Photo Credit: James Walker and JazzChicago.net

Eric Schneider’s Hot Dixieland Quartet comes to the Oriental Institute to perform in conjunction with the special exhibit Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920.  Born and raised on Chicago’s Southside, Schneider played saxophone and clarinet with the Count Basie and Earl Fatha’ Hines’ orchestras and has performed with the who’s who of jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.  Schneider’s Hot Dixieland Quarter will bring the era of Pioneers to the Past to life as they fill Breasted Hall with the great sounds of Dixieland jazz.

Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St., Chicago. Sunday, May 16, 2010, 2:00pm-3:00pm. This event is free. Following the concert there will be a coffee reception with the artists.