Thaddeus Tukes, a Chicago jazz wunderkind, takes a dramatic career swerve
The 30-year-old vibraphonist, who performs this weekend as VybeKat, has reinvented, and reinvented again, over his meteoric jazz career.
Hannah Edgar
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Stories by Hannah Edgar
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Ayanna Woods — part of a very musical Chicago family — is taking the classical world by storm
Woods will see the fruits of one of her longest-germinating projects when FORCE!, a three-act opera, is staged at the Museum of Contemporary Art this month.
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An AI cyborg and an orchestra are about to collide onstage in Chicago
A crop of local musicians, including composer Clarice Assad, are taking inspiration from artificial intelligence. And their experiments are coming to a stage near you.
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Composer Shawn Okpebholo on his most haunting song cycle yet: ‘I still am that guy in a hoodie’
“Songs in Flight,” having its Chicago-area premiere on March 11, connects runaway slave ads to the modern-day deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin.
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Sounds from another planet? Why microtonal music is having a moment in Chicago.
Champions of the spooky, sublime sounds include Jim Ginsburg, owner of the local label Cedille Records, and British composer Matthew Sheeran, the brother of pop star Ed Sheeran.
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A world premiere on the West Side salutes three great jazz women, including Nina Simone
Orbert Davis, director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, has lent his compositional chops to historical icons. The latest: songstresses Lil Hardin Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams and Simone.
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Three jazz women to see on Chicago stages in February
Sheila Jordan, Mai Sugimoto and Petra van Nuis each take the podium in Chicago this month.
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One of Chicago’s busiest musicians takes on loneliness. This is what it sounds like.
On a new album, Mike Reed and a who’s-who of local musicians riff on a universal human theme.
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With aqua hair and visceral new solos, prodigious violinist Jennifer Koh returns home to Chicago
The Grammy winner will perform classical compositions that she boldly commissioned during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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What’s it like to be a CTA train operator? And what’s changed since the pandemic began?
The Chicago Transit Authority eased hiring requirements for bus drivers last year. Rail operators are hoping for a similar process.
