Tonight the second Old and New Dreams Festival begins, an endeavor organized by the influential, long-homeless music venue HotHouse. Last year’s three-day extravaganza took place at the Promontory, and this weekend’s events remain in Hyde Park, scooting west to the Logan Center on the campus of the University of Chicago. Tonight’s headliner is the Odean Pope Trio, a group led by the great Philadelphia saxophonist known for his lengthy membership in bands led by Max Roach. Tomorrow night percussionist and Chicago native Adam Rudolph presents two different, ongoing projects: his Moving Pictures group with guest percussionist Hamid Drake and a Chicago version of his large band, the Go: Organic Orchestra.
Turning Towards The Light by Adam Rudolph / Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra For the Chicago performance Rudolph will lead a more conventional, 21-piece lineup combining some of his New York collaborators (Jones, Haynes, Harris, Fribgane, Marcelo, and guitarist Marco Cappelli) with a diverse crew of Chicagoans, including cornetists Josh Berman and Ben LaMar Gay, reedists Jason Stein and Nick Mazzarella, trombonist Steve Berry, bassist Joshua Abrams, and keyboardist Ben Boye, among others.
