Oct 23, 2024 10:10 AM
In Memoriam: Claire Daly, 1958–2024
Claire Daly often signed her correspondences with “Love and Low Notes.”
The baritone saxophonist, who died Oct.…
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble has announced that it will kick off its sixth American Heritage Jazz Series on Feb. 13 at the Field Museum with a blues concert featuring guitarist Lonnie Brooks. This year’s celebration “The Roots of Chicago Jazz” features four programs representing the evolution of jazz in Chicago.
This will be the Chicago Jazz Ensemble’s first series with trumpeter Jon Faddis as its artistic director. The group was founded in 1965 by the late composer Will Russo as a professional jazz orchestras in residence at Columbia College Chicago.
The completer series is as follows:
Feb. 13: A special Jazz and Blues Concert, featuring Lonnie Brooks
Field Museum of Chicago, James R. Simpson Theater
2 p.m.
March 19: The Great Chicago Tenor Saxes, featuring Johnny Griffin, Ira Sullivan, Von Freeman, Franz Jackson and Eric Alexander
The Art Institute of Chicago Rubloff Auditorium
8 p.m.
April 8: CJE Shares the Stage with the International Association for Jazz Education
Field Museum of Chicago, James R. Simpson Theater
8 p.m.
May 7 and May 8: Guest conductor is Gerald Wilson
Field Museum of Chicago, James R. Simpson Theater
For more information, go to www.chijazz.com.
Claire Daly, right, performs with tenor saxophonist George Garzone at Dizzy’s in 2023.
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Claire Daly often signed her correspondences with “Love and Low Notes.”
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