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Milenijumski park / Millennium Park 31 03 avg. / aug sept. / sept
ČIKAGO DŽEZ FESTIVAL Najstariji od besplatnih muzičkih festivala na obali jezera u Čikagu može se pohvaliti neverovatno raznolikom posta- vom jer uključuje koncerte u komšiluku koji vode do glavne predstave u Milenijumskom parku i dodatnih programa ši- rom grada tokom vikenda pred američki Praznik rada (La- bour Day). Čikaški džez festival je deo gradske letnje mu- zičke postave više od 40 godina, a opseg umetnika se proteže od legendi džeza do uticajnih modernih majstora i ključnih novih glasova u kontinuiranoj evoluciji žanra. Kada je veliki Djuk Elington umro u leto 1974. godine, neko- liko desetina muzičara iz Čikaga održalo je festival u njego- vu čast na južnom kraju Grant Parka. Zatim su 1978. godine muzičari održali prvi Memorijalni koncert za Džona Koltrej- na u Grant Parku, da bi sledece godine Institut za džez u Či- kagu počeo da planira svoj avgustovski festival. Prvi Čikaš- ki džez festival imao je Elingtonovo veče, Koltrejnovo veče i pet drugih programa u organizaciji Džez instituta, a održan je u novom Petrilo Mjuzik Šelu. Čak 125.000 ljudi došlo je da sluša, igra, piknikuje na travi i uživa u rađanju onoga što će postati najveći besplatni džez festival na svetu.
CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL The oldest of Chicago’s free lakefront music festivals boasts an incredibly diverse line-up, which includes free neighbour- hood concerts leading up to the main show in the city’s Mil- lennium Park and additional programming throughout the city over the course of Labour Day weekend. The Chica- go Jazz Festival has been part of the city’s summer music schedule for more than 40 years. The range of artists spans from jazz legends to influential modern masters and crucial new voices in the genre’s continuing evolution. When the great Duke Ellington died in the summer of 1974. several dozen Chicago musicians held a festival in his hon- our, at the south end of Grant Park. Then, in 1978, musicians held the first John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Grant Park and the next year the Jazz Institute of Chicago began plan- ning its own August festival. The first Chicago Jazz Festival, held at the new Petrillo Music Shell, had an Ellington night, a Coltrane night, and five other programmes organised by the Jazz Institute. As many as 125,000 people came to listen, dance, picnic on the grass and enjoy the birth of what was to become the world’s most extensive free jazz festival.
Najstariji od besplatnih muzičkih festivala na obali jezera u Čikagu može se pohvaliti neverovatno raznolikom postavom The oldest of Chicago’s free lakefront music festivals boasts an incredibly diverse line-up
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