South Shore Celebrates 3rd Annual Back Alley Jazz Series
August 24, 2020 1:52 pm
Chicago residents strolled along tree-lined streets in the South Shore community Saturday to listen to short pop-up concerts as part of the third annual Back Alley Jazz. From noon to 5 p.m., eight performances took place in 30-minute increments in driveways, front lawns and other outdoor spaces.
The concerts were inspired by the original jazz alley performances that took place across the South Side in the 1960s and ‘70s. Three years ago, Norman Teague and Fo Wilson collaborated with the Hyde Park Jazz Festival to revitalize the series.
They began in South Shore with the hopes that it would eventually grow throughout the city. Teague, a South Side native, said they wanted to revitalize something and give people the power to build on it.