For jazz fans seeking after-hours jamming, Joe Segal's JazzShowcase, 636 S. Michigan (312-427-4300), will present fest artistsof mainstream leanings nightly during the festival, beginning ataround 10:30. And those "Nomads of Modern Music" at SouthendMusicworks will offer more experimental-minded names from thefestival at their new space at 1313 S. Wabash (312-939-2848). Setswill begin at about 10 each night of the fest. Composer-saxophonist Andrew Tecson's Chicago Jazz Mass will becelebrated at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 637S. Dearborn (312-939-3720). A free-will offering will be taken. Paintings and etchings of jazz musicians by artist Jonathon Williamswill be featured in the Truman Room of the Blackstone Hotel, 636 S.Michigan, from 2 to 10 p.m. today through Sunday (312-427-4300). The CTA will provide extra bus and rail service for the Chicago JazzFestival.
At the conclusion of the performances on all three days, therewill be extra service on the No. 6 Jeffery Express. No. 6 buses willbe parked southbound on Michigan Avenue at Jackson Boulevard; No.151 buses will be parked northbound at Michigan and Jackson; No. 130buses, serving both Union and Northwestern commuter train stations,have a northbound bus stop at Michigan and Jackson.
Also, extra service will be added to theHoward-Englewood-Jackson Park and Lake/Dan Ryan rapid transit routes.
For more information, call (312) 836-7000 in Chicago; (800)972-7000 in the suburbs. Jazz fans can avoid traffic altogether and tune into WBEZ-FM (91.5).The station will broadcast all main stage shows live.
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