Live Jazz in Chicago

Fulton Street Collective presents a performance with MIKE LORENZ TRIO and MEGHAN STAGL on Thursday, July 30th at 7:30pm. The evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA. Mike Lorenz, guitarist/composer/educator, hails from Bethlehem, PA. For over a decade, Mike has kept a busy schedule as a freelancing performer and educator, leading his trio/quartet in performances up and down the Northeast Corridor on many festivals and club stages. Hailed as “an artist with a relentless and finely focused vision,” Lorenz has released many recordings including various projects with a variety of groups. Most recently he has been heard on releases by Chicago-based saxophonist Michael Hudson-Casanova’s group HeyMan and releases by Philadelphia bassist Nicholas Krolak. ~mikelorenzmusic.com Meghan has played and recorded vocals and piano with various projects and artists. She can be found on Gustavo Cortiñas’ Kind Regards (2022), The Sam Pilnick Project’s Adler Suite (2021), and Emily Kuhn’s upcoming album, Ghosts of Us. Meghan has played Chicago venues like Fulton Street Collective, the Jazz Showcase, the Hungry Brain, the Whistler, and the Green Mill, but her music has taken her all over to places including Yellowstone National Park. In 2020, she received the Luminarts Fellowship for Jazz Voice. ~meghanstagl.com 7:30pm MEGHAN STAGL SOLO Meghan Stagl – Piano 8:15pm MIKE LORENZ TRIO Mike Lorenz – Guitar Ben Dillinger – Bass Matt Smalligan – Drums 7pm Doors 7:30pm Show $15 FREE PARKING