Five-time Grammy nominee Terrace Martin is part of the new breed of musicians who work across the boundaries of jazz, hip hop, and pop. He plays at the Blue Note from May 26-31.

Em Spel is a singer, songwriter and guitarist; she's also a flutist who plays in one of Chicago’s oremost contemporary classical ensembles. She plays new songs, in-studio.

The band called Chicha Libre is based in Brooklyn, but their music is based on a sound that came out of Peru over half a century ago. They play at Baby's All Right on May 30.

Miles Davis 100th Celebration at Smoke Jazz Club  May 27–31. $25-75. 6PM, 8PM; Fri-Sat also at 10PM.  Trumpeter Eddie Henderson and sax player Gary Bartz have played together for a lo...

Camera Obscura at White Eagle Hall May 28. 8PM. 18+. $37.80. The Scottish band Camera Obscura released their first album 25 years ago. Their brand of heartfelt, sometimes melancholy i...

Stella Standingbear at Urban Indigenous Collective May 22 | 7:00 pm | $20 Stella Standingbear is a Lakota Sioux singer and songwriter. Her music is a thoroughly modern collision of Na...

Simon Shaheen at Roulette May 21 | 8:00 pm | $45+ The Palestinian musician Simon Shaheen is a master of both the oud, the Arab lute, and the violin. For much of the 80s and 90s he was...

Luciana Souza at Smoke Jazz Club May 20-24 | 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm | $25+ It was always a good bet that the Brazilian-born jazz singer and composer Luciana Souza would grow up to...

Friendship at Elsewhere May 19 | 7:00 pm | $27.84+ The band called Friendship did indeed start as a bunch of friends getting together in Maine, near a town called Friendship. But thei...