Live Jazz in Chicago

Fulton Street Collective presents a performance with VISIONS ENSEMBLE and MAX BROWN SEXTET on Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:30pm. The evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA. VISIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE In the summer of 2023, musicians Garrett Fasig and Sam Butler were approached by the Timeless Music Project with an intriguing concept: What if college fight songs were arranged for a jazz ensemble? What would that sound like? This sparked a creative journey that merged two great American traditions—university fight songs and jazz.From brainstorming to composing, Garrett and Sam spent months reimagining the melodies that embody school pride, while incorporating the improvisational spirit of jazz. Collaborating with their **Visions Jazz Ensemble**, they crafted 12 original arrangements, selecting the finest fight songs and giving them fresh, innovative interpretations that still held the melodies at their core—melodies that alumni and fans cherish for life. ~visionsjazzensemble.com Max Brown is a trombonist, composer, and arranger, who plays music in all styles but mainly focuses on jazz. Max is currently based in Madison Wisconsin, and he is additionally working his way into the Chicago and Milwaukee jazz scenes. He is a bandleader of both a jazz quartet, and a jazz/original music sextet. The Max Brown Sextet, features original compositions and arrangements of straight ahead jazz that occasionally venture into free or unstructured improv…. Earning a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies – trombone from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington IN) where he studied with Wayne Wallace, John Raymond, and Tom Walsh. As well as a bachelor’s degree in classical trombone performance from Butler University in Indianapolis. ~maxbrownjazz.com 7:30pm MAX BROWN BAND Max Brown – Trombone and Compositions Alex Kelsh – Alto Sax Kyle Brooks – Tenor Sax Solomon Lindenberg – Piano Galen Morris – Bass Francis Bassett Dilley – Drums 8:45pm VISIONS ENSEMBLE Sam Butler – Trumpet Garrett Fasig – Tenor Saxophone Zach Finnegan – Trumpet Jeff Parker – Trombone Brandon Harper – Piano Marion Mallard – Bass Francis Bassett-Dilley – Drums 7pm Doors 7:30pm Show $15 FREE PARKING