Concert Fri Aug 29 2008

A Jazz-Funk Fusion at Checkerboard Lounge

If you want to hear some great jazz Sunday evening and don't feel like fighting the crowd at Millennium Park for Ornette Coleman, head to the Checkerboard Lounge to hear the GMG trio. Featuring special guest Corey Wilkes on trumpet, the Chicago-based trio is comprised of Greg Spero (keys), Graham Czach (bass) and Makaya McCraven (drums).

GMG sums up their sound as "well-structured, yet improvisatory songs that build and release tension with an energetic frenzy." Their recently released self-titled debut more than lives up to that claim—and with Wilkes, artist in residence and board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, as the special guest, this performance should be energized and fresh.

And get there early: The first 50 people to arrive can purchase the GMG debut album for $5 instead of $15.

Show starts at 7:30. $10 admission, or $5 for students over 21 with IDs.

- Alison Hamm