Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

Comfort Music + Homeroom: Pax in the Frozen Time

1. Gordon Fung
2. Sam Anthem
3. Lorenzo Osterheim
4. Omnia Sol

Improvised Music Series

1. Simone Baron, Emily Rach Beisel
2. The Bridge, duo: Céline Rivoal, Paul Giallorenzo
3. The Bridge, sextet: Nicolas Souchal, Adam Zanolini, Ollin Yotl, Théo Girard, Naydja Bruton, Sylvain Lemêtre

1. Double Helix Quartet : Fred Jackson Jr, Ishmael Ali, Bill Harris, Avreeayl Ra

On Stage: Resonance

1. Laura Ortman, "Smoke Rings Shimmers Endless Blur"

Comfort Music presents The Bridge

1. Céline Rivoal, Will Faber

1. Slow Dog — Album release
2. Brutal Shift
3. Ghouls Teeth
4. Yea Big + Tatsu Aoki

Reflections

1. Laraaji, Sam Prekop

Side Yard Sounds

1. Kouri Hall : Chad Kouri, Andy Hall
2. Sonnenzimmer : Nadine Nakanshi, Nick Butcher — book release of "Yonder Me" and performance

1. Zander Raymond, Dan Derks, Andrew CS

On Stage: Resonance

1. Laura Ortman, "Smoke Rings Shimmers Endless Blur"

gathering | streams

1. Chicago Composers Orchestra — music by Mari Takano, Tyler Taylor, Fernanda Aoki Navarro

Bass Dreams minus B : OYAJI ROCK

1. Tatsu Aoki, Tiger Tanaka, Rami Atassi, Charles Rumback

1. Mute Duo : Skyler Rowe, Sam Wagster
2. Emily Rach Beisel

espresso + tea + listening + performance

1. Katinka Kleijn

1. Paul Hecht Quartet with James Davis, Ben Dillinger, Gustavo Cortiñas
2. Daniel Thatcher Quartet with Mark Feldman, Ryan Shultz, Charles Rumback

In conjunction with "Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking"

1. Duras Piece — Sandra Binion with Jeb Bishop
2. Suite for Bass and Ironing Bored Variation — Sandra Binion with Tatsu Aoki, Sam Wagster, Anton Hatwich, Nick Macri, Zoe Markle, Andrew Scott Young

1. Lakeshore Rush — music by Anton Arensky, Kenji Bunch, Louise Farrenc, Amos Gillespie, Slava Kazykin, Astor Piazzolla

1. Michael Foster's The Ghost, with John Moran, Joey Sullivan
2. Hearsay : Allen Moore, Ishmael Ali, Bill Harris

Frequency Series

1. Cacie Miller — music by Alexandra DuBois, Lera Auerbach, Brian Field, Franz Liszt

1. Gerrit Hatcher, Tyler Damon, Andrew Scott Young
2. Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson, Michael Zerang

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Millie & The Octagyn Collective : Millie Ahearn, Abram Collier, Roy McGrath, Kirby Fellis, Nicholas Olynciw, Jesse Lear, Gregory Artry Jr

1. Claire Dickson

1. Claire Rousay with Dorothy Carlos, Imani Elizabeth Jackson

1. Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Charles Rumback, King Hippo — DJ Set

1. MIZU with OHYUNG

Improvised Music Series

1. Sarah Clausen, Erez Dessel
2. Alex Cunningham, Seth Andrew Davis, Weasel Walter, Andrew Scott Young

1. NF, Dikeman, Flearn + Jeb Bishop

1. Jozef van Wissem
2. BCMC
3. Lula Asplund

1. Jessie Montgomery + Third Coast Percussion — music by Tigran Hamasyan, Philip Glass, Flutronix / Third Coast Percussion, Jessie Montgomery, Lou Harrison

Gray Sound 5

1. Sarah Hennies, Tristan Kasten-Krause

1. Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet with Wendy Eisenberg, Ava Mendoza, Shane Parish

1. KVL : Quin Kirchner, Daniel Van Duerm, Matthew Lux
2. Jungle Boogie : Britt Walford, Ken Brown

International Tuba Day Celebration

1. Mucca Pazza

1. Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet with Wendy Eisenberg, Ava Mendoza, Shane Parish

1. Madison Greenstone

1. Emily Rach Beisel
2. A Light Sleeper
3. The Electric Nature
4. Chelsea Bridge
5. Okapi

Asian Improv aRts Midwest Presents

1. Kishino Takagishi, Henry Wolf
2. Mallory Qiu

AfriClassical Futures Series

1. King Sophia presents Classical Black Folk Songs

1. Shai Maestro Quartet with Jorge Roeder, Ofri Nehemya, Philip Dizack

1. Charles Rumback Trio with Jim Baker, John Tate

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. The Whistler Jam led by Quin Kirchner and Matt Ulery

Steph Richards: POWER VIBE

1. Steph Richards, Joshua White, Stomu Takeishi, Max Jaffee

1. Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. ABEEKU : Adam Zanolini, Paige Brown, David Boykin

Exhibition opening: Lauren Deutsch's Tangible Sound

1. Performance by Edward Wilkerson, Tatsu Aoki
2. Exhibition hours: May 9 and 10, 5:00PM-8:30PM

On Stage: Resonance

1. 7NMS | Marjani Forté-Saunders and Everett Saunders, "Prophet: The Order of the Lyricist"

1. Tara Jane O'Neil
2. Duffy x Uhlmann : Meg Duffy, Gregory Uhlmann

On Stage: Resonance

1. 7NMS | Marjani Forté-Saunders and Everett Saunders, "Prophet: The Order of the Lyricist"

1. Lynne Arriale Trio with John Christensen, Mitchell Shiner

Record release : Cefalù

1. Anthony Bruno with James Russell Sims, Cole Runge, Andrew Lawrence, Vinny Kabat

On Stage: Resonance

1. 7NMS | Marjani Forté-Saunders and Everett Saunders, "Prophet: The Order of the Lyricist"

1. Alexandra Streliski

1. Italian Surf Academy : Marco Cappelli, Damon Banks, Dave Miller, special guest Denver Butson

Frequency Series

1. Seth Josel and special guest — music by Chaya Czernowin, Michelle Lou, Elena Mendoza, Helmut Oehring

1. Dave Rempis, Jason Adasiewicz, Joshua Abrams, Tyler Damon

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Jim White, Marisa Anderson

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Twin Talk : Dustin Laurenzi, Katie Ernst, Andrew Green

2x4

1. Matt Schneider, Keefe Jackson
2. Jeff Kimmel, Norman Long
3. Matt Piet, Adam Shead
4. Emily Beisel, Bill Harris

1. Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Arman Sangalang Quartet with Dave Miller, Matt Ulery, Devin Drobka

Sympathetic Magic

1. Kim Myhr with Eve Risser, Håvard Volden, David Stackenäs, Adrian Myhr, Hans Hulbækmo, Michaela Antalová, Ingar Zach, Magnus Nergaard

1. Grossman Ensemble — music by David Bird, Vivian Fung, Felipe Lara, Gabriel Novak

1. Carol Genetti, Jack Wright
2. Erez Dessel, Seajun Kwon, Bill Harris

Chicago Jazz String Summit

1. Dorothy Carlos
2. DoYeon Kim, Tomas Fujiwara
3. Yacouba Sissoko's SIYA

In conjunction with "Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking"

1. Figure, Painting — Sandra Binion with Ben Lamar Gay

1. Elastic Arts 6th Annual Benefit

1. Friends of the Gamelan

1. Paul Asaro Quartet featuring Natalie Scharf, Joel Paterson, Jeff Parker

1. Chicago Jazz String Summit Festival Sessions

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Brian Citro Trio with John Sutton, Peter Mack

1. Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Sarah Clausen Trio with Tyler Wagner, Erez Dessel

1. Brian Citro Quartet with Nick Mazzarella, Matt Ulery, Quin Kirchner

Improvised Music Series

1. Andrew Jamieson
2. Outside In : Norman W Long, John Sutton, Ben Lamar Gay, Tommaso Moretti

Album release show : Locust Land

1. Bill MacKay

1. Finom

Side Yard Sounds

1. Garden Parties : Ben MacDonald, Jeff Kimmel, MT Coast
2. Ratchet : Jeff Chan, Chad M Clark, Michael Perkins, Ausberto Acevedo

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Paul Hecht's Pyrography, with James Davis, Ben Dillinger, Gustavo Cortiñas

1. Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota

1. Bill Harris Solo
2. Olivia Block, Jon Mueller, Adam Sonderberg

Record release party

1. Rami Gabriel, Alex Hall, K-rAd, Scott Ligon

1. Melt-Banana
2. The Flying Luttenbachers
3. babybaby_explores

1. Wheelhouse : Dave Rempis, Jason Adasiewicz, Nate McBride

In conjunction with "Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking"

1. Yellow at Noon — Sandra Binion with Jeb Bishop

Frequency Series

1. a•pe•ri•od•ic — the music of Reneé Baker

1. Dave McDonnell's 5th World
2. Lily Finnegan Quartet with Ed Wilkerson, Fred Jackson, Nick Macri

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Brian Citro Quartet with Nick Mazzarella, Matt Ulery, Quin Kirchner

1. Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ted Sirota

CFA Media Mixer: Homemade

1. Henry Hanson, Fire-Toolz
2. Caitlin Ryan, Johanna Brock
3. Kioto Aoki, AJ McClenon
4. hosted by Romi Crawford, curated by Emily Eddy

1. Twin Talk : Dustin Laurenzi, Katie Ernst, Andrew Green
2. Alvin Cobb Jr Trio with Katie Ernst, Julius Tucker

People of Rhythm present

1. House of Waters : Max ZT, Moto Fukushima, special guests TBA

1. The Arab Blues : Rami Gabriel, Karim Nagi

Beyond the Gate

1. Kim Gordon / Irreversible Entanglements

1. Michelle Lou, Bryan Jacobs

1. Julian Davis Reid's Circle of Trust, with Micah Collier, James Russell Sims

Frequency Series

1. 3D Percussion : YoungKyoung Lee, Emma Gierszal, Sammy DeAngelis
2. pax duo : Tristan Swihart, Micah Detweiler

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Dave Rempis, Tyler Damon

1. Radio Outernational : Hunter Diamond, Kenthaney Redmond, Aaron Shapiro, Wayne Montana, Areif Sless-Kitain

1. Third Coast Percussion : Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore