Photos from the 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival, featuring performances by Orbert Davis and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Kurt Elling, and Ramsey Lewis. The WFMT Radio Network, in partnership with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and WDCB 90.9 FM, and with support from Choose Chicago, has undertaken an initiative to bring the Chicago Jazz Festival to listeners locally, nationally and internationally. As part of this project, the WFMT Radio Network has been showcasing select recordings from the 2017 Chicago Jazz Festival to a national audience through the Jazz Network in 2018 and will follow that by showcasing even more, from the 2018 Festival, throughout 2019.
- Welcome to the 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival!
- Mark Kelly, Commissioner of the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
- Dan Bindert of WDCB and Dee Alexander of the Jazz Network backstage during the live broadcasts featured on WDCB
- The crowd at Millennium Park
- The Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion
- The night-time crowd at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion
- Chicago Jazz Philharmonic bandleader Orbert Davis
- Vocalist Tammy McCann and Orbert Davis in performance
- Vocalist Tammy McCann is joined by surprise guest Kurt Elling
- Kurt Elling in performance
- Kurt Elling and ensemble get in the groove
- Kurt Elling and ensemble in performance
- Ramsey Lewis in performance
- Ramsey Lewis and ensemble
- Guitarist Henry Johnson in performance with Ramsey Lewis