If you've gotten this far, you might be interested in this:
My group is opening the Festival next Thursday, August 30 at 12:15. We'll be playing a 1-hour set at the Cultural Center in downtown Chicago
Details linked to here, although we're actually a Quintet, not a Quartet.
http://jazzinchicago.org/jazzfest/damon-short-quartet/
(I'm much better at music than I am at DG, for what it's worth.)
I'll be out of town next week Damon but let us all know where your next one is. That's good stuff!
if I didn't have to be somewhere at 1 tomorrow I'd be there! I'm going to walk right by the location too in order to get to my 1:00 appt. :(