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Jeremiah Hunt Quintet

Jeremiah Hunt Quintet

Tue, Sep 22

Jeremiah Hunt Quintet


Mark Hartsuch – Saxophones

Brendan Doshi – Piano

Jack Macklin – Guitar

Vincent Davis – Drums

Jeremiah Hunt – Bass



Chicago-based bassist, composer, producer, and bandleader Jeremiah Hunt has spent more than a decade establishing himself as a distinctive voice in the city's jazz community. Rooted in the jazz tradition while drawing inspiration from groove, spirituality, philosophy, and contemporary improvisation, Hunt's music explores the balance between structure and freedom, individuality and collective expression.


In September 2026, Hunt leads his own ensemble at the Chicago Jazz Festival, presenting a program that brings together original compositions and music by some of the artists who have shaped his musical development. His forthcoming debut album, Uzazi, features Isaiah Collier, Richard Johnson, Bobby Broom, Jonathan Pinson, Marquis Hill, G. Thomas Allen, and Sarah Marie Young. Recorded during a period of profound personal and creative reflection, Uzazi explores themes of duality, consciousness, transformation, and connection.

Richie Pardo Quintet

Richie Pardo Quintet

Wed, Sep 23


Pardo has been playing music professionally in the Chicago area since the 1970s, He started out as a pianist working in various R&B bands and then as a pianist in Chicago jazz bands before deciding in 1979 to switch to bass, which he continues to play.

Isaiah Spencer Quartet

Isaiah Spencer Quartet

Residency

Thu, Sep 24

With his edgy style and innovative beats, jazz and blues drummer Isaiah Spencer has carved out a unique reputation in Chicago and beyond. Critics have called his sound propulsive, fiery, and incendiary. A North Side native, Spencer has studied with Dr. Curtis Prince in Chicago’s All-City Jazz Band, with Dana Hall and Ernie Adams in the Ravinia Jazz in the Schools program, at Roosevelt University, and with legendary jazz educator Ronald Carter at Gallery 37, a paid summer job teaching the arts to youth. He has also studied with Ralph Peterson Jr., Kenny Washington, Greg Hutchinson, Ed Soph, Hamid Drake, Albert "Tutti" Heath, and Wilbur Campbell. Now, Spencer is the one doing the teaching. He is a teaching artist and mentor for a nonprofit organization called Youth Guidance, and a percussion teacher and assistant band director at New Trier High School. He directs his own drum camp program and through his mentoring and volunteer work, he teaches children how music can help them to overcome obstacles and reach greater heights. He has performed at the Chicago Blues Festival, the Englewood Blues Festival, Jazz Showcase, House of Blues, and Rosa’s, and shared the stage with greats including Fred Anderson, Pine Top Perkins, Eddie Clearwater, Buddy Guy, Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell, Donald Harrison, Wynton & Branford Marsalis, James Moody, Cyrus Chestnut, Johnny O'Neil, and Nicole Mitchell. He has toured with William Parker, Ernest Dawkins, and Guy King, among others.
Isaiah Spencer Quartet

Isaiah Spencer Quartet

Residency

Fri, Sep 25

With his edgy style and innovative beats, jazz and blues drummer Isaiah Spencer has carved out a unique reputation in Chicago and beyond. Critics have called his sound propulsive, fiery, and incendiary. A North Side native, Spencer has studied with Dr. Curtis Prince in Chicago’s All-City Jazz Band, with Dana Hall and Ernie Adams in the Ravinia Jazz in the Schools program, at Roosevelt University, and with legendary jazz educator Ronald Carter at Gallery 37, a paid summer job teaching the arts to youth. He has also studied with Ralph Peterson Jr., Kenny Washington, Greg Hutchinson, Ed Soph, Hamid Drake, Albert "Tutti" Heath, and Wilbur Campbell. Now, Spencer is the one doing the teaching. He is a teaching artist and mentor for a nonprofit organization called Youth Guidance, and a percussion teacher and assistant band director at New Trier High School. He directs his own drum camp program and through his mentoring and volunteer work, he teaches children how music can help them to overcome obstacles and reach greater heights. He has performed at the Chicago Blues Festival, the Englewood Blues Festival, Jazz Showcase, House of Blues, and Rosa’s, and shared the stage with greats including Fred Anderson, Pine Top Perkins, Eddie Clearwater, Buddy Guy, Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell, Donald Harrison, Wynton & Branford Marsalis, James Moody, Cyrus Chestnut, Johnny O'Neil, and Nicole Mitchell. He has toured with William Parker, Ernest Dawkins, and Guy King, among others.