Playground is an album by Robert Mazurek Chicago Underground Orchestra which was released on the Delmark label in 1998.

Cornetist Mazurek and his Chicago Underground Orchestra create some of the freshest sounds of late-'90s jazz.

Mazurek and Parker's original tunes have the loose improvisatory feel of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock's late-'60s compositions, giving soloists free reign [sic] to strut their stuff.

Throughout, Rob and the band shrewdly employ uncommon elements - the sound of a glockenspiel or bamboo flute, for example - to accentuate their singular point of view.

Everyone is on the same page, and those who fancy Jazz that veers slightly off the beaten path without self-indulgent cerebralism should find this picturesque Playground well-suited to whatever musical byways they might care to pursue"[5] All compositions by Robert Mazurek except where noted