The final installment of the summer's Krannert Center Uncorked series gives you the Kurt Reeder ORGANization on July 17!

Few sounds in music are as soulful as the Hammond B3 organ. In the hands of Kurt Reeder, central Illinois' master of the instrument, it shifts from a cry, to an inspiration, to a stomach punch. The Kurt Reeder ORGANization delivers the hard-hitting, gritty, soulful organ jazz from the legends of the genre: Jimmy Smith, Big John Patton, Charles Earland, Joey DeFrancesco, and C-U's own Brother Jack McDuff.

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Krannert Center Uncorked: The Kurt Reeder ORGANization

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Classic jazz opens Krannert Uncorked's Spring 2023 season! Saxophonist Chip McNeill is a professor and Chair of Jazz Performance at the University of Illinois School of Music. Throughout his storied career, McNeill has toured, performed or recorded with jazz greats Maynard Ferguson, Frank Sinatra,  Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Nat Adderly, David Liebman, Ira Sullivan, and the Woody Herman Orchestra, among others. He currently serves as the Musical Director for Latin jazz master Arturo Sandoval, and won a Grammy for his performance on Sandoval's 1998 CD Hot House.

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Jul 17, 2025

Krannert Center Uncorked: The Kurt Reeder ORGANization · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Feb 2, 2023

Krannert Uncorked With The Chip Mcneill Jazz Quartet · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

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