Saalik and The 5 after 7 Project

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
01.15.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
01.28.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
02.25.09 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
03.25.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
04.29.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
05.27.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
06.24.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
07.29.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
08.26.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
09.30.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
11.25.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
12.30.09 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Chicago Cultural Center
01.06.09 | 12:15pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come enjoy some jazz on your lunch break as Saalik Ziyad and the 5 after 7 project perform at the beautiful Chicago Cultural Center.

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
12.31.08 | 9:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and ring in New Years Eve with Saalik Ziyad and special guests at the Velvet Lounge!

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
12.25.08 | 10am
Chicago, IL, USA
Come join the Tyler Jazz Quintet for this Christmas Matinee Show!!!

Polyrhythms Workshop for Third Sunday Jazz Series
12.14.08 | 3pm
Davenport, IA, USA
Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Matinee and Workshops Series, is presented in the Redstone Room at the River Music Experience, the third Sunday of each month. Dedicated to providing high level affordable entertainment, these workshops and performances are designed to help demystify jazz music, as well as nurture, educate and inspire musicians and music appreciators alike. The program features an all-ages workshop at 3 pm, which is hands-on and entertaining as well as educational is highlighted by examples, instruction and commentary on jazz and music from seasoned and well respected players who also excel at educating. It should be noted: Polyrhythyms considers the workshop portion of our program to be the most essential component. A matinee performance by these musicians, of the highest artistic quality, follows from 6-8 pm. The Third Sunday Jazz Matinee and Workshop features top of the line “straight ahead” jazz players. The concept continues to grow around the notion that in order to fully appreciate jazz music and its nuances, we must understand the rules that govern jazz and how it is presented. Each month features additional insights as listeners learn or reconnect with the language of jazz music. The musicians demonstrate how this music is constructed from a playing as well as a listening standpoint.” Admission to the workshop sessions is $3 for students & $5 for adults. General admission for the 6-8 PM performance is $15 or $20 for reserved seating, and tickets are available at the RME admissions desk, phone number 326-1333.

Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Matinee
12.14.08 | 6pm
Davenport, IA, USA
THIRD SUNDAY JAZZ EARLY CHRISTMAS FEATURES SAALIK ZIYAD & THE 5 AFTER 7 PROJECT

POLYRHYTHMS December 14th Third Sunday Jazz Matinee & Workshop Series breaks it’s long standing tradition and host this “Early Christmas” Third Sunday Jazz Event at the Redstone Room, on the second Sunday, December 14th. Featuring vocalist Saalik Ziyad & The 5 after 7 Project. POLYRHYTHMS Third Sunday Jazz Matinee & Workshop Series, is held in the RME on the corner of 2nd & Main, Davenport, IA. The Workshop begins at 3 pm, followed by a matinee concert from 6 – 8 pm.

Featured with Saalik Ziyad in The 5 after 7 Project, are Fred Jackson Jr. – saxophones, Willerm Delisfort – piano, Tim Seisser – bass, and Shirazette Tinnin – drums.

The 5 after 7 Project, the face and the sound of the future, is a collaborative of diverse musicians from the Chicago area. The 5 after 7 Project performs thought provoking music from jazz to classical. Saalik A. Ziyad, the gifted vocalist, founder and leader of The 5 after 7 Project is a native of Chicago. He began his singing career at age seven with the Chicago Children's Choir and under the choir's tutelage performed with Willie Pickens, Charlie Haden, Amina Claudine Myers, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (under the direction of Zubin Mehta and James Levine). As a member of the Choir, Saalik toured extensively in the United States, Poland, Russia and South Africa and has performed for Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Mayor and Mrs. Daley, Archbishop Demond Tutu, Cicely Tyson and Richard Dreyfuss. He is currently an artist in residence with the Jazz Institute of Chicago and is teaching voice, theory and ear training at the AACM School of Music.

Fred Jackson is a graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge La. He studied with Alvin Batiste. He learned how to play listening to the Jazz Greats such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Steve Coleman, etc. He is also a product of the Hip-hop generation. He loves music that challenges the ears as well as the mind.

Pianist, Composer, and visionary, Willerm Delisfort has played and conducted headliner shows such as Dreamgirls, Aint Misbehavin, Crowns, Aida, The Best of Broadway, and Dont Bother Me I Cant Cope. Nevertheless, Willerm Delisfort talents extend further than just playing the piano.

Tim Seisser is rapidly becoming one of the stand out bass players in Chicago. Tim can be found working consistently on both the electric and upright bass. He has worked with many of Chicago’s finest jazz musicians including Mark Colby, Rob Parton, Joan Hickey, Eric Schneider, Allison Ruble, Spider Saloff, Yves Francois, Frank Catalano, and many more.

Shirazette Tinnin, is a graduate student in Northern Illinois University's jazz studies program headed by Ron Carter. She is the first female jazz drummer for the Liberace Jazztet at NIU. Tinnin's performance skills have provided national and international opportunities to perform with artist such as Jimmy Heath, Conrad Herwig, Eddie Henderson, Nicole Mitchell, and many others.

For more information on The 5 after 7 Project and their music, visit the website The 5 after 7 Project.

Polyrhythms jazz series at the RME’s Redstone Room is scheduled for the third Sunday, December 14th, and features an all-ages workshop at 3 pm, followed by the matinee performance from 6-8 pm. Admission to the work shop session is $3 for students, $5 for adults. General admission for the 6-8 pm performance is $15 or $20 for reserved seating. Tickets are available at River Music Experience admissions desk, or online at www.rivermusicexperience.org. For more information call the RME: 563 326-1333, or Polyrhythms: 309 373-0790. Visit our website: www.polyrhythms.org; hear samples of Saalik Ziyad & The 5 after 7 Project and review Polyrhythms past activities.

Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Matinee & Workshop Series is made possible with major support of the Riverboat Development Authority, the Scott County Regional Authority, and the RME as well as the support of Ephrontech, Linqui Systems, the Doris & Victor Day Foundation, West Music, KALA, IL Senator Mike Jacobs, Peeples Heating & Air Conditioning, DJ Mixxin Mel and the Urban Professionals Group of the QC’s.

Brown Rice
12.14.08 | 9pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Saalik Ziyad -- vocals Jeff Marx – tenor saxophone Dan Godston -- trumpet Steve Maxwell Jr. -- drums Patrick Dinnen -- upright bass

Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins. Brown Rice is a half block north of the Montrose / Kedzie intersection, close to the Kedzie station on the CTA brown line. The entrance is below a sign that reads "Perfect".

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
12.12.08 | 9pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

Great Black Music Ensemble at The Velvet Lounge
12.07.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out AACM’s Great Black Ensemble under the direction of Saalik Ziyad for this December matinee!

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
12.05.08 | 9pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
11.26.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to Saalik Ziyad and his special guests every last Wednesday of each month.

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
10.29.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Tribute to the Bebop Masters with special guest Ari Brown.
The Delisfort Project will be the opening act.

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
10.28.08 | 8:30 pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

Private Event
10.25.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA

The 5 after 7 Project at Deimack’s
09.27.08 | 9:30pm
East Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out the 5 after 7 Project play for the first time at Deimacks in East Chicago, Indiana

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
09.26.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

The 5 after 7 Project at Jewel Osco Opening
09.25.08 | 5:30pm
Chicago, IL, USA
The 5 after 7 Project will help open up the new Jewel Store in Wicker Park.

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
09.24.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to Saalik Ziyad and his special guests every last Wednesday of each month.

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
09.19.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
09.12.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
09.05.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Chant Restaurant
08.29.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Chant Restaurant in Hyde Park. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyrner - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

Private Wedding
08.24.08 | 3pm
Chicago, IL, United States

Private Event
08.23.08 | 3pm
Chicago, IL, USA

Private Event
08.23.08 | 3pm
Chicago, IL, United States

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
08.22.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

The Low Jibe Group at Hyde Park Arts Center
08.17.08 | 3pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Part of the continuing AACM concert Series at the Hyde Park Arts Center, this concert will feature Saalik Ziyad, Taalib-din Ziyad, Tomeka Reed, Coco Elyses and Dawi Williams.

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
08.15.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at Velvet Lounge
08.10.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble under the direction of Mwata Bowden

The Eldorados at the Pickwick Theater
08.09.08 | 7pm
Park Ridge, IL, USA
The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show With the Following Aritsts: The Contours The Spaniels. (Tribute to James "Pookie" Hudson) Kathy Young The Eldorados The Magnificents, The Edsels Daddy G & The Church Street Five.

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
08.08.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

The Saalik & Kaliq Show Live at the Velvet Lounge
08.06.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and check out Saalik Ziyad vocalist, and Kaliq Woods reeds, play together for the first time at the Velvet Lounge. You don’t want to miss this.
Also joining us will be Mwata Bowden on reeds

Saalik Ziyad and The 5 after 7 Project at Fuller Park
08.05.08 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, United States

Velvet Lounge
08.04.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Dan Godston (trumpet), Saalik Ziyad (vocals), Hasan Abdur-Razzaq (saxophone), Joel Wanek (upright bass), & Ryan Jewell (drums)

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at Velvet Lounge
08.03.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble under the direction of Mwata Bowden

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
08.01.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyner Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyrner - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

Renee Baker, Osama Zeadan, Saalik Ziyad, & Dan Godston at Brown Rice
07.28.08 | 9pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Renee Baker (violin), Osama Zeadan (oud), Saalik Ziyad (voice), & Dan Godston (trumpet & small instruments)

Private Event
07.26.08 | 5pm
Chicago, IL, United States

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
07.25.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

Saalik Ziyad and The 5 after 7 Project at Dunbar Park
07.24.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, United States

NIU Jazz Camp
07.23.08 | 7pm
Dekalb, IL, United States

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Chant Restaurant
07.18.08 | 9pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Chant Restaurant in Hyde Park. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
07.13.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble under the direction of Mwata Bowden. Special guest Conductor: Nicole Mitchell

Private Event
07.13.08 | 2pm
Cincinnati, OH, United States

Saalik Ziyad and the 5 after 7 Project at the Loft Society
07.12.08 | 9:30
Cincinnati, OH, USA
The 5 after 7 Project performs in Ohio for the first time!!

The Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
07.11.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyler Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyler - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
07.06.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble directed by Mwata Bowden and the Velvet Lounge.

The Eldorados in Gary, Indiana
07.06.08 | 7pm
Gary, IN, USA

AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble plays at the 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
07.04.08 | 7:30pm
Davenport, IA, USA
AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble plays at the 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, Iowa.

Tyler Jazz Quintet with Saalik Ziyad at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
06.27.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out the Tyler Jazz Quintet with Saalik Ziyad as they perform at Mellow Yellow Restaurant

The Tyler Jazz Quintet with Saalik Ziyad at the Checkerboard Lounge
06.22.08 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out the Tyler Jazz Quintet with Saalik Ziyad as they perform for the first time at Hyde Park's on Checkerboard Lounge.

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble with Jeff Parker
06.21.08 | 9:30pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and check out AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble with special guest Jeff Parker guitarist.

Jeff Parker began playing guitar at an early age, and extended his studies from 1985 at the Berklee College Of Music. He also studied with George Garzone, playing totally improvised music. Subsequently, he gigged with Antonio Hart and others before moving to Chicago in 1991. At the time, this was considered to be an unusual step because many of his contemporaries were making New York their home base. Although he has indicated that he never intended staying there, that it was a way station on the road to New York where he could establish himself free from orthodox external influences, Chicago proved to be very fertile ground. In the city, he teamed up with cornettist Robert Mazurek and drummer Chad Taylor to form the Chicago Underground Trio and the same three musicians sometimes augmented to form the Chicago Underground Orchestra. Another group from the collective is Isotope 217, in which Parker is joined by Mazurek and trombonist Sara P. Smith. With the Chicago Underground Trio, Parker’s form of musical expression is couched in a dynamically exhilarating mélange of hard bop, free jazz and non-jazz forms. Similarly eclectic are other groups with which Parker was associated in the 90s, among them one of the leading post-rock bands, Tortoise, the New Horizon Ensemble, Uptightly, the Aesop Quartet and Tricolor. He also regularly associated with other contemporary Chicago-based artists, including Fred Anderson, Lin Halliday and Ken Vandermark. By the end of the 90s, Parker’s reputation was thoroughly established and in addition to his activities on the improvised music scene, he also performed and sometimes recorded with rock musicians.

Kilaas 5 at Jewel Osco
06.20.08 | 5pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and check out Kilaas 5 at Jewel Osco Kilaas 5 consists of Saalik Ziyad on vocals, Jarriet Shiel on trumpet, Jonathan Gaska on guitar, Jephthe Lanthia on bass and Deron Nelson on drums

AACM Experimental Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
06.14.08 | 9:30pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out the AACM Experimental Ensemble with some of our great artists.

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
06.13.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyner Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyrner - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

AACM Experimental Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
06.13.08 | 9:30pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out the AACM Experimental Ensemble with some of our great artists.

Tyler Jazz Quintet with Saalik Ziyad at Jewel Osco
06.12.08 | 5pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and check out the Tyler Jazz Quintet with Saalik Ziyad at Jewel Osco.

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
06.08.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and check out AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble directed by Mwata Bowden and the Velvet Lounge.

The Kilass 5 plays at Jewel Osco
06.07.08 | 1pm
Bolingbrook, IL, USA
Come and check out Kilaas 5 at Jewel Osco Kilaas 5 consists of Saalik Ziyad on vocals, Jarriet Shiel on trumpet, Jonathan Gaska on guitar, Jephthe Lanthia on bass and Phil Fornett on drums

The 5 after 7 Project at the Velvet Lounge with special guest Willie Pickens
06.06.08 | 9:30pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and celebrate Saalik’s 30th Birthday with the 5 after 7 Project. The 5 after 7 Project features: Saalik Ziyad on vocals, Fred Jackson Jr. on saxophone, Norman Palm IV on trombone, Shaun Johnson on trumpet, Wilie Pickens on piano, Jephthe Lanthia on bass and Phil Fornett on drums and percussion.

Veteran Chicago pianist Willie Pickens began his professional career with Eddie Harris when they recorded Exodus to Jazz and etched a message for several generations to remember with smiles all around. Since then, he’s worked with Clark Terry, Elvin Jones, Louie Bellson, and has issued several albums of his own. Pickens has a conservative piano style that also includes powerful flourishes and complex harmonies for emphasis.

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Jewel Osco
06.05.08 | 4pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Jewel Osco. The Tyner Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyrner - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
06.01.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and check out the AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble directed by Mwata Bowden.

Jazz at Starbucks with Saalik Ziyad and Phil Fornett
05.31.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and check out vocalist Saalik Ziyad and drummer Phil Fornett as they play jazz on this fine Saturday evening!

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Chant Restaurant
05.30.08 | 9:30pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Chant Restaurant in Hyde Park. The Tyner Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyrner - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

The Round Table Collective at Brown Rice
05.26.08 | 9pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come check out The Round Table Collective in their very first performance.

The Round Table Collective consists of:
Saalik Ziyad - vocals
Taalib-Din Ziyad - vocals
Iesha Scott - vocals
Shaun Johnson — trumpet
Jerome Croswell — trumpet
Fred Jackson — saxophones
Willerm Delisfort — piano
Shirazette Tinnin — drums
Jeffery Harris — bass

suggested donation $8, $6 students


Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins. Brown Rice is a half block north of the Montrose / Kedzie intersection, close to the Kedzie station on the CTA brown line. The entrance is below a sign that reads "Perfect".

Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant
05.16.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to the Tyler Jazz Quintet at Mellow Yellow Restaurant. The Tyner Jazz Quintet consists of Saalik Ziyad - vocals, Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyrner - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
05.11.08 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and check out the AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble directed by Mwata Bowden.

The 5 after 7 Project at Foster Park with Ed Wilkerson as specail guest
05.09.08 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Vocalist Saalik Ziyad’s 5 After 7 Project features some of the best rising star musicians in the city. Ziyad’s velvet voice and innovative phrasing mark him as an heir to both Johnny Hartman and Nat King Cole.

Edward Wilkerson will be the special guest.


Edward L. Wilkerson, Jr., (born in 1953 in Terre Haute, Indiana), is an internationally recognized American jazz composer, arranger, musician, and educator based in Chicago. As founder and director of the cutting edge octet, 8 BOLD SOULS, and the 25 member performance ensemble, SHADOW VIGNETTES , Wilkerson has toured festivals and concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and the Middle East. Defender, a large-scale piece for Shadow Vignettes, was commissioned by the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund and featured in the 10th Anniversary of New Music America, a presentation of BAM's Next Wave Festival.

His music can be heard on fourteen recordings, including two film soundtracks and the critically acclaimed albums Birth of a Notion, and 8 Bold Souls, both on his own Sessoms Records label.

One of the great saxophone and clarinet players on the Chicago scene, Edward Wilkerson Jr., from the '80s into the new millennium may have become best known as a bandleader and composer, particularly associated with medium- to large-scale projects (somewhat daunting in an era when creative music bandleaders are challenged to keep even small ensembles together). He has also been a major presence in Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), teaching composition at the organization's music school and serving for a time as AACM president.

The AACM collective, with its spirit of community as well as unbridled creativity, has been a predominant nurturing force for Wilkerson and has informed much of his work. He was an original member of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (formed by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar upon El'Zabar's 1976 graduation from the AACM school) and remained with the group until 1997 when replaced by Ernest "Khabeer" Dawkins. However, while appearing on such Ethnic Heritage Ensemble recordings as Three Gentlemen From Chicago (Moers), Hang Tuff (Open Minds), and Dance With the Ancestors (Chameleon), Wilkerson was also becoming more involved in leading his own projects, which characteristically saw the reedman thinking big. His most ambitious project, Shadow Vignettes, was initiated in 1979; with 25 musicians and incorporating dance, poetry, and visual arts, the ensemble's influences include the big band work of Muhal Richard Abrams, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Sun Ra. Shadow Vignettes released one CD, Birth of a Notion, on the Sessoms Records label in 1985. One of Shadow Vignettes' major pieces is entitled "Defender," commissioned by the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund and featured in the tenth anniversary of New Music America, presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival.

Wilkerson's best-documented ensemble as a leader is 8 Bold Souls, an octet initiated in January of 1985 with a series of Thursday night concerts at the Chicago Filmmakers performance space. The popularity of the concerts led Wilkerson to establish 8 Bold Souls as a working band, and since their formation, four Souls CDs have been issued: 8 Bold Souls on Sessoms Records, Sideshow and Ant Farm on Arabesque, and Last Option on Thrill Jockey. Influenced by the small groups of Duke Ellington and Jimmy Lunceford, 8 Bold Souls also makes plenty of room for adventurous experimentation in the AACM spirit, drawing fully on the unusual sonic possibilities of the group's instrumentation of two woodwinds, trumpet, trombone, cello, tuba, bass, and trap drums. Overall, Wilkerson's work may be heard on 14 recordings, including two film soundtracks. In addition to his work with 8 Bold Souls, Shadow Vignettes, and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Wilkerson has also played with the AACM Big Band, Roscoe Mitchell, Douglas Ewart, the Temptations, Chico Freeman, Geri Allen, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Muhal Richard Abrams, Aretha Franklin, and George Lewis.

Wilkerson's most recent release is the ensemble performance, Frequency, on the Thrill Jockey label. Encompassing distinctive compositions, and high quality improvisational flights plus World and Native American sonic echoes, this debut CD confirms both the talents of the band Frequency and the continued adaptability of Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (ACCM) members.

Besides the ACCM-link, each participant in this Chicago-based quartet brings different sensibilities to the session. Reedist Ed Wilkerson is best-known as the leader of the Eight Bold Souls, the band in which bassist Harrison Bankhead also plays. Flautist Nicole Mitchell leads her own groups as well as working as an educator, while veteran percussionist Avreeayl Ra’s AACM involvement goes back almost to the cooperative’s founding.

Wilkerson has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and the Community Arts Assistance Program, and has been cited in numerous music polls. A member of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble since 1977, Wilkerson has also played with such artists and groups as the AACM Big Band, Roscoe Mitchell, Douglas Ewart, The Temptations, Chico Freeman, Gerri Allen, Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, and many others.

In his free time, Wilkerson, past president and longtime member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), teaches composition at the AACM School of Music.

Mingus Awareness Project 2 at the Velvet Lounge
05.07.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
On Wednesday, May 7th, a group of musicians will gather at the Velvet Lounge (67 E. Cermak Road in Chicago) to celebrate the life and music of Charles Mingus, and to benefit the Les Turner ALS Foundation. Mingus, an American musical hero who died of ALS, is one of the greatest figures in jazz history. His bass playing, compositions and philosophy have transcended his genre and left indelible marks on music history. MAP2 performers include: Paul Hartsaw -- tenor saxophone Nick Moran -- baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Saalik Ziyad -- vocals Jon Godston -- soprano saxophone Raphael Crawford -- trombone Dan Godston -- trumpet Alex Wing -- upright bass Steve Maxwell Jr. -- drums The evening’s program will include amazing songs such as “Goodbye Porkpie Hat,” “Better Get Hit in Your Soul,” and "Pithecanthropus Erectus." Additionally, the musicians will perform songs by such notable artists as Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Eric Dolphy. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. Admission for this event is $12 ($8 for students). If you click on www.lesturnerals.org/communityevents.htm, you can purchase tickets in advance for $10, or make a donation for the event. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a raffle for the chance to win concert tickets and other exciting prizes. All proceeds from the evening will be donated to the Les Turner ALS Foundation, located in Skokie, Ill. Established in 1977, the Les Turner ALS Foundation is recognized internationally and is the only independent, publicly supported non-profit organization in the Chicago area dedicated solely to the treatment and elimination of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The Foundation is affiliated with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine where it supports both clinical care and scientific research. The Les Turner ALS Foundation’s services are available to all ALS patients and caregivers, regardless of where they receive their medical care. The Foundation’s comprehensive patient services include support group meetings, professional in-home consultation services, communications and durable medical equipment programs; respite care grants and many educational programs. We would like to thank WNUR, Alpha Bruton, The Old Town School of Folk Music, Myopic Books, and Dusty Groove for donating items, for MAP2’s raffle prizes and the silent auction. (Other donors TBA.) Mingus Awareness Project 2 is being organized by the Borderbend Arts Collective. For more information about MAP2, please call 312.543.7027 or email mingusawareness@sbcglobal.net. For more information about the Les Turner ALS Foundation, please call 847.679.3311, send an email to events@lesturnerals.org, or visit www.lesturnerals.org.

The Duo Project Part 1 at the Hyde Park Arts Center
04.20.08 | 2pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Saalik Ziyad (vocalist) and Willerm Delisfort (piano) get together to play standards, originals and open spontaneous music. Come to the Hyde Park Arts Center on this nice Sunday afternoon.

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at Son's D'hiver Jazz Festival
02.16.08 | 8:30
Paris, France
FIRST CONCERT IN EUROPE


MWATA BOWDEN direction orchestrates/DOUGLAS EWART flute/MARY OLIVER violin/ERNEST DAWKINS, EDWIN DAUGHTERY, EDWARD WILKERSON, LEONARD JONES, MATANA ROBERTS saxophones/LEON Q.ALLEN, JEROME CROSSWELL trumpet/IKE JACKSON, GEORGE LEWIS trombone/JUNIUS PAUL, low DAWI WILLIAMS/DUSHUN MOSLEY battery/TOMEKA REED violoncello/ART TURK BURTON, REGGIE NICHOLSON percussion/KHARI.B. poems/ANN WARD, DEE ALEXANDER, SAALIK ZAYID, TAALIB-DIN ZAYID voice
Last formation resulting from the AACM, Great Black Music Ensemble falls under the continuity of the great former formations of the AACM like Experimental Band de Muhal Richard Abrams. Created there is a little more than three years, Great Black Music Ensemble never played in Europe.

To attend a concert of Great Black Music Together, it is to take part in an unforgettable musical festival. The musical roots of the blues, the swing, the history of the jazz are convened as a long continuum which mixes with the most contemporary audacities. The absolutely controlled direction of the collective improvisation makes it possible the orchestra to magnificiently sound. The instrumental technical quality of its members and their inventiveness causes the enthralling irruption of soli.

For this concert with Sons of winter, Great Black Music Ensemble proposes two single and amusing sets. The first set, directed by the saxophonist Mwata Bowden, will be devoted to "Tribute To Flechter Henderson", while the second, directed this time by George Lewis, will make us discover his talents of musical originator for great formation. An ideal program for a first meeting with Great Black Music Together.

"This performance of AACM Great Black Music Together is support by International USArtists, has program of the National Endowment for the Arts and managed by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Andrew W Mellon Foundation."

AACM Trios In Elgin
02.10.08 | 3pm
Elgin, IL, USA

The Eldorados at The Ulitmate Doo Wop Show
02.09.08 | 8pm
Columbus, OH, USA
Featuring: The Contours, Jimmy Beaumont & the Skyliners, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs, Kathy Young, The Spaniels, The Edsels, The Eldorados, The Magnificents, The Reflections and Daddy G & the Church Street Five (acts subject to change)

Saalik Ziyad at the Velvet Lounge
01.28.08 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and join Saalik Ziyad and other musicians as they perform original compositions along with standards. Jam session to follow gig!

The 5 after 7 Project at Uncommon Ground on New Years Eve
12.31.07 | 10pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Join Us New Years Eve for a special night. $55 price fix dinner and an optional $20 wine pairing. Live Music featuring Jazz by Five after Seven. It will sell out so make your reservations now!! 773.929.3680

The 5 after 7 Project Holiday Celebration at the Velvet Lounge
12.26.07 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Saalik Ziyad – vocals Fred Jackson – saxophones Shaun Johnson – trumpet Norman Palm – trombone Willerm Delisfort – piano Tim Seisser – bass Deron Nelson – drums and percussion


Doors open at 7:30pm Tickets are $10 at the door

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant
12.22.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come to Yassa African Restaurant to enjoy there delicious food while listening to The Kilass 4 Trio lead by vocalist Saalik Ziyad.

Saalik Ziyad with the Tyler Jazz Quartet at Dixie Kitchen
12.21.07 | 7:30pm
Lansing, IL, USA
Come and listen to Saalik Ziyad sing with the Tyler Jazz Quartet at Dixie Kitchen in Lansing, Illinois. The Tyner Jazz consists of Winston Tyler - piano, Cornell Tyrner - drums, Shaun Johnson - trumpet, Jephte Lanthia - bass

Epoch ZB at the Velvet Lounge
12.19.07 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
The Velvet Lounge presents Epoch ZB. A group of musicians from two different generations coming together to make beautiful music. Saalik Ziyad – vocals Taalib-Din Ziyad – flute and vocals Khari Bowden – spoken word Mwata Bowden – reeds Willerm Delisfort – piano Shirazette Tinnin – drums and percussion

Doors open at 7:30pm tickets are $10 at the door

International Society for Improvised Music Conference - Northwestern University
12.14.07 | 8pm
Evanston, IL, USA
Creating connections is one of the most prominent themes in today’s world, and improvisation is a powerful tool for achieving this integration. Featured artists and presenters for this international conference on improvised music include Jane Ira Bloom, Mark Dresser, Mazen Kerbaj, Bennett Reimer, Michael Zerang of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music, and Oliver Lake and the University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra. For more information visit the conference website at http://isim.edsarath.com or contact Maud Hickey, 847/467-4726.

Baba et Bir at The Velvet Lounge
12.12.07 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
The Velvet Lounge presents Baba et Bir, father and son for the first time in concert. Saalik Ziyad and Taalib-din Ziyad will come together to make music. Saalik Ziyad – vocals Taalib-Din Ziyad –flute and vocals Willerm Delisfort – piano Dawii – bass Shirazette Tinnin – drums and percussion

Doors open at 7:30pm, Tickets are $10 at the door

AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
12.09.07 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and listen to AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble directed by multi-reedist Mwata Bowden

The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show at Slosburg Hall/Orpheum Theater
12.07.07 | 8pm
Omaha, NE, USA
THE ULTIMATE DOO-WOP SHOW The recent record-breaking PBS-TV music specials, “50 Years of Doo-Wop” were so well received that it created a new showcase and new audiences for veteran Doo-Wop artists, resulting in additional PBS-TV specials. Now these 10 original artists, whose combined sales number over 70 million records, are back on the road performing live, treating 50-something concertgoers to the songs they danced to at sock hops, while allowing younger audiences to discover that Doo-Wop is feel-good music no matter what your age. This music is like a first love that no one ever forgets. An impressive list of those original artists will be part of THE ULTIMATE DOO-WOP SHOW, heading to Omaha’s celebrated Orpheum Theater, for one song-filled concert. This stellar “Ultimate Doo-Wop” lineup consists of: • Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famers, CHARLIE THOMAS & THE DRIFTERS (On Broadway, There Goes My Baby, Up on the Roof, This Magic Moment) • THE FLEETWOODS featuring Gary Troxel (Mr. Blue, Confidential, Come Softly) • THE MARCELS (Blue Moon, Heartaches, Somewhere over the Rainbow) • BARBARA LYNN (You’ll Lose a Good Thing) • THE ELDORADOS (Crazy Little Mama, Bim Bam Boom) • THE SHADES OF BLUE (Oh How Happy) • THE MAGNIFICENTS featuring Johnny Keyes (Up on a Mountain, Caddy Bo) Also a rare appearance by the legendary, DALE HAWKINS (Suzy Q, A House, a Car, and a Wedding Ring), plus the swingin’ hipsters, THE BLUE SUEDE ORCHESTRA (The Walk). A once in a lifetime concert – you doo not want to miss!

Tickets are $75, $55 and $35

The 5 after 7 Poject at the Velvet Lounge
12.05.07 | 8pm
Chicago, IL, USA
The Velvet Lounge presents the 5 after 7 Project. Saalik Ziyad – vocals Fred Jackson – saxophones Shaun Johnson – trumpet Norman Palm – trombone Willerm Delisfort – piano Tim Seisser – bass Shirazette Tinnin – drums and percussion


Doors open at 7:30pm, Tickets are $10 at the door

AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge
12.02.07 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and listen to AACM’s Great Black Music Ensemble directed by multi-reedist Mwata Bowden

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant
12.01.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come to Yassa African Restaurant to enjoy there delicious food while listening to The Kilass 4 Trio lead by vocalist Saalik Ziyad.

The Eldorados at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown, Pennsylvania
11.30.07 | 8pm
Uniontown, PA, USA
LAR Enterprises and 99.3FM present A Holiday Doo-Wop Celebration Vol. III The Duprees, Earl "Speedo" Carrol’s Cadillacs, Terry Johnson’s Flamingos, The Fleetwoods, The Eldorados. Tickets on sale now at http://www.statetheatre.info/lar3.html ; by calling 800.397.2554. For more info, you can also e-mail info@statetheatre.info

Saalik Ziyad with the Tyler Jazz Quartet at Dixie Kitchen
11.09.07 | 7:30pm
Lansing, IL, United States
Come and listen to Saalik Ziyad sing with the Tyler Jazz Quartet at Dixie Kitchen in Lansing, Illinois.
No charge

Saalik Ziyad with the Tyler Jazz Quartet
11.02.07 | 7:30
Lansing, IL, United States
Come and listen to Saalik Ziyad sing with the Tyler Jazz Quartet at Dixie Kitchen in Lansing, Illinois.
No charge

Saalik Ziyad at Yassa African restaurant
10.27.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and enjoy the delicious food of Yassa African Resturant while listening to the vocal stylings of Saalik Ziyad.

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant
08.31.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant
08.25.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

Improvisational Freedom Group at Jazz n the Alley n the Valley
08.25.07 | 4pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Playing together for the first time as a group: Vocalist: Saalik Ziyad, Spoken Word artist: Discopoet Khari B, Percussionist: Art Turk Burton, Drummer: Phillip Fornett They are coming together for the freedom of improvisation in the style of the orginal music, Vocals and Percussion.

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant
08.24.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

The 5 after 7 Project Trio at Kenndy King College Registration
08.20.07 | 12pm
Chicago, IL, UNited States
The 5 after 7 Project Trio will be performing for the Kennedy King College Registration. Trio consists of: Saalik Ziyad on vocals, Willerm Delisfort on piano and Tim Seisser on bass

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant
08.18.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

The Historic Hotel Baker in St. Charles
08.17.07 | 7pm
St. Charles , IL, United States
PErforming at a Private Event

The 5 after 7 Project at The Velvet Lounge
08.14.07 | 9pm
Chicago, IL, USA
The Velvet Lounge proudly presents The 5 after 7 Project in their very first performance at The Velvet Lounge. The 5 after 7 Project features: Saalik Ziyad on vocals, Fred Jackson on saxophones, Nevada Hadary on piano, Tim Seisser on bass and Phil Fornett on drums. The concert will also include guest artists such as Discopoet Khari B and others. You don't wanna miss it.

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at The Velvet Lounge
08.12.07 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Ernest Dawkins leads the AACM Great Black Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge this week

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant
08.11.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, United States
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant 716 E. 79th Street
07.28.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant 716 E. 79th Street
07.27.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

Millenium Park: Great Black Music Ensemble: Tribute to Fletcher Henderson at Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 East Randolph Street
07.26.07 | 6:30pm
Chicago, USA
A bandleader of the 1930s, Fletcher Henderson is considered by many to be the real King of Swing. AACM Chicago’s Great Black Music Ensemble, under the direction of Mwata Bowden pays tribute to Henderson’s contributions with contemporary arrangements penned by Burgess Gardner, Nicole Mitchell, Edward Wilkerson, Jr., Douglas Ewart and Mwata Bowden. Joining the ensemble will be two contemporaries of Henderson, local heroes Von Freeman and Franz Jackson. 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

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant, 716 E. 79th Street
07.21.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant, 716 E. 79th Street
07.20.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

AACM Great Black Music Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge, 67 E. Cermak
07.15.07 | 6pm
Chicago, IL, USA
The AACM GBME will be performing under the direction of ADEGOKE STEVE COLSON. ADEGOKE STEVE COLSON, pianist and composer, has performed internationally as a leader of jazz ensembles ranging from trios to orchestras. Born in Newark and raised in East Orange, NJ, he received his degree from Northwestern University School of Music and spent several years in Chicago before returning to the East Coast where he now resides. November 13, 1989 was proclaimed Steve Colson Day by Mayor Sharp James and the Newark City Council in honor of the premiere of his multi media work, Greens, Rice, and a Rope, at Newark Symphony Hall during the national celebration of New Music America. A critically acclaimed figure in modern jazz, Steve’s compositions are finding their way into the “jazz standard” repertoire and are being performed and recorded by some of today’s jazz greats as well as by his own group. Steve has received several commissions and awards for composition from organizations with interests in the arts. His music has been compared to that of Monk, Mingus, and Ellington as well as Ives, Berio, and Stravinsky. His career has taken him throughout the world performing with many talented artists. Musicians with whom Steve has worked or featured in his presentations include Muhal Richard Abrams, Ed Blackwell, John Blake, Hamiet Bluiett, Andrew Cyrille, Baikida Carroll, Anthony Davis, Richard Davis, Kahil El’ Zabar, Douglas Ewart, Rachelle Farrell, Malachi Favors, Joe Ford, Rafael Donald Garrett, Benny Golson, Craig Harris, Fred Hopkins, Joseph Jarman, Leroy Jenkins, Oliver Lake, George Lewis, Branford Marsalis, Steve McCall, Andy McCloud, Makanda Ken McIntyre, T.S. Monk, Butch Morris, Dushun Mosley, David Murray, Hannibal Peterson, Rufus Reid, Max Roach, Marlena Shaw, Dakota Staton, Henry Threadgill, Steve Turre, Chris White, Ed Wilkerson, Reggie Workman, and many other talented artists. He worked with Amiri Baraka and Max Roach on their bopera,“Bumpy Johnson,” and was commissioned to collaborate with Amiri Baraka and Richard Wesley by The New Jersey Chamber Music Society. The second book of their series, “...as in a Cultural Reminiscence,” was the first world premiere to be presented in The New Jersey Performing Arts Center during the opening season. Steve also conducted and arranged the music of Willie the Lion Smith for the national Lost Jazz Shrines project which was also presented in this area at NJPAC. He recently worked as Music Director for play, Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God, by Canadian playwright Djanet Sears.

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant 716 E. 79th Street
07.14.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

The Kilaas 4 Trio at Yassa African Restaurant 716 E. 79th Street
07.13.07 | 7pm
Chicago, IL, USA
Come and enjoy delicious African gourmet food at this beautiful restaurant, while listening to The Kilaas 4 Trio.

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