Straight Ahead & Other Directions Jazz Camp at The Music Center

The Straight Ahead & Other Directions Jazz Camp, an adult summer camp for jazz lovers, takes place July 23-26, 2012 at the Columbia College Chicago Music Center. 

The event, in it's fourth year, has grown in many ways and could now be considered a kind of humanities festival for jazz enthusiasts. 

"We've extended it way beyond what it ever was … so that arts educators and anybody interested in jazz can see the connection between the music and other art forms," explained the Executive Director of the non-profit Jazz Institute of Chicago, Lauren Deutsch. The Jazz Institute is presenting the camp in conjunction with Columbia College Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble.

Read more about the camp in the Chicago Tribune.