Legends and Lions: Ragtime and Beyond (Made In Chicago: Home Cooked Jazz)

Date: 8/16/2007

Time:

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Park location: Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Legend Muhal Richard Abrams is a world renowned composer and pianist
originally from Chicago, now residing in New York. He is one of the foremost
practitioners of creative improvised music. As performing musician, he has
developed a highly respected command of a variety of musical styles both as a
pianist and composer.

Young Lion Reginald Robinson recently won the MacArthur Fellowship in
recognition of his brilliant and largely self-taught pianism. His ragtime compositions are authentic in form, yet contemporary and fresh to the ear. Launching a new direction in his career, he will be performing a selection of his original compositions accompanied by The Fulcrum Point New Ragtime Chamber Group with orchestrations by Stephen Burns.

Sponsored By: The Chicago Jazz Partnership - Boeing, Kraft, The Joyce Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, and JPMorgan Chase
Official Airline: United Airlines
Official Hotel: The Fairmont Chicago
Program Partner: Jazz Institute of Chicago