another leap in quality this year, offering the strongest program of its nearly decade-long history.

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Jazz Legend Willie Pickens to perform at annual festival

Hyde Park Herald

By Sam Rappaport

The last weekend of September will see thousands of jazz fans flocking to Hyde Park for the ninth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Chicago’s finest jazz musicians will decorate the stages of various Hyde Park venues over the course of the free, two-day event. Perhaps the most anticipated concert of the festival, however, comes from a musician who has been a staple of the Hyde Park community since 1958—Willie Pickens.

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Midwest travel: Jazz up your weekend at Hyde Park Jazz Fest

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Hyde Park Jazz Festival Fosters New Levels of Self-Expression

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By Michael Jackson

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