Auricle New Music Series welcomes Lily Finnegan Quartet on Friday, November 20, 2026 at 7:00pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Lily Finnegan plunges into jazz’s maelstrom on 150 Swirl, her second release featuring her heavyweight Chicago quartet with legendary tenor saxophonist Ed Wilkerson Jr and alto sax great Fred Jackson Jr.
Auricle Presents: Lily Finnegan Quartet
If drummer Lily Finnegan’s acclaimed 2025 debut album Heat On! was a love letter to Chicago’s tight-knit jazz scene, her blazing follow up 150 Swirl is a musical manifesto from an artist who knows the value of consistency. Like her incendiary first project, 150 Swirl is a Cuneiform release. The project features the same prodigious cast of players, and is designed to fuel creative flights by legendary Chicago tenor saxophonist Ed Wilkerson Jr., Chi-town alto sax great Fred Jackson Jr., and the highly versatile Nick Macri on upright and electric bass.
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