UPCOMING PERFORMANCEs/COLLABORATIONS/EXHIBITIONS:
2024
January 13th 2024: Wedding gig at Kings Heart Banquets (Lombard IL)
February 9th 2024: Dupage Symphony Orchestra open rehearsal at Wentz Hall North Central College NapervilleIL
Sunday February 11th 3pm: DSO concert at Wentz Hall (Naperville IL)
Feb 23rd: CHICAGO JAZZ ART FAIR at the Chicago Cultural Center representing BIRDHouse, Jazz Occurrence & Z FEST
Feb 28th: Abram Collier Nonet at Fulton Street Collective
March 7th: Maurice Mobetta Brown at City Winery Chicago
March 11th: Shawn E Okpebholo’s Songs in Flight at Wheaton College (inspiration/date night)
March 17th: live painting (seated) with the DSO (Dupage Symphony Orchestra) SOLD OUT “Springtime Celebrations”
March 23rd: BIRDHouse presents Greg Ward Quartet. Fred Anderson, composer at Constellation Chicago
April 3rd: Tribute to Thad Jones at FSC (Fulton Street Collective)
April 7th: w Orion Ensemble at the New England Congregational Church in Aurora IL (fundraising gala and performance)
April 15th: World Art Day
April 18th: Graham Parker, Ralph Covert at Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Music (unofficial)
April 20th 2024: LYNX at FSC
April 26th: BOA (Block of Art) opening ceremonies Pottsville Pennsylvania
April 27th: BOA Majestic Theatre Pottsville PA
April 30th: International Jazz Day
May 3rd: WIAC (Walk In Art Center) first Friday opening reception
Sunday May 5th: Jazz Brunch Jazz Occurrence at the WIAC Schuylkill Haven Pennsylvania
May 11th: The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis at Lincoln Hall Chicago (unofficial)
May 18th: DSO “Modern & Melodious” w Mary Elizabeth Bowden (trumpet) at Wentz Hall Naperville IL
May 19th: Orion Ensemble, Paquito Rivera
June 21st: MAKE MUSIC WHEATON
June 28th: Lasting Legacy at Yuengling Bicentennial Park Pottsville Pennsylvania
July 11-13: NYC
July 21st: Prairie Home Companion at 50
July 27th: Tate McRae
August 3rd: Warhol at the Plaza (?)
August 17th: Porch & Park Music Festival
August 23-25: Long Island WHO
August 29 - September 1st: Chicago Jazz Festival
Friday September 13th: NAEW (National Arts Education Week) Oswego Fine Arts High School
September 25th: ELO in DC
November 29 - December 1st: CHICAGO TARDIS
December 13th: Kevin Brown
PAST PERFORMANCES:
2017
December 5th, 7pm-9pm: Mayslake Estates (1717 31st St., Oak Brook, IL) PICOSA: Americana
December 9th, 8:30pm: Constellation Chicago (3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL)
Trio WAZ : Edward Wilkerson, Tatsu Aoki & Michael Zerang CD release.
December 13th, 8:30pm: Constellation Chicago (3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL) RSVP
JAZZ OCCURRENCE No.13 with Ari Brown, Katie Ernst, Greg Ward, Matt Piet, Harrison Bankhead, Dalia Chin and Mike Reed.
Lewis Achenbach with brushes on plexiglass panels plus.
Opening with David Weathersby’s Jazz Occurrence documentary Work In Progress.
Concert at 9pm.
Downbeat coverage (post event) here: http://downbeat.com/news/detail/visual-sonic-art-meld-at-chicagos-constellation
2018
January 10th, Jazz Record Art Collective, Fulton Street Collective. Chris Greene does the Lester Young Trios album.
January 16th, Tuesday, 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM : the SONIC STORY solo exhibition opening with Ari Brown/Avreeayl Ra Duo at the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts (Cafe Logan). This exhibition will run to March 2018.
January 25th, Thursday, 8:30PM : EMILY BLUE | YOMÍ | ANNA AGOSTA at Schubas Chicago.
January 27th, Saturday, 8:30PM : Tom Rainey Trio with Ingrid Laubrock & Mary Halvorson at Constellation (3111 N Western Ave. Chicago 60618)
February 1st, Thursday, 8PM : BIG BARI BAND! at the Jazz Showcase. Juli Wood & Rajiv Halim- bari saxes, Mike Allemana-guitar, Josh Ramos- bass, Sam Jewell- drums Shows at 8:00 & 10:00
February 15th, Thursday : Cyrille Aimee at City Winery Chicago seat #400 with Wayne Tucker (trumpet)
February 16th, Friday, 8:30PM : ATOMIC (Fredrik Ljungkvist – reeds, Magnus Broo – trumpet, Håvard Wiik – piano
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – bass, Hans Hulbœkmo – drums) at Constellation Chicago
February 20th, Tuesday, 7:30Pm & 10PM at Cafe Logan Third Tuesdays (dry seated painting) with Lorin Cohen.
(unofficial) seat #400 February 25th Sergio Mendes at City Winery Chicago
March 7th, Wednesday 8PM-11PM : CHITOWN JAZZ FEST at the Jazz Showcase :
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, CHICAGO, CHICAGO JAZZ, HUNGER RELIEF, JAZZ, JAZZ FESTIVAL, MISSION, MUSIC
1. GLENBROOK SOUTH BANDS 7 PM 2. BOBBY LEWIS SEXTET 8:30 PM 3. TIM FITZGERALD’S FULL HOUSE 10 PM
March 11th, 3-5pm: PICOSA Mayslake Estates (1717 31st St., Oak Brook, IL)
March 14th, 8:30pm: Volcano Radar (Julia Miller/Elbio Barilari) will perform compositions and improvisations and video with collaborator and master percussionist Andrea Centazzo. The band will also return to the collaboration with bassist Tatsu Aoki, trumpeter Stephen Burns, and clarinetist Guillermo Gregorio.
March 20th, Tuesday, 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM : George Fludas performance : the SONIC STORY solo exhibition closing at the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts (Cafe Logan)
(unofficial) seat #400 March 21st Stanley Clarke at City Winery Chicago
March 22nd, Thursday 7:30-11pm: Keri Johnsrud CD release Beyond the Neighborhood: the Music of Fred Rogers at Winter's Jazz Club
March 24th, Friday 6pm - 8:30pm Jazz Night with Live Painting at ICE HOUSE GALLERY (Evanston) with Stu Greenspan on guitar, Ben Davis on the cello,
Paul Cotton on percussion, James Sanders on violin, Fumi Okiji's vocals
March 29th, Thursday 8PM Mike Smith performance of Cannonball Adderley at Fulton Street Collective (Hubbard St Lofts)
March 30th, Friday, 7:30PM : URSA Ensemble at Uncommon Ground in Edgewater
April 18th : Max Weinberg Jukebox at City Winery (unofficial)
April 22nd, Sunday 8PM : Chris Weller's Open Forum Project with Matt Blair at the Friendly Tap Berwyn
April 21st, Saturday, 8:30PM with the Chris Greene Quartet at Constellation (3111 N Western Ave. Chicago 60618)
April 23rd, Monday, 8-11PM : Walker Lukens w/ Deanna Devore at Schuba's (3159 N Southport Chicago)
April 28th, Saturday 7-9pm : Independent Bookstore day : Glen Ellyn Bookstore
April 30th, Monday : International Jazz Day : Uriel Herman at the Jazz Showcase : Israeli Consulate series
May 2nd, Wednesday : Elaine Elias at City Winery (unofficial) CANCELLED
May 10th, Thursday : Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN at Constellation (3111 N Western Ave 60618)
May 12th, Saturday : Ladies Music Clinic with Lisa Baker at Sam Ash Music Lombard
May 14th, Monday : Yonatan Gat at the Hideout Chicago (unofficial)
May 16th, Wednesday : Juli Wood, Katie Ernst, Kelly Brand at Winter's Jazz Club
May 20th, Sunday 7-9PM : PICOSA: Music of Spain & Latin America at Mayslake Peabody Estates (1717 31st St. Oak Brook 60523)
May 30th, Wednesday : Anthony Braxton ZIM at Cafe OTO (unofficial)
June 21st, Thursday 3-7PM : Make Music Chicago at High Concept Labs w Cinchel, Anthony Janas, Aquil Charlton, Margaret Morris & Bloomington Trio
June 28th, Thursday : the DEAD BOYS at the Beat Kitchen Chicago (unofficial)
July 10th, Tuesday : Jazz Occurrence at the Logan Art Center with Douglas R Ewart & Coco Elysses (not open to the public)
July 11th, Wednesday : Jazz Occurrence at the Logan Art Center (process)
July 12th, Thursday : the Bacon Brothers at City Winery Chicago (unofficial)
July 14th, Saturday 2PM & onward into the night : JAZZUP Glen Ellyn with Luciano Antonio, Neusa Sauer & Fareed Haque
July 19th, Thursday : Victor Garcia's Organ Quintet at the Jazz Showcase Chicago
July 25th, Wednesday : Jazz Record Art Collective/Joe Pass - Joy Spring at Fulton Street Collective (1821 W Hubbard Street (3rd Floor) Chicago 60612)
Geordie Kelly - Guitar, Kevin Fort - Piano , John Sims -Bass, Gustavo Cortiñas - Drums
July 26th, Thursday : SHAWN MAXWELL’S NEW TOMORROW at the Jazz Showcase Chicago
August 1st 9PM : DANA HALL does CHICK COREA’S “TONES FOR JOAN’S BONES”
Jazz Record Art Collective at Fulton Street Collective (1821 Hubbard St Lofts Chicago 3rd floor 60612)
Dana Hall- Drums
Victor Garcia - Trumpet, Flugelhorm, Percussion
John Wojciechowski- Tenor/Flute
Ben Waltzer - Piano
Clark Sommers - Bass
Lewis Achenbach - Brushes on Surfaces
August 3rd, Friday 6-9PM : JAZZ OCCURRENCE NoXIV & the 5th annual JAZZ OCCURRENCE ART EXHIBITION opening & performance with the RAJIV HALIM QUINTET (Matt Gold, Phil Beale, Norman Palm, Junius Paul) at the Aurora Public Art Commission (20 E Downer Place 60505)
Live art to be created by Lewis Achenbach, Arthur Wright, Michelle Richardella, Jes Thomas, Cameron Pfiffner, Dalton Brown, Zavier Evans
August 25th : Glen Ellyn Festival of the Arts
August 28 6pm | Fred Anderson Park, 1629 S. Wabash Ave : Tatsu Aoki I The Fred Anderson Legacy Band with Mai Sugimoto
August 29 6pm | Fred Anderson Park, 1629 S. Wabash Ave : Tatsu Aoki I Chicago Japanese American Jazz Legacy produced by The Birdhouse
August 30th-Sept 2nd : the 40th annual CHICAGO JAZZ FEST (press-official)
September 5th 7:30 & 9:30pm : Alyssa Allgood at Winters Jazz Club
September 6th 8PM : Imagery Converter at Constellation Chicago
September 8th 7-10PM : Closing reception 5th annual Jazz Occurrence Art Exhibition
Occurrence No.15 “Songs of Splendor!" Nyahbingi Drum Choir
Clifton Robinson, Paul Cotton, Edward Wilkerson, Nicole Nolan and Douglas R. Ewart
20 E Downer Place Aurora 60505 (Aurora Public Art Commission)
September 13th : Jessie Colin Young at City Winery Chicago (unofficial)
September 14th : OSWEGO (Jazz) Occurrence with SAALIK ZIYAD for National Arts in Education Week
September 14th 7PM : KAIA string Quartet at the Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art
September 19th : John Pizzarrelli at City Winery Chicago (unofficial)
September 25th : ARTIFACTS (Tomeka Reid, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed) at the MCA (unofficial)
September 25th : The Time Is Now! EXPO ART WEEK Party : CULTURAL CONFLUENCE: live collaborative performance from Douglas R. Ewart’s Nyahbingi Drum Choir and Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project (Smart Museum of Art - 5550 S Greenwood Ave Chicago 60637) with Arthur Wright
September 29th & 30th : HYDE PARK JAZZ FEST (press) (official tee shirt design)
October 3rd : Jane Monheit at City Winery Chicago (with blessing)
October 8th : Crystal Bowersox at City Winery Chicago (unofficial)
October 11th : Sophy Hotel Jazz Occurrence with the Dee Alexander Quartet (private event) Ernie Adams, Dennis Carroll, Miguel de la Cerna
October 17th : La Boheme at the Lyric Opera House Chicago (unofficial)
October 18th : SUN RA Arkestra at the Art Institute of Chicago (with blessing)
October 20th : Max Weinberg’s Jukebox SPACE (1245 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL 60202)
October 22nd : Phil Collins
October 24th : Latino Music Festival/Delmark CD release : KAIA Quartet + Fareed Haque : Old Town Music School of Folk Music Chicago
October 26th : AACM - Logical Extensions, Featuring: The ACCM Now Generation : Adam Zanolini, Jerome Croswell and Saalik Ahmad Ziyad
October 29th : Matisyahu at City Winery Chicago (unofficial)
November 6th : Ratchet Series Stein/Shead, Giallorenzo/Håker Flaten & Jarrett Gilgore Quartet at Cafe Mustache
November 7th : Sinatra's "Songs for Swingin' Lovers" performed live @JRAC Myles Hayes – Vocals Victor Garcia – Trumpet
Dan Murphy – Piano Patrick Mulcahy – Bass Andrew Green – Drums Lewis Achenbach - live art improvisations
November 10th 1-6pm : TEDx Naperville
November 10th 8PM : master percussionist ANDREA CENTAZZO solo (duo w Lewis Achenbach) at Delmark Records (free w RSVP) sketchers welcome
November 25th : Chicago Tardis (unofficial)
November 30th : Jazzmeia Horn (House Left A7) Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts (with permission) 7:30pm
November 30th : Chicago Yestet Orchestra at Fulton Street Collective 9PM
December 5th : Cinderella at the Lyric Civic Opera House (unofficial)
2019
January 10th : Craig Taborn & Dave King duo at the (new) Stone NYC
January 11th : WINTER JAZZ FEST at SubCulture NYC (45 Bleecker St) for Matthew Stevens trio/Nate Wood/Aaron Parks/Sarah Elizabeth Charles
January 12th : WINTER JAZZ FEST at SubCulture NYC (45 Bleecker St) for Tuomo & Markus + Verneri Pohjola/Jenny Scheinman + Allison Miller/Liebman, Rudolph, Hamid Drake/JD Allen + David Murray/Kassa Overall + Mark Shim
January 15th : ATOMIC at the Bop Stop Cleveland OH : Fredrik Ljungkvist + Magnus Broo + Håvard Wiik + Hans Hulbækmo + Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
January 19th 7pm : AACM: Logical Extensions featuring Widsom of Elders with Ernest Dawkins, saxes and percussion; Taalib Din Ziyad, flutes and vocals; Ed House, saxes; and Art Turk Burton, percussion. Logan Center Performance Penthouse, Free.
January 24th : 6:30-8PM Jazz Occurrence No17 with Extraordinary Popular Delusions (Mars Williams/Jim Baker/Brian Sandstrom/Joe Adamik) Apple Store (401 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60611) Free.
January 29th & 30th : Rachael Yamagata at City Winery Chicago (with permission)
January 31st 8-11pm : Sureño Album Release Concert and Party! KAIA Quartet at Fulton Street Collective
February 6th: Elektra at the Lyric Civic Opera House (unofficial)
February 13th 9PM : Wolff/Hayes Sextet performing Bennett/Gaga's "Cheek to Cheek" performed live at JRAC
February 15th : Marquis Hill (House Left A1) Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts (with permission)
February 16th & 17th : Midwinter at the Art Institute of Chicago (Tortoise/Kamasi Washington/Panda Bear/Laurie Anderson)
February 20th : Procol Harum at City Winery Chicago (with permission)
February 22nd : Sara Su Jones & Dennis Moore WFMT concert
February 24th : 52nd Elmhurst Jazz Festival : The Elmhurst College Jazz Band in concert with Randy Brecker, Bill Evans, and Mike Stern
March 7th : La Traviata at the Lyric Civic Opera House (unofficial)
March 10th : Linda Solotaire’s Salon Series with Val Leventhal performing (formal live arts)
March 20th : Mark Colby at the Jazz Showcase (live arts - acrylics on canvas)
March 27th & 28th : Schlippenbach Trio : Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano/Evan Parker - saxophone/Paul Lytton - drums (with permission)
April 2nd : 8pm: Forrest Sky Brendan Forrest/Margo Sky at Fulton Street Collective Chicago
9pm: Caroline Davis' Heart Tonic: Caroline Davis/ Leslie Beukelman/Rob Clearfield/Christopher Tordini/Makaya McCraven (formal live arts)
April 4th : Ravi Coltrane at the Jazz Showcase (unofficial)
April 13th 8PM : Matt Piet/Jason Stein solo at Constellation Chicago (formal live arts)
April 25th : 9PM : John Coltrane's "Ballads" performed live @JRAC : Greg Ward - Alto Sax/Dennis Luxion - Piano/Joe Policastro - Bass/Someone Good - Drums Lewis Achenbach - Paints/Brushes/Canvas
April 28th : Kevin Eubanks at City Winery (unofficial) - both shows
April 30th : 8PM Jazz Showcase WDCB's International Jazz Day Concert with Luciano Antonio (official) #internationaljazzday
May 1st : DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese - The Spring Quartet at City Winery (unofficial)
May 4th : Daimo Suzuki’s Network at Constellation Chicago (unofficial) - cancelled
May 8th: Miles Davis' "Birth of the Cool" performed live at JRAC by Origin Of Animal (official live artist)
May 6th: SAICOBAB at Constellation Chicago (unofficial with permission)
June 5th: Hadar Noiberg & Chano Domínguez Duet at the Old Town School of Folk Music
June 14th: 6:30-8PM Mosching/Achenbach Creative Duo at Kindred Coffee Roasters (West Chicago Jazz Fest)
June 15th : Rockopelli (formal live arts)
June 19th : Yogev Shetrit (via the Israeli Consulate Midwest) at the Jazz Showcase (formal live arts)
June 21st : 6-8PM : ART IN THE PARK Make Music West Chicago Jazz Occurrence with the KAIA String Quartet at The Shell (Reed-Keppler Park 201 W. National Street West Chicago). Made possible by People Made Visible of West Chicago #makemusicday (West Chicago Jazz Fest)
June 23rd: AACM: Wadada Leo Smith and the Great Black Music Ensemble at the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts
June 26th : X City Winery Chicago (unofficial)
June 29-30th: Jazz Institute of Chicago’s 50th Birthday Bash
July 13th: Jazz UP Glen Ellyn
July 28th 6-8pm:: A Night Out in the Parks with The Greg Ward Trio (Greg Ward/Dennis Carroll/Gregory Artry) Fred Anderson Park/Velvet Legacy-Birdhouse
August 1st 9pm: Rico performs Santana's classic "Abraxas" Album (Jazz Record Art Collective) Fulton Street Collective 1821 W Hubbard Chicago 60622
August 1st 1-2:30pm: Tom Sharpe Live with special guest visual artist Lewis Achenbach. Oswego Public Library (1111 Reading Dr. Montgomery, IL 60538)
August 8th : CAKE Out of Space Summer Series Evanston, IL (officially invited) Vincent DiFiore, John McCrea, Xan McCurdy, Todd Roper, Daniel McCallum
August 23rd 7-9pm: Jazz Occurrence No.18 with ORIGIN OF ANIMAL (Aurora Public Arts)
August 24th 11am-7pm: Marvin Tate’s Jazz On The Block
August 29th 6-8pm: The Dave Rempis Quartet & The Nois Saxophone Quarter (Fred Anderson Park, 1611 S. Wabash Ave)
Honoring Fred Anderson With a Nod To Charlie Parker's 99th Birthday. A Part of the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival
September 11th: CHELY WRIGHT & ALICE PEACOCK at City Winery Chicago (unofficial)
September 13th: Jazz Occurrence No.19 VOLCANO RADAR (Oswego Fine Arts)
September 25th: Geof Bradfield does Ornette Coleman’s Science Fiction for Chris Anderson’s JAZZ RECORD ART COLLECTIVE at Fulton Street Collective
September 28th: HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL in the Reva & David Logan Performance Hall (upper deck) - official, documenting Angel Bat Dawid’s Requiem for Jazz, Willie Jones III Sextet featuring Renee Neufville, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson duet, & Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few Story of 400 Years
October 3rd: Adrian Belew at Space Evanston (digital live painting)
October 23rd: MADELEINE PEYROUX at City Winery (date. no live arts)
November 4th: Tomeka Reid Quartet at Constellation (unofficial)
November 7th: Adderley & the Poll-Winners" performed live @JRAC (Fulton Street Collective) Mike Smith - Alto/Andy Brown - Guitar/Jordan Baskin - Piano
Jeff Hamann - Bass/Mike Schlick - Drums/Lewis Achenbach - brushes on canvas
November 10th : Jennie Oh Brown at Constellation Chicago : Giantess record release
November 11th : Robert Forster (Go Betweens) at Evanston SPACE (digital live painting)
November 14th : Booker T Jones at City Winery
November 22nd : IAEA keynote Lewis Achenbach & solo alto-sax GREG WARD (Jazz Occurrence No.20)
November 22nd: Craig Taborn & Kris Davis at the Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts (House Left A 13)
November 29th- December 1st: CHICAGO TARDIS
December 4th : Jane Monheit at City Winery
December 18th : Avreeayl RA & Time Machine : Jazz Occurrence No.21 Constellation : Marvin Tate/Matt Piet/Jeff Kimmel/Avreeayl Ra/Lewis Achenbach
2020
January 9th : (International Anthem) Junius Paul w/ Marquis Hill, Makaya McCraven, Brandee Younger trio at Public Records NY
January 10th: (NYC Winter Jazz Festival) at SubCulture NYC : Theo Bleckmann’s Mixtape/Matthew Whitaker Quartet/Connie Han/YES! Trio. Ali Jackson, Aaron Goldberg, OmarAvital/Jazz Gallery Allstars/Michael Olatuja’s ‘Lagos Pepper Soup’
January 11th : (NYC Winter Jazz Festival) at SubCulture NYC : Laila Biali/The Cookers/Harold Lopez-Nussa/Kat Edmonson/Rene Marie’s experiment In Truth/Gregg August’s ‘Dialogues on Race’
February 19th : Davis/Griffin's "Lookin' At Monk" performed live at JRAC (Fulton Street Collective): Chris Madsen - Tenor/Geof Bradfield - Alto/Reggie Thomas - Piano/Dennis Carrol - Bass/George Fludas - Drums
February 20th: Outertown Bethany Clearfield at Fulton Street Collective
February 23rd : Elmhurst Jazz Festival with Dennis Mackrel, Bobby Shew, Bobby Floyd, Gary Smulyan + Elmhurst College Lab band, Joliet Junior College Big band, Harper College Combo, Roosevelt University Latin Jazz ensemble, Murray State University Big band, Central Michigan U Big band, College Of Dupage Big Band. (official traditional and digital)
February 28th: (the first) TEATRO FUNDUS at Fulton Street Collective (1821 W Hubbard St Chicago): Kaia String Quartet (8-9pm) + Luciano Antonio solo (7-8pm) + Live Artists: Lewis Achenbach, Arthur Wright, Patricia Linninger Colmener, Dail Kirkpatrick, Kristin Wenc, Catherine Daniels, Laura Schueren, Nashon Holloway, Melanie Brown, Karol Hilker
March 4-6: Jazz Occurrence Festival at Matoaca Elementary School Richmond Virginia (workshops in improvisation with preK - 6th grade)
March 6th: Jazz Occurrence No.22 with the US Army Training and Doctrine Command Band (from Fort Eustis, VA)
March 15th: (cancelled) Oops! Pow! Surprise! This improvisational multi-sensory event, curated by dancer/choreographer Cristal Sabbagh, unites musicians, dancers, vocalists, technology and artistic documentation ($10) at the Elastic Arts Foundation Chicago
Musicians: Nick Alvarez-percussion Johanna Brock- violin and voice Jayve Montgomery- electronics & multiple instruments Julian Otis- voice Scott Rubin- electronics & viola Eli Sabbagh- percussion Dancers: Keisha Janae, Cristal Sabbagh, Legend Smith, Anna Martine Whitehead Visual Artist: Lewis Achenbach Videography- Jonathon Woods Photography- Liina Raud
March 22nd : Fred Anderson’s Birthday
March 24th: (cancelled) Dal Niente + Ken Vandermark perform Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis, Katinka Kleijn @ Thalia Hall (official)
March 26th: (cancelled) Ensemble Dal Niente with Ken Vandermark @ Washington University St. Louis (official)
April 5th: (cancelled) Melissa Aldana at the Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts (House Left A 13)
April 16th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Adam Shead live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
April 22nd: JRAC live w Katie Ernst and Dustin Laurenzi
April 23rd: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Isabella Isherwood on Instagram @lewisachenbach 8-9PM CST
April 30th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Scott Hesse on Instagram @lewisachenbach 8-9PM CST
May 7th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Kovack Brass on Instagram @lewisachenbach 8-9PM CST
May 14th: Studio 100 Prospect’s Fine Arts Evening : Painting with Mr. Lew live on Facebook 6:30-7:30PM CST
May 14th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Clarendon Middle School Band on Instagram @lewisachenbach 8-9PM CST
May 16th: Sequester Sessions w Cristal Sabbagh/Jayve Montgomery/Lewis Achenbach live on YouTube
May 21st: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w DoYeon Kim live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
May 26th: TEDx Salon Series 7PM CST with Timothy Archbold
May 28th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Joel Ross live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
June 4th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC BLACK OUT
June 11th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w James Sanders live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
June 18th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Alysha Monique live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
June 25th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Ben Schmidt-Swartz live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
July 2nd: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Maeve & Quinn live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
July 9th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Francois Houle live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
July 14th: Sequester Sessions w Thaddeus Tukes live on Youtube 8-9PM CST
July 16th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Isaiah Spencer live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
July 23rd: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Alaina Stacey live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
July 30th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w TBA live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
August 6th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Matt Piet live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
August 13th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Bethany Pickens live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
August 20th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Quin Kirchner live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
August 27th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Jordan Baskin live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
September 1st: JAZZ OCCURRENCE NO.23 w Quin Kirchner, Fred Jackson Jr, Isabella Isherwood, Caroline Davis, DoYeon Kim, Alex Wing, Danny Kamins
September 3rd: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Chris Greene live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
September 10th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Hana Fujisaki live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
September 11th: ELASTIC ARTS 3RD ANNUAL BENEFIT, 8:50pm CDT - Cristal Sabbagh, Scott Rubin, Lewis Achenbach
September 17th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Dalia Chin live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
September 24th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Julia Miller live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
October 1st: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Rachel Brown live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
October 8th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Professor Jennie Oh Brown live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
October 15th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Doctor Michael Allemana live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
October 22nd: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Doctor Adam Zanolini live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
October 29th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Michael Hall live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
November 5th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Wayne Tucker live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
November 12th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Leslie Beukelman live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
November 19th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w Marcus Evans live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
November 26th: THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE MUSIC w TBA live split-screen on Instagram 8-9PM CST
November 27th-29th : CHICAGO TARDIS 21 (virtual)
2021
‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) programming (live on Instagram @lewisachenbach 8-9pm CST) Season 2 2021 (TNLM):
January 21st: TNLM Val Jeanty
January 28th: TNLM Sasha Berliner
February 24th: Benefit for FSC w/Roy McGrath Trio
February 25th: TNLM Jodi Swanson
March 11th: TNLM Joe Policastro trio (Greg Artry, Dave Miller) live from the Allegro Hotel (171 W Randolph Chicago)
March 19th: Alejandro Salazar Quartet at Fulton Street Collective live stream
March 25th: TNLM Dave Miller
March 29th: The Music of Herb Alpert, an 86th Birthday Celebration at the Fulton Street Collective, Chad McCullough
March 31st: Herb Alpert 86 live broadcast @lewisachenbach YouTube
April 8th: TNLM Keri Johnsrud
April 13th: MW70 live @lewisachenbach YouTube, celebrating Max Weinberg at 70
April 16th: PICOSA live broadcast from Wentz Hall, North Central College Fin Arts, Naperville
April 22nd: TNLM Marta Sanchez (live from New York)
April 29th: TNLM w Adam Shead
May 13th: TNLM w Katy Vernon
May 18th: Roy McGrath Quintet live from the Allegro Sonesta Royal Hotel Palladium stage (private event)
May 20th: TNLM Paul Abella trio live from the Allegro Sonesta Royal Hotel Palladium stage: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thursday-night-life-music-live-from-the-allegro-royal-sonesta-hotel-tickets-153477626713?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
May 27th: TNLM Jihee Heo (live from New York)
June 5th 2021: Z Festival celebrating the life and works of Saalik Ziyad at Fred Anderson Park
June 12-14th 7pm: Z Festival broadcasts link: twitch.tv/elasticartschicago
June 17th: TNLM Samuel Mosching live from the Allegro Sonesta Royal Hotel Palladium stage tickets
July 15th: TNLM Brent Griffin Jr Birthday Show live from the Allegro Sonesta Royal Hotel Palladium stage: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thursday-night-life-music-live-from-the-allegro-royal-sonesta-hotel-tickets-153477626713?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
August 5th: 6pm in Fred Anderson Park with MIYUMI Project with Fred Anderson Legacy Concert II, Featuring Mai Sugimoto and Fred Jackson (alto saxophones) and Kioto Aoki (percussion). Sponsored in-part by Night Out in the Parks, Asian Improv aRts Midwest and Birdhouse Inc.
August 12th: Molly Rose live from the Allegro Sonesta Royal Hotel Palladium stage
September 9th: TNLM Keri Johnsrud & Tom Vaitsas live from the Allegro Sonesta Royal Hotel Palladium stage
2022
January 29th 2-4pm: Rez Arts Fest live performance and discussion w Dawn Bishop, harpist
February 3rd 8-9pm CST: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Ruth Mudge, cello
February 10th 8-9pm CST: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Jonathan Hannau, piano
February 24th 8-9pm: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Gina Saputo & Joe Bagg
February 24th- February 27th: the 55th annual Elmhurst Jazz Festival
March 3rd 8-9pm CST: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Aubrey Johnson, vocals
March 8th 8pm: Bobby Broom w the Addison Jordan Quartet at Fulton Street Collective
March 10th 8-9pm CST: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Samuel Mosching, guitar
March 24th 8-9pm CST: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Chad McCullough and Herbs and Spices: the Other Delights: Herb Alpert 87th Birthday Celebration at Fulton Street Collective
April 7th 8-9pm CST: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Roy McGrath, saxophone
April 14th: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Chuck Ferrari, guitar
April 20th: Quebe Sisters City Winery
April 21st: ‘Thursday Night Life Music’ (TNLM) live broadcast collaboration on Instagram @lewisachenbach w Marcus Evans, percussion/electronics
May 27th 6pm - 8pm: Dupage Community Arts Festival (VIP set) - Orbert Davis & Tammy McCann
May 28th 10am - 11pm: Dupage Community Arts Festival (Dupage County Fairgrounds)
June 2nd-June 5th: Z FEST II
June 3rd: James Sanders Conjuncto & Preyas Roy Quintet Constellation Chicago
June 4th: Lynne Jordan & Donovan Mixon Elastic Arts Foundation
June 8th: Alysha Monique City Winery
June 9th: Lynne Jordan City Winery
June 12th: Four Star Quartet. Fred Anderson Park. Night Out in the Parks. DCASE
June 15th: Fred Jackson Jr. + Ryan Mayer Juneteenth RiverPoint concert
June 15th: MidTown Strings RiverPoint concert
June 20th: Future Perfect rehearsal Kehrein Center for the Arts
July 10th: Mai Sugimoto Trio, Isaiah Spencer, Joshua Abrams. Fred Anderson Park. Night Out in the Parks. DCASE
July 16th: JAZZ UP GLEN ELLYN
July 18-19: Adrian Belew at City Winery Chicago
July 20th: Dawn Bishop. Riverpoint concert
July 21st: Shawn Maxwell. Jazz Showcase
July 28th: Kenny Garrett. Lakeside Pavilion. COD. McAninch Arts Center
July 30th: Porch and Park Music Festival. Joliet IL
August 2nd: Mike Philips at City Winery
August 3rd: Wheaton Public Library BLOODDRIVE w Timothy & Karen Archbold, Trevor Hill, Lynn LaPlante, & Dawn Bishop
August 13th: Frank Russell at the Epiphany Center for the Arts + Art opening: the Sonic Story Continues. Sanctuary Hall
August 14th: Scott Hesse Trio, Dana Hall, Clark Sommers at Fred Anderson Park. Night Out in the Parks. DCASE
August 20th: Art opening: Jazz Occurrence Art Exhibition. Addison Center for the Arts 5-7pm w Joe Eddy Brown
August 24th: Jim Peterik’s Guitar Maddness at City Winery Chicago
August 25th: Samuel Mösching at the Epiphany Center for the Arts
August 27-28: Festival of the Arts in Glen Ellyn
August 29th: Fred Anderson Park: Mwata Bowden, Leon Allen, Ari Brown, Yosef Ben Israel, Dushon Mosley. Night Out in the Parks. DCASE
August 30th: Junius Paul. MCA Tues Terrace
September 1-4: CHICAGO JAZZ FEST
September 7th: Duane Betts at City Winery Chicago
September 9-10: LIGHTENING BUG Festival
September 14th: Morgan Pirtle at the Epiphany Center for the Arts
September 15th: Addison Arts Guild workshop w Felix Pham. Addison Center for the Arts.
September 16th: Oswego Jazz Occurrence: Roy McGrath’s MENJUNJE Ensemble
September 17th: Isabella Isherwood at the Epiphany Center for the Arts. Closing art exhibition: Sonic Story Continues
September 18th: Acoustic Music Series: Dan Moroz + Tim Seisser. Epiphany Center for the Arts
September 19th: CHRIS GREENE Quartet at City Winery Chicago
September 21st: ERNANI at the Lyric Opera House Chicago
September 23rd: SPACE presents: HERB ALPERT + LANI HALL at Cahn Auditorium, NorthWestern University
September 24-25: HYDE PARK JAZZ FEST
September 28th: Victor Jara 90th birthday (that he did not get to have) celebration
October 1st: TEDXNaperville Salon
October 6th: Fiddler on the Roof. Lyric Opera
October 7th: VAiFF concert, Cultural Center Chicago
October 13th: Pharaoh Sanders Birthday Celebration
November 17th: Don Carlos. Lyric Opera
November 25-27: CHICAGO TARDIS
2023
January 11-13-15th: Rendezvous Arts w the Kontras Quartet
January 20th: w Patricia Barber at Fulton Street Collective
February 1st: Hansel and Gretel at the Lyric Opera Chicago (unofficial)
February 3rd: w Matt Piet at Constellation Chicago
February 10th: Arman Sangalang Quartet (Cafe Logan) & Melissa Aldana (Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts - University of Chicago)
February 18th: Warhol Gala
February 24-26: PENSACON, Pensacola Florida & Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
March 15th: CARMEN Lyric Opera
March 16th: Tim Placher’s Shamrockin’ Good Time (fundraiser Rialto Square Theatre Joliet)
March 31st: Herb Alpert Birthday Celebration (3rd annual) at Fulton Street Collective w Chad McCoullogh
April 1st: Jazz Occurrence w Jonathan Hannau at Fulton Street Collection Chicago
April 19th: Paul Abella’s Questionable Decisions performs Sonny Sharrock’s Ask the Ages JRAC FSC
April 27th: Glen Bard West Glen Ellyn w Lynn LaPlante
April 30th 2-4pm: International Jazz Day at the Wheaton Public Library w Morgan Pirtle + Aaron Day
June Z FEST proposed until 2024
June 15th: remote VisionFest w Separatist Party
June 18th: JAZZ & WINE FEST (Cantigny Park) w Thaddeus Dukes, Frank Catalano
June 19th: Stephen Philip Harvey Octet at FSC
June 21st: MAKE MUSIC DAY Chicago (DePaul University) w Sara Su Jones, Christopher Laughlin, Alexander Reyes, Gabriella Polonus
June 24th: DSO Dupage Symphony Orchestra Top o’ the Charts (Cantigny Park)
June 25th: Shawn Maxwell house concert
July 9th: Puppet Tap BOP! No.2 at Fred Anderson Park w Wonder Wagon Puppeteers, MADD Rhythms Tap Academy & Fred Jackson Jr., Adam Zanolini, Ben Lamar Gay sponsored by Chicago park District and Night Out In The Parks 2023
July 9th: Bill Goffrier at the Hideout Chicago
July 14th: Brian Citro Quartet at Madame Zuzu’s Highland Park
July 15th: JAZZ UP Glen Ellyn
August 2nd 8pm: Harold Land’s West Coast Blues performed by Trevor Hill’s Beyond Standard JRAC at FSC
August 5th 9am-2pm: Wheaton Warhol Birthday Party at the Plaza (French Market Downtown Wheaton) featuring Trevor Hill’s Beyond Standard & Paul Abella’s Questionable Decisions plus silk-screening demo by SBI Tees plus a POP UP POP ART exhibition featuring a mural and over-sized jazz album covers by Andy Warhol
August 13th 5:30pm: Puppet Tap BOP! No.3 w Fred Jackson Trio, MADD Rhythms Tap Academy & Wonder Wagon Puppeteers sponsored by the Chicago Park District and Night Out In The Parks
September 23rd - October 7th: Twisting the Wheel art display at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (exhibition of 9 hours, 13 original artworks of rehearsal sketching during the company’s production of The Flying Dutchman).
November 24-26th: Chicago Tardis, Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebration Westin Hotel Yorktown Lombard
December 14th: The Quentin Coaxum Quintet perform (and discuss) Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas at Fulton Street Collective (1821 W Hubbard St. Chicago 60622) w Dustin Laurenzi, Stu Mindeman, Jake Vinsel and Mikel Patrick Avery
December 18th: The Unknown New (Three Floors record release) at Fulton Street Collective (1821 W Hubbard St. Chicago 60622) w Paul Mutzabaugh, Rich Stitzel, Vance Okraszewski, Jon Deitmeyer, Mike Pinto, Chris Seibold, Jim Tashjian, Andrew Ecklund