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Edwin Daugherty Fivetet

A 2025 Madison Jazz Festival Event 

As part of the 60th anniversary celebration for the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the Madison Jazz Festival 2025 and Cafe CODA welcome the Edwin Daugherty Fivetet on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 7:00pm.

For six decades, the AACM has been at the forefront of redefining the landscape of music, creating opportunities for groundbreaking artists and amplifying voices that need to be heard. From inspiring performances to boundary-pushing recordings, the continue to nurture, produce, and elevate original music that challenges the status quo.

Chicago Saxophonist Edwin Daugherty has made multiple appearances at the Chicago Jazz Festival as well as Orchestra Hall, the Sons d’hiver  festival [Paris], Umbria Jazz Festival [Italy], the Jazz Showcase, Park West, Green Mill, Apollo Theater [NY] and numerous other venues around the world. He has performed and/or recorded with Quincy Jones, Natalie Cole, Richard Muhal Abrams, Phil Coran, the Motown Orchestra, Isaac Hayes Nancy Wilson, BB King and Roberta Flack among others.

Edwin has participated in numerous music and film projects and created original tracks featured by Sony Music and the Walt Disney Company. He is also a highly regarded fine arts educator with degrees from Governors State and Concordia Universities. He is a long time member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians with its dedication to cutting edge creative music and a Chicago icon.

 

with additional funds from the Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation, the Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.

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