JAZZ POSTERS 5

• LEFT: My jazz friend Peter Campbell, who lives in Cairo, Egypt, brought this poster for me the last time he visited. It is for a group called "RESSALA" and a performance on July 19, 2008. Size: 9 x 13 1/2ins.
  RIGHT: Another poster from the same location on the following day, July 20, 2008, featuring Ahmed Rabie the drummer. Size: 10 1/4 x 15ins.
  

• LEFT: Milt Hinton at the Denny Theatre, Houston, Texas, March 24-25, 1994. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: Bethany Pickens, the daughter of the well known pianist Willie Pickens, in concert at the South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, November 16, 2007. The poster is autographed in black ink under "Release Party". Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

• Juli Wood at Pops for Champagne, Chicago, IL in early 2008. Juli plays the tenor, baritone sax and sings. She and Earma Thompson play together often and have recorded together. The poster is autographed by Juli. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: Scott Burns at Pops for Champagne in 2008. Scott autographed the poster. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: Ron Perillo at Pops for Champagne. Ron can be seen at most venues around town from the Cultural Center to the Jazz Showcase. The poster is autographed by Ron. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

•  Ryan Cohan at Pops for Champagne, Chicago, IL. This poster was placed inside the club just outside the room. They make two slightly different posters for an event. The second poster is mounted on foamboard and is put in the front windows at the door. This is autographed by Ryan, who is a well-known jazz pianist and is seen frequently with various Chicago musicians and singers. This poster was used for several performances in 2008. Size 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: A promo poster used for the release of his CD that had a sticker applied to it with information about his appearance at the Checkerboard Lounge in Hyde Park (Chicago), November 25, 2007. Peter grew up in Hyde Park. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: This poster was designed by Greg Spero, the keyboard leader of the group. This was the 2008 "After the Jazz (Chicago) Festival set", which most jazz clubs present each year. When I left the festival I was carrying three 3 x 4 ft. posters I had been given and was on the bus. Much to my surprise Henry Grimes and his wife Margaret got on. They too had just come from seeing Ornette Coleman and Margaret told me that Ornette lives near them in New York and Henry goes to Ornette's place to play his bass with him. They were on their way to the Velvet Lounge where Henry was performing that night. Margaret asked if I was coming to the Velvet that night but I told her I had promised to show up at the Checkerboard. Size: 17 x 11ins.
  

• LEFT: The jazz vocalist "Lady T" - Toscanellie Marcelain, at the Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg, IL on February 19, 2007. She was accompanied by Ben Paterson - keyboard, Jim Pierce - guitar and Doug Hayes - bass. Lady T is a talented graphic artist as well and designs the posters for the Checkerjazz performances at the Checkerboard Lounge. Size 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: A poster for a tribute to the piano player King Fleming at the Checkerboard on July 27, 2008. The musicians for the event were the Larry Novak Trio. Size: 11 x 17inc.

• LEFT: December 14, 2008 jaszz celebration for Karl Johnson and Lenny Lynn, at Checkerjazz. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: October 2007 schedule of performances for Checkerjazz at the Checkerboard Lounge in Hyde Park (Chicago, IL. The poster is autographed by several of the performers. Size 11 x 17ins.
  
  

• LEFT: A tribute to the sax player Eddie Johnson on December 9, 2007. For years Duke Ellington and Count Basie tried to get Eddie to join their band on a permanant basis. He had played in both of them for short periods of time. The musicians were led by Eric Schneider, a good friend of Eddie's and a former member of the Basie band. Many musicians were in the audience and after the first set played at least one tune with the group. The poster is autographed by Eddie and Eric. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: The November 2008 schedule of performers presented by the Hyde Park Jazz Society at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, Illinois. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: This is the Checkerboard Lounge, now relocated in Hyde Park, Chicago, IL. Before relocating in Hyde Park several years ago, it was a world-renown blues club, located in the Bronzeville district of south Chicago. Every Sunday the Hyde Park Jazz Society, in its attempt to bring jazz back to Hyde Park, uses the club to bring jazz to the neighborhood. This poster is for January 2008. Size 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: The monthly schedule for August 2008. Size: 11 x 15ins.
  

• LEFT: The John Wright Quartet at Checkerjazz at the Checkerboard Lounge in Hyde Park (Chicago), IL, March 9, 2008. The members of the group were John Wright (piano), Jim Pierce (guitar), Nick Tountas (bass, William "Bugs" Cochran (drums) and "Lady T" Marcelain (vocals). Size 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: A Hyde Park Jazz Society tribute to the reed player Grady Johnson. The musicians performing that evening were the James Perkins Quartet. The event took place on February 3, 2008 at the Checkerboard Lounge. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: The Centennial Concert for Albert Ammons birth on September 22, 2007 at the Chicago Temple, Chicago, Illinois. The concert featured the world's major boogie woogie players and Albert's grandaughter, Lila Ammons, daughter of Bishop Edsel Ammons.. Albert had two sons, Gene, the late tenor player and Edsel, who is a retired Methodist bishop. Bishop Ammons spoke at the event. The poster is autographed by all the featured performers mentioned on the poster. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: The 5th Bracknell Jazz Festival, Bracknell, England in 1979. Size: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2ins.
  

• LEFT: Sean Jones at the Green Mill, Chicago, Illinois on October 19, 2007. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: Jazz en Clave: Latin Jazz Festival, November 6 - 12, 2006 at the Hot House, Chicago, Illinois. Autographed by Jane Bunnett, Bobby Matos, Ruben Rodriguez and Chuchito Valdes. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: The Revolutionary Ensemble featuring Leroy Jenkins, Sirone and Jerome Cooper at the New Foxhole Cafe on October 17 and 18, 1975. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: Dr. Lonnie Smith promo poster used for a jazz venue poster. The bottom sticker was added in the space provided to announce that he would be appearing at the Chicago Jazz Festival, September 3, 2006 with Joey DeFrancesco and Ron Blake. The poster is autographed by Dr. Lonnie and Joey DeFrancesco. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: James Sanders the jazz violinist at the University of Chicago, performing with the Jazz X-Tet, directed by Mwata Bowden, on November 29, 2007. Autographed by James. Size: 8 1/2 x 14ins.
  RIGHT: Ken Chaney, the pianist, at the University of Chicago with the Jazz X-Tet, directed by Mwata Bowden, on May 25, 2007. Size: 8 1/2 x 11ins.
  

• LEFT: The Astral Project at the University of Chicago. Members of the group were Steve Masakowski, John Vidacovich, James Singleton and Tony Dagradi. The performance and workshop were on November 5, 2006. Size: 8 1/2 x 14ins.
  RIGHT: The University Wind Ensemble performing a program of "Feelin' Blue", with Tammy Gould, vocalist and Wayne G. Gordon, conductor. The performance was at Mandel Hall, University of Chicago on February 18, 2007. Size: 8 1/2 x 14ins.
  

• LEFT: Maggie Brown performing at the U. of Chicago with Mwata Bowdan as music director on December 1, 2005. Maggie, for those of you who don't know her, is the daughter of the late Oscar Brown, Jr. and highly respected in her own right. Autographed by Mwata. Size: 8 1/2 x 14ins.
  RIGHT: Maggie Brown at International House at the University of Chicago on June 1, 2012. Size: 8 1/2 x 11 ins.. This poster also exists in 11 x 17 inshes.
  

• LEFT: Poster for the Jazz Institute of Chicago's Jazz Club Tour on September 3, 1998. The tour is very popular and continues to this day. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: The poster for the 1997 Chicago Jazz Club Tour. The musician featured on the poster is the late bass player Fred Hopkins.
  

• LEFT: Phil Nimmons, the Canadian musician, at Basin Street, Toronto, Canada in late July. The year is unknown. Phil is now in his early 8o's. Size: 8 1/2 x 14ins.
  RIGHT: The April, May and June of 2006 schedule of groups "On the Terrace" at Dank Haus of the German Cultural Center, Chicago. The poster is autographed by Greg Ward, Josh Berman, Josh Abrams, Andre Beasley, Jim Baker, Guillermo Gregorio, Frank Rosaly and Keefe Jackson. Size: 5 1/2 x 16 3/4ins.
  
  

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  Joel Brandon was a Chicago jazz flautist, vocalist and the National and International Whistling Champion. He appeared on the Johnny Carson Show, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, CNN Showbiz Entertainment Special and the Joan Rivers' Show. Additionally, he performed with Eddie Harris, Billy Higgins, Bobby Hutcherson, Chet Baker, Melvin Rhyne, James Spaulding, Ramsey Lewis, RIchie Cole, Famoudou Don Moye, Lester Bowie and David Murray to name a few.
  LEFT: Joel Brandon at the old Velvet Lounge, Chicago, on September 20, 2002. Size: 14 1/2 x 11ins. Poster augotraphed by Kurt Schweitz.
  RIGHT: A benefit for Joel, held at the old Velvet Lounge, Chicago, on February 7 - 8, 2003. The poster is autographed by Ari Brown, Famoudou Don Moye, Harrison Bankhead, Edward Wilkerson, Avreeayl Ra and Kirk Brown. Joel died of cancer in July of 2003. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  
  

• LEFT: Jean-Luc Ponty at the Syria Mosque, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, November 1, 1987. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: Al Di Meola, the guitar player, at Grafitti, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 25, 1987. Size 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Rodrigo Villanuva at Riverside University High School Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 17, 2007. Size: 11 x 14 3/4ins.
  RIGHT: The Fifth Annual Saxophone Festival, London, England, from May 27 - 30. The year is not known but most likely in the early 1980s. Size: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2ins.
  

• LEFT: First Hothouse Music Festival, Chicago, Illinois from June 17 - 27. The Hothouse presented all types of music throughout their history. This festival presented several jazz groups featuring Fred Anderson, Damon Short, Tatsu Aoki, Lynn Book, Joanne Brackeen, Marc Helias, Barry Altschul, Giarme Franco, and Ken Vandermark. The poster is autographed by Tatsu Aoki and Fred Anderson. Size: 9 3/4 x 15 1/2ins.
  RIGHT: The Average White Band and Roy Ayers at the Hyde Park Summer Festival held on 53rd St., Chicago, June 30 and July 1, 2012. This poster exists in two sizes. The smaller is 8 1/2 x 11 ins. and the larger 18 x 24 ins.
  

• LEFT: Chicago Gypsy Jazz Festival, October 6 - 14, 2006 at the Hothouse, The Green Mill and Katarina's. Alfonso Ponticelli is the main force behind the festival and he autographed the poster for me, as did Tony Ballog. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: Another poster for the Chicago Gypsy Jazz Festival held at Quenchers, The Green Mill and Katarina's on October 2 - 6, 2007. The poster is autographed by Alphonso Ponticelli, the main force behind the festival. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  
  

• LEFT: September 23, 1977. The alto sax player Marion Brown performed with the poet and author Jodi Braxton at the East Quad, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Size: 8 1/2 x 14 ins.
  RIGHT: Herbie Mann at Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, Connecticut on March 23, 1973. This image was used for several of Herbie's concerts but the color was usually changed. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

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• LEFT: A poster for the January 26, 1987 Jazz Institute of Chicago's annual Jazz Fair.
  RIGHT: A poster for the same fair held on January 30, 1989.
  

• LEFT: The August 3rd and 4h, 1991 Jazz Unites Jazz Festival, held at the South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
  RIGHT: The schedule for the Kuumba Jazz Center for July and August 1991. It is autographed by Bob Mintzer.
  

• LEFT: The Hartford Jazz Society presents the New Black Eagle Jazz Band on November 30, 1980 at Constitution Hall, Hartford CT.
  RIGHT: The same society presents the Ray Bryant Trio on November 16, 1980 at the same venue.
  

• LEFT: Two groups appearing at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago on April 7, 2007, of which one was the Dave Douglas group.
  RIGHT: Jazz at the Painted Bride, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April 13 - May 26, 1985. The poster is autographed by Robin Eubanks, Famoudou Don Moye and Lonnie Plaxico. Size: 8 1/2 x 14ins.
  

• LEFT: The Exploding Star Orchestra at the Dank House on June 3, 2006. The band consists largely of young avant garde musicians. Members listed on this poster are Rob Mazurek, the leader, Jeb Bishop, Josh Berman, Jason Adsewicz, Jim Baker, Matthew Lux, Jason Ajemian and Mike Reed. The oarchestra is nearly double that in size.
  Size: 17 x 11ins.
  RIGHT: This is the type of "poster" that doesn't tell one much. Actually, it was put up as a notice the evening of the concert that was held by the Exploding Star Orchestra at the Chicago Cultural Center on June 7, 2006. No other poster was designed for the concert. Ironically, it took some convincing to get the security guard to let me have this after the concert. Size: 8 1/2 x 11ins.
  
  

• LEFT: This poster is from the ESPOO Jazz Festival in Finland held from April 24 to May 1, 2007. My friend Chicago Beau (Lincoln Beauchamp) is usually the Master of Ceremonies at the festival and he brought this poster back for me. It also exists in a much larger format that he also brought for me. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  RIGHT: A poster regarding Frank Catalano and The Bad PLus, I found by accident in the hallway of Tower Records in Chicago. The performance had been held about a month before I saw this and asked permission to take it. Frank Catalano is a Chicago tenor player who had made quite a name for himself for someone his young age. Size: 11 x 17ins.
  

• LEFT: A performance by the Chicago singer Joanie Pallato at the Chicago Cultural Center. Joanie and her husband Bradley Parker-Sparrow (Known to most people as Sparrow) own Southport Records and have recorded many Chicago musicians over the years. Later in the day there was a discussion on the Chicago group the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), by George Lewis, Nicole Mitchell and Douglas Ewart. After the discussion there was a performance by the three musicians. George Lewis' book on the history of the AACM was released and available at the performance.
  
  RIGHT: John Faddis the new Director of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, founded in 1965 by the late Bill Russo. This poster is from 2005.
  

• LEFT: John Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble at the Hothouse, Chicago, IL on June 24, 2006, with the drummer Dana Hall and the pianist Willie Pickens. The ten Russian exchange students that came to study with the group were also featured at the performance.
  RIGHT: The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of John Faddis at the Harris Theater on November 2, 2007. Featured with the group was Lalo Schifrin. Size: 11 x 14ins.
  

• LEFT: A multi-date poster for the Chicago Jazz Ensemble under the Directorship of John Faddis for March 15, April 12 and May 10, 2007.
  The performances were held at the beautiful Black Orchid Club.
  RIGHT: The Chicago Jazz Ensemble led by Bill Russo, featuring the trumpet player Orbert Davis in November 2000.
  

• RIGHT: John Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble at the now defunct Hothouse in Chicago in February, March and April of 2006.
  RIGHT: John and the Ensemble at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago on October 11th and December 13th, 2006.
  

• LEFT: Rufus Reid at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago on May 2 - 7, 2006. I had just started collecting jazz posters and asked Joe Segal if I could have this and a second one with slightly different images that were on the door. He said if I came back that night I could have them. Since that would have been late on a Sunday night and the club was closed on Mondays, Chuck, who works there, was nice enough to save them for me.
  RIGHT: Orbert Davis' Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble at the Logan Center on the U. of Chicago's campus, February 16, 2013, in their tribute From DuSable to Obama. Size: 8 1/2 x 12 ins.
  

• These two posters, featuring Sarah Vaughan and Lena Horne are from the Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Unfortunately I do not know the years but they are prior to 1996.

• LEFT: David Murray at the Hothouse, Chicago, IL in March of 1987.
  RIGHT: Idris Ackamoor and others at the East Oakland Youth Development Center, Oakland, CA on August 28, 1972.
  

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