Voices of Chicago Music Series presents: The Libby York Quartet

Dates Available: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - Friday, May 20, 202

Live Showtime: 7:45pm on May 18

About Libby York: 

Vocalist Libby York, born & raised in Chicago, has enjoyed a career which has featured appearances at top venues across the US, Canada and Europe. Her heartfelt and swinging renditions of lesser known Great American Songbook treasures by Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Jimmy Van Huesen, Cy Colman, Carolyn Leigh , et al have garnered praise from John McDonough/Downbeat 4 Stars,  The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Jazz Times , Neal Tesser, The New Yorker & Times of London. Her recordings are widely featured on jazz radio and are streaming worldwide. Libby will celebrate a new CD release this summer 2022! She is thrilled to make her debut appearance at beautiful Epiphany Center with an all star Chicago band featuring PETE BENSON, piano, CLARK SOMMERS, bass and GEORGE FLUDAS, drums. www.libbyyork.com

Available Thursday, May 19, 2022 - Saturday, May 21, 2022 

About: 

This will be the official release show of the new album.
TS3 (Timothy Seisser Trio) is thrilled to announce the release of their debut album, “It’s Just O.K.”. This new project from Chicago based Electric Bassist, Timothy Seisser, is a unique sonic mashup of Jazz/Rock/Fusion, featuring Seisser’s dazzling virtuosity on the 6 string electric bass. He is one of the best kept secrets in the Bass world, but sports a performance/recording history as a sideman that puts him at the top of the list in the Chicago Bass scene. Ready to take on the leader role again, Tim started this new trio at the onset of 2020, after a chance encounter with legendary Bassist, Tim Lefebvre. The trio is rounded out by longtime friends and fellow Chicago collaborators, Drummer Jonathan Marks (Hey Champ, Monakr, Dessa, Liquid Soul, Lupe Fiasco) and Keyboardist Andrew Lawrence (Bonelang, Bonzo Squad, District 97).
TS3 is joined on this record by some of the jazz/improv world elite, including Donny McCaslin, Fareed Haque, Howard Levy and Tim Lefebvre. The production work and added electric bass work of Lefebvre is especially notable. The collaboration between Bassists makes for a truly unique sounding project, especially when finished with the stellar mixing and mastering work of grammy award nominated and top L.A. engineer, Marc Nelson. Lefebvre’s endorsement on the project will surely make some in the bass world step up, and discover Seisser’s unique approach to the Electric Bass.

Dates Available: Friday, May 20, 2022 - Sunday, May 22, 2022

Showtime: 7:45PM on May 20, 2022

About Chris Jones & The Night Drivers: 

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers make some of the most distinctively elegant yet driving bluegrass music heard anywhere today. Deeply rooted in tradition but never bound to it, they deliver original music with tight arrangements, emotional authenticity, and engaging humor. As actor and banjo player Steve Martin says, “Chris Jones’ voice is there with the great masters,” adding that the Night Drivers are “some of the best players in bluegrass.” Collectively, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers have won 16 IBMA awards.

 The band’s latest release, their first all-original album, Make Each Second Last, has received rave reviews and has so far yielded six consecutive #1 songs, including the title track "We Needed This Ride."  Their latest single, "Bed of Snow," co-written by Chris and grammy nominee Thomm Jutz became the band's 19th #1 song. They have topped both the Bluegrass Today and Roots Music Review airplay charts.

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers are currently signed to one of bluegrass music’s top record labels, Mountain Home Music Company, for whom they’ve recorded three critically acclaimed albums.

A well-established band formed in the mid-1990s, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers have become popular repeat performers at major festivals like Merlefest in North Carolina, California’s Huck Finn Jubilee, and the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. They have filled a wide variety of venues around the world, touring across the U.S. and Canada, and all over Europe, including Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Ireland. Together with the band and as a solo artist, Chris has released 14 albums.

Not content to rely on their long track record of success, the band continues to grow and change, with two new members joining in late 2019: celebrated bluegrass veteran Marshall Wilborn and exciting newcomer Grace Van’t Hof.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC SERIES

Sunday May 22, 2022 

About Fifth House Ensemble: 

Praised by the New York Times for its “conviction, authority, and finesse,” the Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble harnesses the collaborative spirit of chamber music to reach beyond the traditionally-perceived limits of classical music. 5HE curates this series of intimate performances at Epiphany Center for the Arts, celebrating works new and old, amplifying voices of the less-heard, and delighting in the sheer joy of sound exploration with all who come along for the ride.

Voices of Chicago Presents: Abigail Riccards 

Dates Available: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Friday, May 27, 2022

Lives Showtime: 7:45PM May 25

About: 

Abigail Riccards has garnered much attention from the jazz community for her effortless swing, heartbreaking tone, and personalized approach to lyrics. Abigail's inimitable approach to the Great American Songbook has made her one of the most celebrated jazz vocalists of her generation. 

Performing in Chicago since 2011, Abigail has quickly established herself as one of the rising vocalists on the scene. She has performed at many of the city's top jazz clubs with some of Chicago's most respected musicians, headlining at venues such as the Green Mill, the Jazz Showcase, Katerina's, and Andy's Jazz Club. 

Dates Available: Thursday, May 26, 2022 - Saturday, May 28, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45PM on May 26, 2022

About The House Trio: 

Spotlight Music Series Presents: Norberto Guerra

Dates Available: Saturday, May 28, 2022 - Monday, May 30

Live Showtime: 7:45 pm on May 28

Tickets: $20 - General Admission 

About:

Norberto’s Guerra’s Modern Cuban Jazz Band pulls on rhythms and sounds from the most traditional Cuban music, Son, to the most contemporary one, the Timba. Guerra’s guitar and Cuban Trés form the center of a band featuring Latin percussion and horns. 

Norberto is a Chicago based Cuban musician, composer and producer. He is a multi-instrumentalist primarily playing the classical guitar, electric guitar and the Cuban Trés.  

He most recently worked closely with Alexander Abreu recording Havana d’Primenra’s tribute album of Cuban classics, Será Que Se Acabó, in Havana. He has toured throughout Cuba, composed for and played with the Ballet Español de Cuba and the Havana Symphony, and has recorded and worked on albums for Havana d’Primera, Issac Delgado, Rainer Mariño, Alain Daniel and Acituna sin Hueso.

Norberto was schooled in the renowned Cuban conservatory system from the age of eight and at the Instituto Superior de las Artes (ISA) in Havana. 

Available Sunday, May 29, 2022 - Tuesday, May 31, 2022

About HUZAM:

HUZAM features new compositions in traditional Arab music styles. Egyptian percussionist & composer Karim Nagi leads this skilled ensemble of master Chicago musicians hailing from Egypt, Syria and Palestine. Using authentic acoustic instruments, the group will feature material from the new album “Huzam” along with some classic Arab repertoire. In this concert, listeners can experience Arab tradition's connection to the intimate ensemble aesthetic of Chamber Music, the microtonal & hetero-phonic timelessness of Early Music, and the extemporaneous adventurism of Jazz. 

Voices of Chicago presents: Chicago Calling 

Dates Available: Wednesday, June 1, 2o22 - Friday, June 3, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45 pm on June 1

About: 

Chicago Calling is a band co-led by Juli Wood and Mike Schlick. It features classic jazz and blues tunes performed by some of the greats to come out of Chicago ! Musicians such as Von Freeman, Nat King Cole, Eddie Harris, Johnny Griffin, Clifford Jordan and Gene Ammons. Also some great singers who spent some time in Chicago, Joe Williams, Dinah Washington, Otis Rush  and Carmen McRae.Chicago Calling is Juli Wood - tenor sax and vocals, Mike Allemana - guitar, Matt Ferguson - bass, and Mike Schlick - drums. The band was featured at Buddy Guy's Legends on Sundays for a few years. Come listen to the rich history of Chicago jazz !

Golden Hour at Epiphany:

Stop by Epiphany for our live music series concerts and be sure to hit Golden Hour before-hand for drinks and lite-bites! Doors open at 5pm Wednesday - Saturday for Golden Hour with 1/2 priced bottles of wine and other specials!

Come early to EXPLORE and DISCOVER your own EPIPHANY… our art galleries are open and there is free entertainment before the show!

Full Concert Calendar Here

Golden Hour Menu + Music Schedule

Jazz Music Series: Emmaline Livestream

Available: June 2, 2022 - June 4, 2022 

Showtime: 7:30PM 

About Emmaline: 

Emmaline is a singer and songwriter possessing a smoky, jazz-infused, genre-fluid voice admirable as much for the range of traditional sounds she draws upon, as for her startling freshness—fresh, as in new and innovative as well as in attitude and sly humor. Her songs are bold in statement and soft in feel, her flow supple and precise. She prides herself in being one who has listened with deep intention to her heroes—Anita O’Day and Billie Holiday, Erykah Badu and D’Angelo—and has already learned to rise above questions of category with a healthy sense of musical identity and forethought.

“I consider myself a jazz singer,” Emmaline says. “I have been singing jazz my entire life—I studied it and I think that there is a place for me in the jazz world. Whether my music is strictly jazz I cannot say and in fact, would rather not. To me jazz is art, not a set of rules.”

Emmaline’s success speaks for itself: On her first U.S. tour in November of 2019, she performed as the opening act for 10-time GRAMMY winner Chaka Khan at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. On her own, Emmaline has headlined countless, sold-out shows at some of the country’s most notable jazz clubs such as The Jazz Standard (New York City), Scullers (Boston), Blues Alley (Washington D.C.), The Jazz Kitchen (Indianapolis), and Keystone Korner (Baltimore). She has performed in a wide range of situations on stage and online—with big bands and orchestras, singing Jessie J’s “Domino” (à la Billie Holiday) for Postmodern Jukebox and “It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing” with the world renowned Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra —and has amassed a substantial social media following. Her first official release—the six-song EP “All My Sweetest Dreams”—was released in September of 2019, and due to the confidence and clarity of the music, the release turbo-charged the tempo of her career ascendancy. Her sophomore EP, “Necessity,” is set to release on October 2, 2020, and Emmaline claims that her listeners are in for a surprise.

Blues Music Series presents: The NuBlu Band 

Dates Available: Friday, June 3, 2o22 - Sunday, June 5, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45 pm on June 3

About: 

The NuBlu Band’s debut album, “LIVE AT LEGENDS” is out now and available for purchase at any of their shows.

Carlise Guy – Vocals
Mark Maddox – Guitar
Dan Henley – Drums
JR Fuller – Bass
Kenyatta Gaines – Backup Vocals
Dave Holloway – Keys

Come early to EXPLORE and DISCOVER your own EPIPHANY… our art galleries are open and there is free entertainment before the show!

Full Concert Calendar Here

Golden Hour Menu + Music Schedule

NuBlu Band Website

Bill Brickey | Cocktails & Epiphanies Livestream

Dates Available: Saturday, June 4th, 2022 - Monday, June 6th, 2022 

Live Showtime: 7:45PM on June 4th

About Bill Brickey: 

Bill Brickey sings a variety of cocktail classics with longtime friend and piano accompanist Alton Smith.  Come spend an evening with these two magnificent artists as they pay tribute to the works of Nat King Cole, Lou Rawls, Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder and more

Bill Brickey is a Songwriter and Guitarist who been a staple of the music scene in Chicago for some time now. He is recognized in the US and abroad for fiery, passionate performances of his original music. An amazing vocalist and very fine guitarist, Bill work centers around our current life and times. His work is just as likely to be the result of his meditations on life as we know it as it is might be on love, faith and humor. His ability to meld with his audience as easily as he does his guitar is epic and well worth seeing.

Bill Brickey Artist Residency Upcoming Dates - in person and livestreamed: 

September 17, 2022 - 7:30PM 

November 19, 2022 - 7:30PM 

Visit Bill Brickey's Website

VOICES OF CHICAGO

Dates Available: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - Friday, June 10, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45PM on June 8

About Laila Biali: 

Multi award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist and CBC Music national radio host Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from New York City’s Carnegie Hall to Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. In 2020, Laila was honoured by SOCAN Music with the Hagood Hardy Award for Excellence in Songwriting. In 2019, Laila’s eponymous release won her a JUNO (Canada’s GRAMMY) for “Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.” The year prior, she was awarded top prize at the Canadian Songwriting Competition in the Jazz category. Laila was also the youngest-ever double winner at Canada’s National Jazz Awards when she was named “SOCAN Composer of the Year” and “Keyboardist of the Year.” She received her first JUNO nomination for Tracing Light (2011), and a spot on DownBeat Magazine’s “Best Albums of the Year” for Live in Concert (2013) and Out of Dust (2020). In September of 2017, Laila was brought on as the host for CBC Music’s national radio show, Saturday Night Jazz, a weekly show broadcast to listeners across Canada. While Laila continues to earn high honours in the Jazz world, her signature sound transcends genre as she “masterfully mixes jazz and pop, bringing virtuosity and unpredictability to songs that are concise and catchy” (Washington Post). Laila’s highly anticipated album, Out of Dust, which features multiple GRAMMY nominees and winners including Lisa Fischer, Alan Ferber, John Ellis, and Larnell Lewis, released March 27, 2020 and was also nominated for a 2021 JUNO Award

JAZZ MUSIC SERIES 

Date: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 - Saturday, June 11th, 2022

About Typhanie Monique:

In The Moment | Typhanie Monique
A sensory experience that will call your soul to listen

This concert series is cultivated by the deep desire for authentic connection to each other and ourselves. An intimate setting where listeners will be “seated in the round” with no separation from the musicians. Spontaneous compositions, originals and arranged covers will awaken your senses. You, the audience, will have the chance to create with Typhanie. Join Ms. Monique “In The Moment” and give yourself the gift to connect, allowing music to open your heart and soul.

Typhanie is a performer, educator and recording artist whose four critically acclaimed, independently produced albums have captured the ears of Chicago Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich and thousands of dedicated fans. She has shared the stage with jazz’s elite, including Joe Lovano, Chris Potter,The Manhattan Transfer and Mavis Staples to name a few.

A bold, engaging performer with the ability to reach straight to the heart of her listeners, Typhanie has graced jazz’s most distinguished venues, including Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, The Green Mill, Old Town School of Folk Music and City Winery, The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, The Kitano and Small’s in NewYork,The Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis, Dazzle in Denver, The Union of Composer’s Club in Moscow, Russia, Picasso in Kiev, Ukraine and The Dakota in Minneapolis. She has enthralled audiences and brought enthusiastic crowds to their feet at major outdoor festivals like the Chicago Jazz Festival, Vogue Design Festival in Moscow, Russia, SummerFest, Taste of Chicago, Isthmus Jazz Festival and Third Ward Jazz Festival.

Dates Available: Saturday, June 11, 2022 - Monday, June 13, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45PM on May 11, 2022

About Denise Thimes: 

After describing her brilliant voice as a perfect mix of Nancy, Sassy, and Lady Day, it came only naturally that the late legendary jazz trumpeter Clark Terry would, at New York’s historical Flushing Town Hall, select Denise Thimes as that night’s featured vocalist.

This truly unique and inspirational artist is often asked by fellow noteworthy musicians “why haven’t we heard of you”? Not to worry. With a voice as noticeably (as Terry puts it) “ranks with all of the greats,” it won’t be long.

Over the course of a multi-faceted career spanning just a little under 3 decades, Thimes is no stranger to the music world, growing up in a home surrounded by all types of music from her father & radio icon, the late Lou “Fatha” Thimes.

Thimes has performed with such jazz notables as Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,(St. Louis, MO) the late Clark Terry(The Blue Note-NY), Dr. Billy Taylor, Earl May, Benny Powell,(Flushing Town Hall) and James Moody(Blue Note-NY). She has also graced the stage with the likes of Houston Person, Jimmy&Tootie Heath, Bobby McFerrin, and Bucky Pizzarelli.

In recent years she has appeared and toured Paris with David Sanborn, sung for the Queen of Thailand(Mandarin Oriental Hotel), Queen Elizabeth II(British Embassy-Washington D.C. (during her 2009 visit to the U.S), President George W Bush(White House 2007), and was hand picked by the Queen of Soul(Aretha Franklin) to perform for her 72^nd birthday celebration ( 2015-Ritz Carlton, NY).

Thimes has truly been one of the cherished voices of modern jazz.

Blues Music Series Presents: Vernard Burton | For the Love of Music Series 

Dates Available: Friday, June 17, 2022 

Lives Showtime: 8PM on June 17

About Vernard Burton: 

Vernard is a go-to studio session singer in Chicago with over a decade of BGV credits including hits for Grammy Award Winners Donald Lawrence, Smokie Norful and Take 6. Vernard is a student of soul crooners and his signature voice is steeped in a rich musical heritage that will time and again awaken the heart and electrify your soul.

Available: Friday, June 24, 2022 - Sunday, June 26, 2022

Showtime: 7:30PM 

About: 

For 30 years, award-winning pianist/composer Andy Milne has collaborated with dancers, visual artists, poets and musicians spanning jazz, classical, pop, folk, and world music. With his new group UNISON, Milne explores the intimacy of the piano trio. The synchronistic relationship Milne has enjoyed with bassist John Hébert since 2010 is matchlessly rounded out with Grammy Award winning drummer Clarence Penn, who represents complimentary threads within the fabric of Milne’s piano trio philosophy -- the intersection of texture and groove. Their 2020 debut recording, “The remission”, released on Sunnyside Records won them 2021 JUNO Award for Jazz Album of the Year: Group.

Acoustic Music Series presents: Dan Moroz

Dates Available: Sunday, June 26, 2022 - Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:00 pm  - June 26, 2022

About Dan Moroz: 

JAZZ MUSIC SERIES 

Available Dates: Thursday, June 30, 2022 - Saturday, July 2, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45PM on June 30

About Sam Robinson: 

Since 2003, Sam Robinson has played in Chicago venues such as Andy’s Jazz Club, Fitzgerald’s, Hunter’s, Café Prague and Norman’s Bistro. He was also a member of the Chicago-based Shelley Yoelin Jazz Worshop Septet and has been a repeated guest soloist at the Serbian Village jazz club. He currently leads the Sam Robinson Quintet.

JAZZ MUSIC SERIES 

Available Dates: Thursday, June 30, 2022 - Saturday, July 2, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45PM on June 30

About Sam Robinson: 

Since 2003, Sam Robinson has played in Chicago venues such as Andy’s Jazz Club, Fitzgerald’s, Hunter’s, Café Prague and Norman’s Bistro. He was also a member of the Chicago-based Shelley Yoelin Jazz Worshop Septet and has been a repeated guest soloist at the Serbian Village jazz club. He currently leads the Sam Robinson Quintet.

JAZZ MUSIC SERIES 

Date: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 - July 23rd, 2022 

About Typhanie Monique:

In The Moment | Typhanie Monique
A sensory experience that will call your soul to listen

This concert series is cultivated by the deep desire for authentic connection to each other and ourselves. An intimate setting where listeners will be “seated in the round” with no separation from the musicians. Spontaneous compositions, originals and arranged covers will awaken your senses. You, the audience, will have the chance to create with Typhanie. Join Ms. Monique “In The Moment” and give yourself the gift to connect, allowing music to open your heart and soul.

Typhanie is a performer, educator and recording artist whose four critically acclaimed, independently produced albums have captured the ears of Chicago Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich and thousands of dedicated fans. She has shared the stage with jazz’s elite, including Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, The Manhattan Transfer and Mavis Staples to name a few.

A bold, engaging performer with the ability to reach straight to the heart of her listeners, Typhanie has graced jazz’s most distinguished venues, including Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, The Green Mill, Old Town School of Folk Music and City Winery, The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, The Kitano and Small’s in New York, The Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis, Dazzle in Denver, The Union of Composer’s Club in Moscow, Russia, Picasso in Kiev, Ukraine and The Dakota in Minneapolis. She has enthralled audiences and brought enthusiastic crowds to their feet at major outdoor festivals like the Chicago Jazz Festival, Vogue Design Festival in Moscow, Russia, SummerFest, Taste of Chicago, Isthmus Jazz Festival and Third Ward Jazz Festival.

Available: July 23, 2022  - July 25, 2o22

Showtime: 7:30PM 

About Sugarcreek Road:  

JAZZ MUSIC SERIES 

Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022 - September 3, 2022

About Typhanie Monique:

In The Moment | Typhanie Monique
A sensory experience that will call your soul to listen

This concert series is cultivated by the deep desire for authentic connection to each other and ourselves. An intimate setting where listeners will be “seated in the round” with no separation from the musicians. Spontaneous compositions, originals and arranged covers will awaken your senses. You, the audience, will have the chance to create with Typhanie. Join Ms. Monique “In The Moment” and give yourself the gift to connect, allowing music to open your heart and soul.

Typhanie is a performer, educator and recording artist whose four critically acclaimed, independently produced albums have captured the ears of Chicago Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich and thousands of dedicated fans. She has shared the stage with jazz’s elite, including Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, The Manhattan Transfer and Mavis Staples to name a few.

A bold, engaging performer with the ability to reach straight to the heart of her listeners, Typhanie has graced jazz’s most distinguished venues, including Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, The Green Mill, Old Town School of Folk Music and City Winery, The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, The Kitano and Small’s in New York, The Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis, Dazzle in Denver, The Union of Composer’s Club in Moscow, Russia, Picasso in Kiev, Ukraine and The Dakota in Minneapolis. She has enthralled audiences and brought enthusiastic crowds to their feet at major outdoor festivals like the Chicago Jazz Festival, Vogue Design Festival in Moscow, Russia, SummerFest, Taste of Chicago, Isthmus Jazz Festival and Third Ward Jazz Festival.

Available Dates: Saturday, September 24, 2022 - Monday, September 26, 2022

Live Showtime: 7:45PM on September 24

About Bill Brickey: 

A father son, guitar tap duo. Time Brickey joins his father, Bill Brickey, on stage in this celebration of the roots of African Percussion in America. This is the history and future of Tap on the American Stage. seeing.

Bill Brickey is a Songwriter and Guitarist who been a staple of the music scene in Chicago for some time now. He is recognized in the US and abroad for fiery, passionate performances of his original music. An amazing vocalist and very fine guitarist, Bill work centers around our current life and times. His work is just as likely to be the result of his meditations on life as we know it as it is might be on love, faith and humor. His ability to meld with his audience as easily as he does his guitar is epic and well worth seeing.

Bill Brickey Artist Residency Upcoming Dates - In person and livestream: 

November 19, 2022 - 7:30PM