Haunts & Heroes, The Legacy and Foundation of Chicago Jazz - a photographic tribute
Curated by Michael Jackson, this exhibition highlights the work of Chicago photographers as a featured International Jazz Day Event in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts at The University of Chicago, and Ravinia Festival
Sunday, April 26 – Sunday, May 3, 2026
At the Logan Center - Monday, April 27 - Wednesday, April 29th
Various Locations across Chicago - to learn more visit here
Admission: FREE - Open to the public
Sunday, April 26th - 6 pm to 8:15 pm – Ravinia Festival - 200 Ravinia Park Rd, Highland Park - access to the exhibit available to anyone with a ticket (free) to the 7:00pm concert in Bennett Gordon Hall
Monday, April 27th - Noon to 10 pm, Tuesday, April 28th - 8 am to 10 pm and Wednesday, April 29th 8 am to Noon– Logan Center for the Arts – 915 East 60th Street, Chicago - To learn more Visit Here
Tuesday, April 28th – TIME TBD - Epiphany Center for the Arts, 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago
Thursday, April 30th – TIME TBD - Lyric Opera of Chicago - 20 N Wacker Dr., Chicago
Friday, May 1, 2026 through Sunday, May 3, 2026 – Symphony Center Forte Event Space - 67 E. Adams St., Chicago - Open to ticket holders of Symphony Center concerts on these days starting 45 minutes prior to concert start times.
Haunts & Heroes is a photographic overview of the history of Chicago Jazz, harking back to the late Steve Schapiro’s portraits of Lil Hardin Armstrong and Earl “Father” Hines to Michael Jackson’s images of contemporary artists Isaiah Collier and Nicole Mitchell. Enroute are pictorial visits to Fred Anderson’s Velvet Lounge, The Green Mill, Joe & Wayne Segal’s Jazz Showcase, Hothouse, Hungry Brain, Elastic, Andy’s, Constellation, the Southside’s legendary New Apartment Lounge and a host of other ‘haunts,’ some still vibrant, others lost to the mists of time. Pooled from the archives of over a dozen consistent documentarians of the city’s varied and inclusive scene, which embraces the music’s tradition to avant garde, the mobile exhibit, in concert with UNESCO’s International Jazz celebration in Chicago, will vary in each location it visits from Ravinia, to the Logan Center, the Lyric Opera and Symphony Center.
Photo by Michael Jackson of Eddie Johnson and John Young at Andy’s Jazz Club.