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Victor Goines has been an important player in Chicago jazz and education. He'll play the Green Mill this weekend.
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Victor Goines has been an important player in Chicago jazz and education. He’ll play the Green Mill this weekend.
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The holiday weekend will overflow with jazz.

Among the highlights:

Victor Goines. Music in Chicago has been all the richer since saxophonist-clarinetist Goines was appointed director of jazz studies at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music in 2007. His local address means that although he still tours globally with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Goines can lead his own ensembles in our clubs and concert halls between touring. Hearing Goines at the Green Mill Jazz Club, where he’ll be this weekend, heightens the impact of his music, thanks to listeners’ proximity to the band, the energy of the crowd and the resonance of the room itself. He will be joined on this occasion by bassist John Sims, drummer Clif Wallace and pianist Jo Ann Daugherty, who never plays more intensely or persuasively than in Goines’ company. 9 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday at the Green Mill Jazz Club, 4802 N. Broadway; $15; 773-878-5552 or www.greenmilljazz.com.

Chico Freeman. Jazz families have been central to the history of the music: Think of the Marsalises of New Orleans (Ellis, Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason), the Joneses of Detroit (Elvin, Hank and Thad), the Heaths of Philadelphia (Jimmy, Percy and Albert “Tootie”) and, dating to the dawn of the music, the Humphreys, also of the Crescent City, (Willie, Percy and Earl). Chicago, too, has produced jazz dynasties, as in the case of the Browns: Oscar Brown Jr., Maggie, Africa and Oscar Brown III. Chicago jazz aficionados take considerable pride in the Freeman family, thanks to the contributions of saxophonist Von, guitarist George and drummer Eldridge “Bruz.” Today, Von Freeman’s son Chico Freeman upholds and extends the tradition, his playing immense in tone and provocative in rhythm. His Plus+Tet will include pianist Anthony Wonsey, bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Rudy Royston. 8 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 4, 8 and 10 p.m. Sunday; at the Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court; 312-360-0234 or www.jazzshowcase.com.

Tatsu Aoki. It would be difficult to overestimate bassist-bandleader Aoki’s contributions to finding common ground between jazz and Asian musical idioms and rituals in Chicago. Through his Miyumi Project, collaborations with saxophonist Fred Anderson, championing of the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival and other ventures, Aoki has been at the forefront of intertwining musical cultures and audiences. The current incarnation of the Miyumi Project, which Aoki will be fronting for this performance, features reedist Mwata Bowden, vocalist-percussionist Coco Elysses, drummer Avreeayl Ra, saxophonist Edward Wilkerson Jr. and cellist Jamie Kempkers. 8:30 p.m. Friday at Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave.; $10; www.constellation-chicago.com.

Jason Stein. Last fall, Chicagoan Stein offered a tour de force performance of music from his album “Lucille!” (Delmark Records), once again making a compelling case for the bass clarinet as a lead instrument in jazz and experimental music. In effect, Stein not only championed the bass clarinet but extended its sonic and technical possibilities, offering provocative original music and re-imagining works by Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh. This time he will celebrate “After Caroline,” the newest album from his band Locksmith Isidore (Northern Spy Records). 9 p.m. Saturday at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave.; $10; 773-227-4433 or www.hideoutchicago.com.

Eric Schneider Quartet. Late-night listeners are accustomed to hearing Chicago saxophonist-clarinetist Schneider after much of the city has gone to sleep, during the 1 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Saturday sets at the Green Mill Jazz Club. For those who lead a less nocturnal life, here’s an opportunity to catch him during prime time. Schneider, who practically personifies swing- and bebop-era values, will front a band staffed by guitarist Henry Johnson, organist Dan Chase and drummer Charles “Rick” Heath. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday at Winter’s Jazz Club, 465 N. McClurg Court (on the promenade); $20-$25; 312-344-1270 or www.wintersjazzclub.com.

Marlene Rosenberg. In a jazz world dominated to this day by men, Chicagoan Rosenberg has claimed a prominent place as bassist, bandleader, composer and role model. Though listeners tend to hear Rosenberg accompanying headliners at the Jazz Showcase, Green Mill and just about every other Chicago venue, she also excels in the spotlight, thanks to the dexterity of her technique, precision of her pitch and unmistakable intensity of her delivery. She’ll step to the forefront again, lead her quartet in one of the most congenial settings for jazz listening and socializing, the weekly sessions of the Hyde Park Jazz Society, where a regular audience turns a jazz set into a communal event. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Room 43, 1043 E. 43d St.; $10; www.hydeparkjazzsociety.com.

Sax to the Bone. Two top Chicago musicians — saxophonist Mike Smith and trombonist Tom Garling — lead the band. 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Andy’s Jazz Club, 11 E. Hubbard St.; $15; 312-642-6805 or www.andysjazzclub.com.

Petra’s Recession Seven. Chicago vocalist Petra van Nuis and instrumentalists cast a spotlight on early jazz and vintage swing repertoire not often heard elsewhere. 9 p.m. Monday at the Green Mill Jazz Club, 4802 N. Broadway; $8; 773-878-5552 or www.greenmilljazz.com.

Howard Reich is a Tribune critic.

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