Johannes Wallmann and friends celebrate the release of his quintet’s new album Not Tired, to be released on December 5.

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Johannes Wallmann – Faculty Artist Series

Hamel Music Center

Geof Bradfield’s work as a composer and performer on saxophones and clarinets embraces intersections of modern jazz and other streams of African Diaspora music, drawing inspiration from Charlie Parker, Melba Liston, Lead Belly, Shona mbira music, and Gullah spirituals. Born in Houston, TX, Bradfield has performed throughout North America, Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, sharing the stage with artists such as Randy Weston, Dana Hall, Clark Sommers, Brian Blade, Anna Webber, Orrin Evans, Jeff Parker, Matt Ulery, and Ryan Cohan. His work is featured on 50+ CDs including eight albums as a leader that have garnered critical accolades from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and NPR. Nate Chinen describes his Yes, and…Music for Nine Improvisers (Delmark Records) as “an album of chamber-esque color and oft-surprising texture, because Bradfield is the sort of composer who creates room for departure.” He has received grants and awards from Chamber Music America, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, DCASE, Illinois Arts Council, and the Mellon Foundation. The Downbeat Critics Poll has named him a Rising Star Tenor Saxophonist and Arranger multiple years.

Geof Bradfield Quintet 2025

Dearborn Station

Ethan Philion is an award-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader based in Chicago. Philion has been praised by the Washington Post for his "well honed chops and astounding musicality” His debut album, Meditations on Mingus, was commended as “a labor of conspicuous love and respect for a musical titan” by Downbeat Magazine and his follow up Quartet album with Greg Ward, Russ Johnson, and Dana Hall--Gnosis--received rave reviews from Downbeat, Jazz Thing, Frankfurter Allgemeine, JAZZIZ, and more. He has led bands across the country at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, The Green Mill, Chicago Jazz Fest, Cliff Bell’s, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, An Die Musik, and more. He has performed with an extensive list of jazz artists including Greg Ward, Jon Irabagon, Mark Feldman, Frank Lacy, Russ Johnson, Dana Hall, Howard Levy, Ryan Cohan, Nick Mazzarella, Bobby Broom, Gary Bartz, Alyssa Allgood, Ernest Dawkins, Geof Bradfield, Dee Alexander, Lenard Simpson, Victor Garcia, Mike Allemana, Paul Marinaro, and more. Philion won the 2019 International Society of Bassists Jazz Competition and won a 2020 Chicago Luminarts Jazz Fellowship. More recently, Philion was selected by the Jazz Institute of Chicago for their 2022 New Works Fresh Voices Fellowship.

Russ Johnson

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Dec 5, 2025

Johannes Wallmann – Faculty Artist Series · University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music

18 - 21 Sep, 2025

Geof Bradfield Quintet 2025 · Jazz Showcase

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