Live Music

Fulton Street Collective presents a performance with JULIAN DAVIS REID QUARTET on Monday November 3rd at 7:30pmThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.Julian Davis Reid is a pianist and composer from Chicago whose music is introspective and hopeful. He and his touring band Circle of Trust will be playing music from his […]

Fulton Street Collective presents a performance with and ALEX KELSH & INTANGIBLE TRUTH and CLARK SOMMERS TRIO on Tues. November 4th @7:30pmThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.7:30pm CLARK SOMMERS TRIOClark Sommers - BassStu Mindeman - PianoJonn Deitemeyer - Drums8:30pm ALEX KELSH & INTANGIBLE TRUTHAlex Kelsh - SaxophoneOliver Scott - PianoNat Lin […]

Fulton Street Collective presents Joel Baer's B-Day Bash and Video Game Music Night with Blueshift Big Band on Thursday November 6th at 7:30The Blueshift Big Band will play tunes from their new release from iam8bit as well as arrangements from Kingdom Hearts, Sonic the Hedgehog, Castlevania and will feature special guests Neil Carson, Abram Collier […]

Fulton Street Collective presents a performance w/Ruth Fuerst benefiting Albany Park Theater Project and Hyde Park Refugee Project Nov. 9thIf you're looking for a show of standards, this may not be the show for you. If, however, you want to hear a mix of funny, offbeat, clever, and honest songs about love, longing, and life, […]

Fulton Street Collective presents an album release performance for Sam Pilnick Nonet THE PROJECT on Tuesday, November 11th at 7:30pmThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.Sam Pilnick’s Nonet Project Album Release“The Project”Sam Pilnick Tenor SaxEvon Sams Alto SaxTeg Hogarth Bari SaxDakari Barclay TrumpetAndrew Meyer TromboneAndrew Subhihaslip GuitarGrayson Nye PianoMary Halm BassEthan Bouwsma […]

FSC presents a performance with Nancy Hays & Lush Life Jazz, The Best of New Orleans; A Salute to Satchmo, Harry Connick Jr. and More Nov 12The eveing will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.Nancy Hays and Lush Life Jazz (who just performed in Times Square) bring their New Orleans program to Chicago which […]

Jazz Record Art Collective presents Andrew Lawrence Quintet performing Mahavishnu Orchestra's 1973 release BIRDS OF FIRE @ FSC on Nov. 13thThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA."Emboldened by the popularity of Inner Mounting Flame among rock audiences, the first Mahavishnu Orchestra set out to further define and refine its blistering jazz-rock direction […]

Fulton Street Collective presents a return performance with BELMAUS and THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH on Monday, November 17th at 7:30pm.The evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.7:30 BELMAUS8:30 THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH7pm Doors7:30pm Show$15FREE PARKING

Fulton Street Collective presents a performance with ALYSSA ALLGOOD QUINTET on Tuesday, November 18th at 7:30pmThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.Named a “Rising Star Female Vocalist” in the 2024 and 2025 Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll and voted “Best Individual Jazz Musician” in the 2024 Chicago Reader Poll, Alyssa Allgood has captured […]

Fulton Street Collective presents GREG JACKS' GROUP performing Billy Joel's iconic album THE STRANGER on Wednesday November 19th at 7:30pmThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA."Spending six weeks at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, The Stranger was Joel's critical and commercial breakthrough. Four singles were released in the US, […]

Fulton Street Collective presents an album release performance with IAN TORRES GROUP on Thursday, November 20th at 7:00pmThe eveing will feature live painting from visual artist Jesus Monsivais.Comprovisation marks Ian Torres’ first album in 12 years, a bold return from the Chicago trumpeter, composer, and educator. Recorded at his Sótano Creativo Studios, the project embodies […]

Fulton Street Collective presents a return performance with MID-AIR on Tuesday, December 2nd at 7:30pm.The evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.Started in the summer of 2024, this project is Sachio Nang's full blown vision of the perfect mix of jazz, funk, fusion, rock, and gospel. With a 5 piece horn section, and […]

Jazz Record Art Collective presents Hunter Diamond Quintet performing Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons 1962 release THE CRY Wed. Dec. 3 @ FSCThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.In the early '60s, flutist Prince Lasha's work with alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons was often compared to the trailblazing free jazz that Ornette Coleman […]

Blueshift Big Band plays music from FINAL FANTASY VI, arranged and conducted by Joe Clark on Thursday Dec. 4th at Fulton Street CollectiveThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist John Ross Wilson.Don’t miss an incredible night of VGM!BLUESHIFT BIG BANDis:Joel Baer - Drums / Co-LeaderChris Parsons - Guitar / Co-LeaderDan Parker - BassJake […]

JRAC presents Paul Mutzabaugh 3 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pat Metheny's BRIGHT SIZE LIFE Mon. Dec. 8th @ Fulton Street CollectiveThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.Pat Metheny's debut studio album is a good one, a trio date that finds him already laying down the distinctively cottony, slightly withdrawn tone and […]

Fulton Street Collective presents a performance with BRAD WHEELER FUSIONEY BAND on Tuesday, December 9th at 7:30pmThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.Brad Wheeler is a premiere Chicago saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator. In Chicago, he has performed with Mose Allison, Kurt Elling, Von Freeman, Laurence Hobgood, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, the […]

Jazz Record Art Collective presents Jayden Richardson Trio performing Tommy Flanagan's 1957 debut release OVERSEAS on Wed. Dec. 10th at FSCThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA."This studio session represents one of Tommy Flanagan's earliest dates as a leader, recorded while he was in Stockholm, Sweden. Bassist Wilbur Little and a young […]

JRAC presents Senya Rogers Kaufman & Friends performing two Milt Jackson records, THE BIG 3 and BAGS MEETS WES Tuesday. December. 16 at FSCThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.THE BIG 3"This set features a notable pianoless combo: vibraphonist Milt Jackson, guitarist Joe Pass, and bassist Ray Brown. These three masterful players […]

JRAC Presents Michael Nearpass Large Ensemble performing jazz interpretations of Duke Ellington’s THE NUTCRACKER SUITE Wed. Dec. 17 at FSCThe evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA."In 1960, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn decided to take on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, released on Columbia records. Although there were risks of transforming the works […]

JRAC Presents Michael Nearpass Large Ensemble performing Duke Ellington’s THE NUTCRACKER SUITE Wed. Dec. 17 at FSC (2nd at Show 9:30pm)The evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA."In 1960, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn decided to take on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, released on Columbia records. Although there were risks of transforming the […]