Davis plays the trumpet.
Davis will premiere 'Women Out of Time' at the Kehrein Center for the Arts. Tickets start at $1. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
Davis plays the trumpet.
Davis will premiere 'Women Out of Time' at the Kehrein Center for the Arts. Tickets start at $1. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

Lil Hardin Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams and Nina Simone are notable singers of their time, but trumpeter, composer and director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Orbert Davis, wanted to highlight their songwriting skills. In a new composition for the Philharmonic, Davis confronts the gender inequalities in jazz.

Reset learns more about why Davis wanted to highlight each of the singer-songwriters with his new composition debuting this weekend.

GUEST: Orbert Davis, trumpeter, composer, director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

Davis plays the trumpet.
Davis will premiere 'Women Out of Time' at the Kehrein Center for the Arts. Tickets start at $1. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
Davis plays the trumpet.
Davis will premiere 'Women Out of Time' at the Kehrein Center for the Arts. Tickets start at $1. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

Lil Hardin Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams and Nina Simone are notable singers of their time, but trumpeter, composer and director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Orbert Davis, wanted to highlight their songwriting skills. In a new composition for the Philharmonic, Davis confronts the gender inequalities in jazz.

Reset learns more about why Davis wanted to highlight each of the singer-songwriters with his new composition debuting this weekend.

GUEST: Orbert Davis, trumpeter, composer, director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic