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The 11th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival
October 13-21, 2006

Building on the tremendous success of last year's 10th Anniversary celebration, this year’s 11th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival will present yet another exciting series of performances spanning two weeks and 4 venues throughout Chicago.

Featuring the finest in contemporary Asian American music created by Chicago-resident, national and internationally acclaimed Asian American artists and their collaborators, the AAJF highlights new and relevant music that combine elements of Jazz, traditional Asian music, rock, hip hop, spoken word, experimental music and more, representing the Asian American experience through music. The AAJF has been hailed as "a crowning event on the city's cultural calendar." (Chicago Tribune)

Schedule:

Opening Night!
CONTINUUM - Tradition and Innovation
Friday, October 13, 2006
8pm
Links Hall
3435 N. Sheffield Avenue
$12 - For reservations, call Links Hall at (773) 281 0824
• The Chicago Korean Music Ensemble featuring Hyun-Chung Kim, Kang Hee Lee, Sun Woo Yang and Grace Yi
• The Jeff Chan Trio featuring Jeff Chan – saxophones, Karl E.H. Seigfried – contrabass, Greg Diethrich – percussion and special guest from Oakland, CA, Dohee Lee – Korean percussion
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STRINGS ARE THE THING - Guitar Meets Shamisen
Saturday, October 14, 2006
2pm
The Claudia Cassidy Theater at The Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington
Free Admission
• From Tokyo – shamisen (Japanese lute) artist Chizuru Kineya with guest vocalist Yoko Noge
• The Gary Tu Trio featuring Gary Tu – guitar, Kurt Schweitz – bass and Tim Davis – drums
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WHAT WE SAY - An Evening of Poetry, Spoken Word and Song
Saturday, October 14, 2006
8pm
The HotHouse
31 E. Balbo
$15
• From San Francisco – Avotcja and Shirley Muramoto plus special guests – spoken word and koto
• Yoko Noge's Japanesque featuring shamisen artist Chizuru Kineya of Tokyo and Chicago blues legend Lurrie Bell
• Singer/songwriter Cynthia Lin and Friends
• Jazz Mata featuring Kalyan Pathak - tabla and drumset, Elizabeth Basta – voice, tanpura, Greg Ward – saxophones, Patrick Mulcahy – bass, Ed Gerber - guitar, and Tim Green – piano

Also! The 11th Annual Asian American Jazz Festival will be presenting a 2-day silent auction, offering many fun and interesting items to go to the highest bidder. Proceeds go to support the programs of Asian Improv aRts Midwest, including the AAJF. AIRMW is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization. Free with paid admission to the performance.
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ROOTS HERE, ROOTS THERE – West Coast Meets Midwest
Sunday, October 15, 2006
8pm
The HotHouse
31 E. Balbo
$15
• From Oakland, CA – pan-Asian percussion ensemble Asian Crisis featuring Jason Jong – taiko, Art Hirahara – piano, Francis "Kiko" Lacsamana – e. bass and kulintang, John Kim - changgu, Meena Makhijani - tabla, Masaru Koga – woodwinds and special guests
• Tatsu Aoki's Miyumi Project Big Band presents an encore performance of Aoki's re:Rooted, an epic, visionary musical suite that premiered at Chicago’s Millennium Park in July 2006.

Also! The 11th Annual Asian American Jazz Festival presents day 2 of its silent auction, offering many fun and interesting items to go to the highest bidder. Proceeds go to support the programs of Asian Improv aRts Midwest, including the AAJF. AIRMW is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization. Free with paid admission to the performance.
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Closing Weekend!
NEW BEGINNINGS – A New Band, A New Venue
Friday and Saturday, October 20-21, 2006
Sets starting at 9pm
The Velvet Lounge
67 E. Cermak
$10
Join us on this special weekend as the AAJF celebrates the opening of the new Velvet Lounge, Chicago's home for creative jazz. The AAJF brings you two straight nights of a new quartet featuring leading figures of American creative music: Chicago’s own Fred Anderson – tenor saxophone and Tatsu Aoki – contrabass, New-York-resident-but-Chicago-native Chad Taylor – drums and San Francisco's Francis Wong – saxophone.
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Acknowledgments
Asian Improv aRts Midwest and the 11th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival are supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Chicago Tribune Foundation, the Field Foundation of Illinois and the Joyce Foundation, a member of the Chicago Jazz Partnership.

Contact Us
If you would like to find out more about the 11th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival, AIRMW, share an idea or make a donation, here is how to contact us:

Asian Improv aRts Midwest
410 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 943
Chicago, IL 60605

infoairmw@airmw.org
www.airmw.org
(708) 386 9349
(708) 575 1869