First Monday Jazz, UChicago Arts+Public Life's longest-running program features live performances by established and emerging Chicago artists. 

Chicago Saxophonist Edwin Daugherty has long been an influential innovator on the experimental and acid jazz scene. He has made multiple appearances at the Chicago Jazz Festival as well as Orchestra Hall, the Son D'ver festival [Paris], Umbria Jazz Festival [Italy], the Jazz Showcase, Park West, Green Mill, Apollo Theater [NY] and numerous other venues around the world. He has performed and/or recorded with Quincy Jones, Natalie Cole, Richard Muhal Abrams, Phil Coran, the Motown Orchestra, Isaac Hayes, Nancy Wilson, BB King and Roberta Flack among others.