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Hyde Park Herald
By Marc C. Monaghan
As DJ Duane Powell spun his mix of house, bossa nova, and afro beats on Saturday evening, spectators rose out of their chairs and danced onto the lawn of Kenwood Gardens. He was closing out the latest Artist Corps show, a free summer concert series by the Hyde Park Jazz Festival (HPJF).
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is one of the best-programmed events of its kind anywhere, thanks to the resilient and resourceful people, many of them volunteers, who organize and coordinate it.
By James Porter, contributing writer
All-day Saturday, everything from free jazz improvisers to large ensembles took to stages on the Midway Plaisance and in various buildings across the surrounding University of Chicago.
By Hannah Edgar
Welcome to the Hyde Park Jazz Fest, where Bird, Billie and Blakey inspire more ardor than the Boss. The festival punches in the same weight class as the Chicago Jazz Fest when it comes to megastar billings but arguably covers a wider spread in half the time.
Hyde Park Herald
By Marc C. Monaghan
As DJ Duane Powell spun his mix of house, bossa nova, and afro beats on Saturday evening, spectators rose out of their chairs and danced onto the lawn of Kenwood Gardens. He was closing out the latest Artist Corps show, a free summer concert series by the Hyde Park Jazz Festival (HPJF).