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School Days

Jazz band from Chicago, IL · formed 2000

Shows on record: 5
Rooms played: 5
Cities: 5
Releases: 11
Last show: Jan 9, 2016Franky Bradley's

About

School Days is a band from Chicago, IL, formed in 2000, tagged electronic, hip-hop, hip-hop/rap by its sources. Shows on record run from 2014 to 2016, across 5 rooms in 5 cities.

School Days formed in 2000 — MusicBrainz
School Days is based in Chicago — MusicBrainz
Jeb Bishop: member — MusicBrainz
Ken Vandermark: member — MusicBrainz
School Days has 3 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2001–2004 — MusicBrainz
schooldays is based in California — schooldays on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: COLLECTIONSSchooldays (2025-05-15) — Bandcamp
School Days has 2083 listeners on Last.fm — School Days on Last.fm
School Days has released 10 recordings between 2001 and 2008 — School Days on Discogs

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

5 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

20144 shows
20161 show

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
Jan 9, 2016	Franky Bradley's · PhiladelphiaHeadlinerwith Matthew Law	Headliner	Matthew Law
Nov 4, 2014	Porgy & Bess · ViennaHeadlinerwith Stanley Clarke, Bilal	Headliner	Stanley Clarke, Bilal
Mar 1, 2014	Beachland Ballroom · ClevelandHeadlinerwith All Dinosaurs, Night Sweats, Black Puddle Noise, +2	Headliner	All Dinosaurs, Night Sweats, Black Puddle Noise, +2
Feb 28, 2014	SPACE · EvanstonSupportwith Stanley Clarke	Support	Stanley Clarke
Feb 27, 2014	Cedar Cultural Center · MinneapolisHeadlinerwith Stanley Clarke	Headliner	Stanley Clarke

Where they play

5 rooms in 5 cities

Rooms played most

Beachland Ballroom · Cleveland1 show
Cedar Cultural Center · Minneapolis1 show
Franky Bradley's · Philadelphia1 show
Porgy & Bess · Vienna1 show
SPACE · Evanston1 show

Cities played

Cleveland1 show
Evanston1 show
Minneapolis1 show
Philadelphia1 show
Vienna1 show

Releases

11 releases, 2001–2025

COLLECTIONSSchooldays
May 15, 2025 · Album · 16 tracks
1080C
Dec 10, 2023 · Album · 8 tracks
Distil
2008
Oslo Jazzfestival 20 År
2006
Norwegian Jazz Launch Europe 2004 - 2006
2006
Nuclear Assembly Hall
2004 · Album
In Our Times
2002 · Album
The Music Of Norman Howard
2002
Redandblue Neithernorway
2002
Crossing Division
2001 · Album
Untitled

Lineup

Jeb Bishop
Ken Vandermark

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 12 plays, 2001-06-02–2013-07-22 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Jazz Theatre' (John Gilbreath) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Street Sounds' (DJ Alex) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Larry Metro) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

School Days — COLLECTIONSSchooldays — Release art · COLLECTIONSSchooldays — release

School Days — 1080C — Release art · 1080C — release

School Days — SPACE, 2014-02-28 — Poster · SPACE, 2014-02-28 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
schooldays on Bandcamp	Artist facts
Bandcamp	Artist facts, Releases, Photos
School Days on Last.fm	Artist facts
School Days on Discogs	Artist facts
KEXP	Airplay
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
Wikipedia	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Discogs	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.