Playing the music of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and more.
Second City Jazz is a Chicago-based keyboard, percussion and bass ensemble. We also feature a variety of talented guest musicians. For information, demo CD's and booking, contact: Chris Nemeth nemeth@id.iit.edu
Waterfront Cafe Comin' Up!
Second City Jazz is really looking forward playing our third season at one of our favorite venues: Waterfront Cafe in Rogers Park! Check out our Schedule tab for details and join us for some fun!
SCJ is Cityfied!
Second City Jazz recorded our first CD at the best studio for jazz in the Chicago area: Steve Yates' Recording. Visit our Music Files page to listen. We're excited about Cityfied and hope you are too! Thanks to David Schachman Photography for his wonderful Chicago cityscapes.
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SCJ mixes well with fun and food!
SCJ just performed two gigs recently at Chicago's iconic home for great music, food, and fun: Heartland Cafe! Hard to beat Shimon Marcucci on soprano, and Bob Dawson on tenor.
SCJ made the scene at Perimeter Gallery as part of Late Night at River North Gallery District, surrounded by elegant artwork of Soichi Ida and Robert Kushner. Thanks to Frank Paluch for inviting us to add straight ahead jazz to this unique evening. Details on these and other appearances are always posted on our Schedule page. Hope to see you soon! |
SCJ Plays Live in Chicago
Fire up the tiki torches and kick off a a set with Sonny Rollins' Tenor Madness, and St. Thomas! That's all it took for Second City Jazz to get the crowd at Waterfront Cafe in Rogers Park smiling and, by the middle of the set, dancing to calypso, blues, and straight ahead jazz. Thanks to Jeffrey and the great staff at Waterfront for a fun evening under the stars. What a great setting on the shore of Lake Michigan and a view of the Chicago skyline!We're really looking forward to our next Waterfront Cafe event! (Photo: Brent Hoffmann)
Pianist Jonah Orlofsky, and bassist Chris Nemeth played with guest sax player Walter Clark at Dominican University's recent scholarship benefit.
SCJ percussionist Charles Jaffe, pianist Jonah Orlofsky and bassist Chris Nemeth teamed up at the Fairmont Hotel to entertain the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs' elegant awards dinner.
Pianist Jonah Orlofsky and bassist Chris Nemeth joined with Bob Dawson (at left) on tenor sax to add to the enjoyment for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) evening reception at the elegant Renaissance Hotel in Chicago's Loop.
What great people, and what fun events!
SCJ percussionist Charles Jaffe, pianist Jonah Orlofsky and bassist Chris Nemeth teamed up at the Fairmont Hotel to entertain the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs' elegant awards dinner.
Pianist Jonah Orlofsky and bassist Chris Nemeth joined with Bob Dawson (at left) on tenor sax to add to the enjoyment for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) evening reception at the elegant Renaissance Hotel in Chicago's Loop.
What great people, and what fun events!
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Second City Jazz, live onstage at the beautiful Morse
Theater in Rogers Park on Chicago's north side. Thanks to the Family Matters
community organization for inviting us to help them celebrate their
anniversary and support a worthy cause. Thanks to Morse Theater's primo
audio engineer Chris Gelin for his wonderful support! [photo: Clayton Jarvinen]
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At left, alto and tenor sax player Bill Meyer and Chris enjoyed a great jazz set at Noyes Cultural Arts Center with Irene Zissis on keyboard and Rich Malato on guitar. Each of us has a common background of study and performance with composer and percussionist David Jennings http://www.davidjenningsmusic.com/.
