Local & Regional · North America

10 jazz sets to see this month at Chicago’s free festivals, from up-and-comers to John Coltrane tributes

Chicago has had an especially big year for jazz, beginning when the city hosted the UNESCO International Jazz Day in April. But local fans of the genre know that September is the city’s true jazz month, when three free festivals unfold across town. While Downtown’s city-run Chicago Jazz Festival has come and gone for t