Join us for a unique event that straddles the line between jazz and classical! Newly composed music for jazz quintet featuring:
Composer/performers Tim Johnson and Amos Gillespie are both classically trained composers with extensive experience in the jazz realm. It was a natural fit for them to work together to create a unique event that will explore music that taps both modern classical and jazz technique and expression.
The ensemble consists of both classically trained chamber musicians and seasoned jazz professionals, where both areas of performance practice will inform how the music is shaped for the concert.
From the composer’s point of view the process is a collaboration between the classical and jazz worlds, with the resulting scores being more specifically notated than a traditional jazz big band chart, but still allowing the openness and freedom for the jazz side to come to life.
C3 Chamber Jazz Quintet:
Amos Gillespie, saxophone
Tim Johnson, guitar
Matt Mason, piano
Scott Mason, bass
Adam Shead, drums
Program:
Betsy Start, No Loitering
Kyong Mee Choi, Stainless Still
Tim Johnson, Time is the Now
Amos Gillespie, I. Match Light II. The Checkout III. Train Rattle
Tim Edwards, Crosstalk
Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 7:30 pm
The Checkout
Chicago, IL 60613