The Jazz Trials is currently on hiatus. In the meantime check out “Jazz Jam West” hosted by Clint Hafenrichter (trumpet), “The Venue Jazz Session” hosted by Jonny Gifford (drums), or “The Jazz Pro Jam” hosted by Sam Burns (guitar).
The Jazz Trials was the premier jazz jam session in the Chicago Suburbs from 2016 until 2022! Once a month, some of the top jazzers in the midwest came together to make music and have fun for a great Law Office crowd. This event was ALWAYS NO COVER and often supported local charities through the Celebrity Bar Tender program.
In summer of 2016, Mike Schwebke approached the Law Office Pub and Music Hall about hosting a reoccurring jazz event to bring in both musicians and audience members to the young venue: a jam session. The first Jazz Trials jam was held in July of 2016 and hosted a house jazz quartet and 7 of the areas finest professional jazz players in the jam. Since then, nearly 100 musicians from 3 states and as far as Puerto Rico have joined in on the jam session.
The Celebrity Bar Tender program was started by former TLO manager Rob G. to help bring in more local patrons and audience members to the Jazz Trials. It started as a simple chance for local bar tenders to earn tips on a night off at their home establishments and has exploded into a sought-after fundraising opportunity for local groups. Since its inception, the Celebrity Bar Tender program has raised approximately $15,000 for organizations like Dare2Tri, Mutual Ground, Kendall County Veterans Fund, Help Save Pets, Dreamers and Doers, JDRF, CASA Kendall County, Water Street Studios and even the Yorkville and Oswego Music Boosters!
– Live at –
The Law Office
226 S Bridge St.
Yorkville, IL 60560
Past Celebrity Bar Tenders
Kendall County Veterans Association – Help Save Pets – Kendall County Animal Shelter – Dare2Tri – Oswego Band Boosters – Yorkville Music Boosters – CASA Kendall County – Kiwani’s of Yorkville – Water Street Studios – Mutual Ground – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Oswego Seniro Center – Gift of Hope/Donate Life – The Usher Syndrome Coalition – Senior Services Association
Contact Mike regarding booking live jazz!
Yorkville Bar Hosts Monthly Jam Session (Beacon News/Tribune online)
This Girl is a Rock Star, Toast for Tunes Raises Money for Sugar Grove Library (Kane County Chronicle)
Jazz Trials celebrates three years of jams Thursday at The Law Office (Kendall Co. Record/Shaw Media)
Musicians find their groove at Jazz Trials jam in Yorkville (Kendall Co. Record/Shaw Media)
Live Jazz Musicians Jam for Charity, Monthly in Yorkville (Kane Co./Shaw Media)