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Upcoming Events

  • All Day Englewood Jazz Festival
    All Day Englewood Jazz Festival
    All Day Englewood Jazz Festival
    Sat, Sep 16
    Chicago
    Sep 16, 2023, 11:30 AM CDT – Sep 17, 2023, 6:30 PM CDT
    Chicago, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    Sep 16, 2023, 11:30 AM CDT – Sep 17, 2023, 6:30 PM CDT
    Chicago, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    • 11:30 Live the Spirt Residency presents Young Masters. Directed by Ernest Dawkins • 12:30 Alexis Lombre • 1:30 Frank Russell Band • 2:30 New Horizons Ensemble Delmark Allstars w Jeff Parker • 3:35 Spirit of Jazz Awards • 4:00 Joel Ross • 5:00 Trumpet Summit: Marques Carroll / Sean Jones
  • Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few
    Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few
    Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few
    Fri, Sep 15
    Chicago
    Sep 15, 2023, 6:00 PM – Sep 16, 2023, 9:00 PM
    Chicago, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    Sep 15, 2023, 6:00 PM – Sep 16, 2023, 9:00 PM
    Chicago, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few
  • Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera
    Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera
    Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera
    Thu, Sep 14
    Chicago
    Sep 14, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT – Sep 15, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
    Chicago, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    Sep 14, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT – Sep 15, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
    Chicago, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    Ernest Dawkins Live The Spirit Residency Big Band-- Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera

Live the Spirit Mission

Live the Spirit Residency began with the goal of serving the Englewood community by providing high quality, accessible, and inclusive jazz programing for undeserved audiences in this culturally rich neighborhood.  To achieve this we produce an annual jazz festival, host a resident jazz ensemble, and conduct performance and composition workshops with young musicians.  Moreover, by commissioning newly composed works for the resident ensemble we aspire to represent and celebrate the spirit of Englewood and the history and present of the black experience in Chicago.  

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