Fall's best concerts and music festivals
By Reader staff
September 3, 2016
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
September 24-25
From its start a decade ago, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival has offered a superb portrait of the Chicago jazz scene. But in recent years, under the direction of Kate Dumbleton, the weekend affair has become a magnet for global talent. This year's installment is the best yet, with a world-premiere collaboration between Puerto Rican reedist Miguel Zenon and Spektral Quartet and performances from Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble, Matana Roberts, Randy Weston, and Trip with Tom Harrell and Mark Turner, along with the usual bounty of the city's best working outfits as well as some new projects, including a tantalizing quartet with Joshua Abrams, Ari Brown, Jeff Parker, and Gerald Cleaver. —Peter Margasak