Get ready to listen to the instrumental ensemble Bonzo Squad! Thursday night, August 1, they will be at the Cravath Lakefront park for Concerts in the Park starting at 7:00 pm. Admission is free and for all ages.

Update: Rain won’t keep this group away! We will still have the concert, but, it will be inside the Cravath Lakefront Community Building.

Listen to some of their work before tonight by heading to: https://bonzosquad.com/listen

Bonzo Squad

Bonzo Squad is an instrumental jazz ensemble based in Chicago IL, with a focus on  presenting fun, eclectic music with a high level of musicianship. The group consists of  Bonzo himself, born Corbin Andrick, who plays the flute and the saxophones.  Completing the line up are Andrew Lawrence on keyboards, Andrew Vogt on bass, and  Zack Marks on drumset. The band formed in 2014 through playing a weekly residency at  Lilly’s in Chicago. 

In 2017, they released their first, self-titled album, which received a coveted 4-star  review from Downbeat Magazine. The track “Lemons” was added to Spotify’s popular “The State of Jazz” playlist. In 2019, Bonzo Squad released their sophomore record, 
“There’s Always Tomorrow.” They also moved their residency from Lilly’s to the Arrogant Frog, and finally to aliveOne, where they are still performing live every Thursday night. 

Bonzo Squad kept active during the Covid-19 pandemic, producing a series of virtual  livestreams on Facebook and YouTube. They released the live album “Live At aliveOne” in 2020, and were nominated by the Chicago Reader as one of the best jazz bands in 
Chicago, in their 2020 best of poll. 

In addition to their weekly residency at aliveOne, Bonzo Squad has produced tribute  shows to Stevie Wonder and Vulfpeck through the Jazz Record Art Collective in  Chicago, IL. They have also presented numerous educational clinics at High Schools, 
both in person and virtually.

[From Bonzo’s website]