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.
The 30-year-old vibraphonist, who performs this weekend as VybeKat, has reinvented, and reinvented again, over his meteoric jazz career.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Sheila Jordan, Mai Sugimoto and Petra van Nuis each take the podium in Chicago this month.
On a new album, Mike Reed and a who’s-who of local musicians riff on a universal human theme.
The Grammy winner will perform classical compositions that she boldly commissioned during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The Chicago Transit Authority eased hiring requirements for bus drivers last year. Rail operators are hoping for a similar process.