Tomeka Reid Stringtet
November 8, 2024 | 7:30pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

Jazz icon Tomeka Reid leads a magnificent cast of musicians in a Chicago new music premiere.

Led by jazz superstar cellist and composer, Tomeka Reid, the Tomeka Reid Stringtet is a 17-member improvising chamber orchestra featuring prolific string players and percussionists from across the country. The ensemble unites for the Chicago premiere of a co-commissioned new work, bringing a collective fluency in all styles of contemporary creative music and previous collaborations ranging from William Parker and Henry Threadgill to Pauline Oliveros and Tristan Murail to Bruce Springstein and Stevie Wonder.

Supported by the Logan Center Jazz Forever Fund, a gift of the Revada Foundation. Presented in partnership with Chicago Jazz Magazine, DownBeat, Jazz Institute of Chicago, and WDCB 90.9 FM.