The Hall For Us All
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
St. Charles native, blazing up and coming guitarist Jack Buratczuk will perform
with Jacob Nowakowski on bass and Rohan Marr on drums
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
Gomeh Barak - Trumpet
Greg Jung - Saxophone
Tom Vaitsas - Piano
John Sutton - Bass
Luke Sagadin - Drums
Dennis Carroll on bass
Joey Skoch on keys
Lee Rothenberg Guitar
Neil Hemphill Drums
A Chicago-based band rooted in the city’s native Jazz and Blues Tradition and formed in response to the challenges posed for live performers in the wake of the 2020 pandemic. Led by legendary bass player and songwriter Dennis Carroll, DC & The Love brings together a group of premier musicians who began playing spontaneously on porches and public venues around the city, immediately embraced by audiences for their musicianship and originality. Since those early days, DC & The Love has evolved into one of the most exciting and cutting-edge bands in the country, playing some of Chicago’s best clubs and recording their first highly acclaimed EP titled “Go Up.” The leader, Dennis Carroll, a sideman for decades to many of the great jazz players is now leading his own group. Lee Rothenberg plays guitar, Joey Skoch plays keys, and Neil Hemphill plays drums.
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
An NIU Jazz Alumni and St Charles resident, Sam Wyatt has been tearing it up on the keys around the Chicagoland area. This trio will feature:
Sam Wyatt - Organ
Joel Ream - Guitar
Juan Pastor - Drums
Luke is a great drummer based in Chicago. He has played at the hall a few times with different groups, mainly the Righteous Rooster Organ Trio. This Wednesday he will perform with a new quartet project featuring some marvelous musicians from around the city.
Featuring:
Luke Sagadin - Drums
John Sutton - Bass
Greg Jung - Sax
Gomeh Barak - Trumpet
Jack Obretski - Trumpet
Seamus Moore - Tenor Sax
Adam Blendermann - Bass
Ryan Weaver - Drums
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
Matthew Muñeses - Saxophone
Arman Sangalang - Saxophone
Clark Sommers - Bass
Dana Hall - Drums
more info:
Eric Brink - Saxophone
Zach Finnegan - Trumpet
Colin Drozdoff - Piano
Marcel Bonfim - Bass
Peter Mack - Drums
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
The Chicago Experiment was formed in 2025 out of Connor Bernhard's desire to perform more on guitar and realize the dream he had since he was in high school of having an organ powered band.
The trio features himself on guitar, trumpet, arrangements, and compositions along with the inimitable Zack Marks on drums and Andrew "Larry" Lawrence on Hammond B3 organ.
The three met nearly a decade prior to play in the band New Nostalgia and have been friends and accomplices in musical crime ever since with that group, Bonzo Squad and many others. These three musicians share a passion for the harmony and intellectual prowess of jazz, but are also captivated by the infectious groove and melodies of vernacular musics in the popular music genre. Together they synthesize those two commonly separated worlds into the funky fire that is The Chicago Experiment.
The trio currently holds a monthly residency every second Tuesday at one of Chicago's newest jazz clubs, Clara, in Wicker Park and are currently working on their first album as a unit which will feature Bernhard's arrangements of popular cover songs as well as some original compositions.
The Chris Greene Quartet - led by the Evanston saxophone colossus - played its first gig in 2005 and has since become one of the most highly visible, award-winning and critically lauded bands in the Chicago area. While honoring jazz’s tradition, the band incorporates elements of funk, hip-hop, rock, Afro-Cuban, the blues and reggae, reflecting their diverse backgrounds. CGQ is currently celebrating the release of “Conversance,” the first ever jazz release for Chicago’s longest-running indie rock label, Pravda Records.
Check out the new album here:
Featuring new compositions that mix classical saxophone styles of Chika Inoue with the modern jazz concepts of Shawn Maxwell.
Shawn Maxwell - Saxophone
Chika Inoue - Saxophone
Mark Nelson - Keyboards
Michael Barton - Bass
Nils Higdon - Drums
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
Grey Matter Quartet (GMQ) is an ensemble that focuses on fusion styled jazz, originated by the masters of the style (Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, George Duke, Weather Report, YellowJackets, Snarky Puppy, etc)
As all jazz should include original content infusion by the performing musicians, you will find pieces of all of us in the presentation of these compositions. We also consider it our honor and privilege to bring these compositions to our audiences. Be it in a restaurant, dinner party or concert setting. Inevitably folks will be tapping their feet & bobbing their head.
Historically, GMQ started out as a trio. Originated by drummer and founder; Andrew Hix and keyboardist / co-founder Stew Levin. Andrew and Stew have played in numerous ensembles together since the 1990’s. consisting of Late Shift Orchestra, a (5) piece pre-curser ensemble called “Soulfiztication”, and numerous jazz pick up bands.
Andrew is also the drummer for the jazz group – Slyvan Street. They released two LPs that dropped in 2007 & 2014. Andrew also plays in a number of other ensembles in the area and is the founder of the Hix Brothers teaching studios and music stores.
Noah Dee, bassist / composer joined the trio in 2019. Noah is an accomplished pianist/composer as well as bassist. Noah played bass with Stew in an original material ensemble called “Goodwood”. Noah produced and co-wrote the LP “Wicker” with Stew which dropped in 2015. (Available on Itunes & Spotify)
GMQ became a quartet when we had the good fortune to have Jeff Ford (Saxophones) add his voice to the ensemble in 2020. Jeff is an accomplished composer / teacher and performer. Jeff taught music and woodwinds at Wabaunsee College, Jeff also has his own woodwind repair business and plays with ensembles all over the Midwest. Jeff wrote and produced his LP – “Saxophoning” that dropped in 2021.
The unmistakable characteristic and founding principal of the ensemble is that we love the music that we play, love playing it together, and love presenting it to you.
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
3/4/26
Interlace is an exciting new sextet led by Andy Schlinder and Andrew Meyer.
Featuring:
Andrew Meyer - Trombone
Jon McQuade - Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Andy Schlinder - Tenor / Baritone Saxophone
Chris Nolte - Upright Bass
Brandon Harper - Keyboard
Gustavo Cortinas - Drumset
MUSIC @ 7pm
DOORS + Kitchen @ 6pm
For 2026, The Old Elburn Hall House Quintet will play once per month on the last Wednesday of the month.
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Larry Harris (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
Music @ 7pm | Doors+Kitchen 6pm
Jarod Bufe -tenor
Tim Stine - Guitar
Matt Ulery -bass
Jeremy Cunningham -drums
Saxophonist Jarod Bufe has been active in the realms of woodwind repair and music performance since moving to Chicago in 1996. Soon after arriving, he established himself as one of the first-call saxophone repairmen in the area, while performing primarily as a section player in local big bands. In the early 2010s, his affiliation with the musician-curated Ratchet Series at the Skylark in Pilsen reinvigorated his longtime interest in original composition and improvisation in small group contexts. Today, Jarod maintains an active repair practice—counting many of Chicago's finest professional musicians and music educators among his loyal clientele—while regularly performing his original music with his quartet and trio at such area venues as FitzGerald's, the Whistler, and Elastic Arts. His principal collaborators to date include guitarist Tim Stine, bassist Matt Ulery, and drummer Jon Deitemyer, as well as bassists Anton Hatwich and Christian Dillingham, and drummers Quin Kirchner and Frank Rosaly. New Spaces, the debut album by the Jarod Bufe Quartet, was released by Origin Records in 2018.
Kenny Thompson – Guitar & Compositions
Chris Madsen - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones
Vinny Kabat - Bass
TJ Thompson - Drums
Kenny Thompson is a Chicago-based jazz guitarist and composer leading this new quartet project. The band plays primarily original music rooted in modern, straight-ahead jazz — drawing on influences like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, and the early-2000s New York scene, with touches of hard-bop/post-bop and Scofield-era fusion. They also mix in some of our own renditions of standards to keep the set accessible and flowing.
For 2026, The Old Elburn Hall House Quintet will play once per month on the last Wednesday of the month.
Jazz/Bebop Standards, Modern Jazz, and usually some funky/fusion stuff towards the end!
Randy Ream (sax)
Tom Hartnett (keyboards)
Joel Ream (guitar)
Michael Barton (bass)
Peter Mack (drums)
You may recognize Joel Ream from the hall's house quintet and some other groups, but have you heard him play with an organ trio?! Come hang and get down to some groovy music in the style of Grant Green, Jimmy Smith, Larry Young, Pat Martino, and many other great organ trio jazz artists.
featuring Scott Mertens on Organ and Peter Mack on Drums.
