Hear some cool jazz at Elmhurst College concert

Grammy Award-winning singer Patti Austin and the Elmhurst College Jazz Band will perform the music of Ella Fitzgerald during the annual June Jazz concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18, on the Elmhurst College mall, 190 Prospect Ave.

Guests to this free outdoor concert are encouraged to arrive early, bring their lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets, and enjoy the celebration of summer. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

Austin has been a prominent jazz and pop performer for the past six decades, with such mainstream hits as the Grammy-nominated "Baby, Come To Me" and the Oscar-nominated "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Her albums, "For Ella" and the Grammy-winning "Avant Gershwin," established her as a standout in the jazz world.

Under the direction of Doug Beach, the Elmhurst College Jazz Band has earned worldwide acclaim, with performances across Western and Eastern Europe, as well as in Indonesia, the Bahamas, Canada, and in festivals across the United States.

In 2014, the Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards named the Elmhurst College Jazz Band the winning undergraduate college in the Large Jazz Ensemble category.

For more information in the concert, contact (630) 617-6186 or vwww.elmhurst.edu/calendar.