JAZZ LEGENDS FRED HERSCH TO PERFORM AT CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL
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JAZZ LEGENDS HENRY BUTLER AND FRED HERSCH TO PERFORM AT CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Sponsored by ADA 25 Chicago, concerts are part of a year-long tribute to inclusion in honor of the Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary
WHAT: Two performances at this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival are sponsored by ADA 25 Chicago, a regional initiative of more than 160 organizations that have come together to commemorate this year’s 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Nationally acclaimed jazz pianist Henry Butler will be performing with his band Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9 on Thursday; the legendary Fred Hersch will take the stage the following night. Both Butler, blind since infancy due to glaucoma, and Hersch, who lives with HIV/AIDS, are advocates of the disability community and their rights under the ADA.
WHERE: Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St.
WHEN: Fred Hersch, Friday, September 4, 2015, 7:10 – 8:10pm
ABOUT: Hailed New Orleans pianist and vocalist Henry Butler has been blind since infancy. Butler has a myriad talents and performs both as a soloist and with his various Jazz and Blues bands, as well as with other musicians. His recordings have been praised by Downbeat and Jazz Times and his performances are regularly reviewed in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and others.
Cincinnati native Fred Hersch has been heralded as one the most impressive and innovative jazz pianists—in fact, Vanity Fair proclaimed him “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade.” Hersch balances his internationally recognized instrumental and composing skills with significant achievements as a bandleader, collaborator and theatrical conceptualist. Hersch has also been a passionate spokesman and fundraiser for AIDS services and education agencies over the past 20 years. He has produced and performed on four benefit recordings and in numerous concerts for charities, raising more than $300,000 for the cause.
For more information about Chicago Jazz Festival, please visit www.chicagojazzfestival.us.For more information about ADA 25 Chicago, please visit www.ADA25Chicago.org.
ABOUT ADA 25 CHICAGO:
ADA 25 Chicago is a network of civic partners who have come together to commemorate and advance a civil rights milestone – the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Despite 25 years of progress, people with disabilities still have higher poverty rates, lower employment and poorer educational outcomes than those without disabilities. ADA 25 Chicago is convening leaders from throughout the region to commit to new programs and initiatives that will build awareness and expand access, inclusion and opportunity for people with disabilities in the key areas of education, employment, community inclusion and technology. The vision of ADA 25 Chicago is to help make Metropolitan Chicago the most inclusive region in the nation. The Chicago Community Trust is the lead sponsor of ADA 25 Chicago. For more information, please visit www.ADA25Chicago.org.
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JAZZ LEGENDS FRED HERSCH TO PERFORM AT CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL
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