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The vibe as absolutely excellent this weekend with the Thaddeus Tukes Quartet! Thank you to these fabulous musicians and to everyone who came to listen and hang!

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It was an honor and a pleasure to see and shake hands with Bethany Pickens, while visiting the Muddy Waters Mojo Museum, during the #ohc 26.

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The 20th Hyde Park Jazz Festival with perfect weather and music. #hydeparkchicago #hydeparkjazz #hydeparkjazzfestival #livejazz #chicagojazz #livemusic #livemusicphotography #WDCB

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Thank you all so much for making the 20th Anniversary Hyde Park Jazz Festival such a special year with enormous crowds, incredible music, and the amazing spirit of our community! ❤️We are so grateful to have been able to celebrate this monumental moment with you this year! 🎉

Thank you to our volunteers, venue partners, sponsors, collaborators, audience members, and all of the phenomenal musicians who performed.

Stay tuned for updates about our programs!
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Save the Dates Sept 25-26, 2027 for the 21st Annual HPJF!

thank you to Marc Monaghan for the amazing photos 📸 @marccmonaghan

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First time at Le Piano, the premier Piano bar in Chicago!

@miramiraraven @bethanypickens
@lepianochicago

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#pianobar #chicago #localmusiclovers #lepiano #soulsinger

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Someone in the audience said what we were thinking. #JICBoardMember Bethany Pickens and her Soulful Coalition looked good as they paid tribute to her dad, pianist Willie Pickens.

Bethany Pickens, piano
Thaddeus Tukes, vibes #JazzLinksAlum
Joshua Ramos, bass
Charles Rick Heath IV, drums

#JazzinChicago #ChicagoJazzFestival2026

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The 2026 Chicago Jazz Festival brought four days of free music to the Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park, featuring artists from across Chicago and beyond on multiple stages throughout the weekend.

The day also included Jazz by the Fountain at Buckingham Fountain with @freditaylorfans & NuSource 🎷🎵

#ChicagoJazzFestival #ChicagoJazz #MillenniumPark #LiveMusicChicago #JazzFestival

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Chicago Jazz Fest highlights🎷🎶 Beautiful weather, great music, and wonderful day hanging out with friends. Happy Labor Day weekend! #summerinthecity☀️ #educatedstylist

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🗣️ ARTIST FEATURE!

Bethany Pickens Soulful Coalition

⭐ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
⭐ TIME: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
⭐ VENUE: Pickens Stage. Midway Plaisance at South Ellis Ave.

Bethany Pickens, who began her training under the watchful tutelage of her father, world-class jazz pianist Willie Pickens, is an award-winning pianist, composer, educator, and bandleader. She describes her career and musical outlook as “steeped in tradition, committed to creativity.”

Pickens earned her B.S. Music Ed. degree from the American Conservatory of Music. She has performed and recorded with artists such as Clark Terry, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Branford Marsalis, Patti LaBelle, Josh Groban, and Aretha Franklin. Her passion for education has extended into work with the Ravinia Jazz Scholars Program and Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Jazz Masters Residency Program, as well as 28 years of teaching music in Chicago Public Schools. She ended her teaching career at her alma mater, Kenwood Academy High School, where she inspired countless young musicians.

Bethany now serves on the board of the Jazz Institute of Chicago and as Vice President of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club.

The Bethany Pickens Soulful Coalition will feature Pickens on piano with Thaddeus Tukes (vibraphone), Joshua Ramos (bass), and Charles Rick Heath IV (drums). Mark your calendars!

🎶 More info at hydeparkjazzfestival.org

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🎉 We’re delighted to welcome back Bethany Pickens Soulful Coalition this Sunday!

@bethanypickens (p),Dakarai Barclay (tr), Ted Brewer (ac. b) @charlesondrums (d).

#soulful #jazz #streeterville #livejazz

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🎶🎉 This Week @ Winter’s!

Wed - @abigailriccardsmusic
Thu - @jeremykahn9 + @les_beukes
Fri - @thaddeustukes
Sat - @thebryaneng
Sun - @bethanypickens

#livejazz #chicago #streeterville #musician #chitown

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Here's the playlist from last night's Jazzish!

If you missed it, this episode gets an encore Tuesday from 11am-1pm.

Artists/labels/promoters can always DM me to submit music for airplay consideration, interview inquiries, etc.

New episodes of Jazzish air every Saturday from 10pm-midnight ET on @wiupfm.

I'll also be back Tuesday night 6/30from 6-8pm with a fresh edition of College Radio Flashback.
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#jazz #jazzradio #newjazz #newjazzrecords #newmusic #newmusicalert #newjazzmusic #jazzmusic #jazz🎷 #jazzish #radio #radiohost #radiodj #collegeradio #jazzradioshow #communityradio #publicradio #wiup #wiupfm #jazzdj #jazzdjs #modernjazz #contemporaryjazz #music #collegeradiostation #pennsylvaniaradio #indianauniversityofpennsylvania #indianapa

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