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Nicole Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell
American jazz flutist
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Jaimie Branch
Jaimie Branch
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago
American avant-garde group
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Iqua Colson
Iqua Colson
vocalist, composer, lyricist, arts administrator, and educator from the United States
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Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
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Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Matana Roberts
Matana Roberts
American musician
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Anna Webber
Anna Webber
Canadian composer
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Mike Reed
Mike Reed
musical artist
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Jon Irabagon
Jon Irabagon
American musician
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Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
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Douglas Ewart
Douglas Ewart
American musician
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Edward Wilkerson
Edward Wilkerson
American bandleader
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Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Steve McCall
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
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Mary Halvorson
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
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George Lewis
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Abdul Wadud
Abdul Wadud
musician
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Dave Rempis
Dave Rempis
American free jazz saxophonist
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Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
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Jessica Pavone
Jessica Pavone
American musician
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Alvin Fielder
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
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Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
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Thurman Barker
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
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Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
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Phillip Wilson
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
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Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter
American composer
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Aram Shelton
Aram Shelton
American clarinetist and jazz musician
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Jaribu Shahid
Jaribu Shahid
American jazz bassist
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Ari Brown
Ari Brown
American musician
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Hugh Ragin
Hugh Ragin
American musician
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Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Josh Abrams
Josh Abrams
American musician
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Jodie Christian
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
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Tina Guo
Tina Guo
American cellist, musician and composer
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Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein
American cellist
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Malachi Favors
Malachi Favors
American bassist
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Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
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Tina Marsh
Tina Marsh
American singer
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Ernest Dawkins
Ernest Dawkins
jazz musician
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Matt Bauder
Matt Bauder
American musician
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Harrison Bankhead
Harrison Bankhead
American musician
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Larry Gray
Larry Gray
American musician
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Roger Kellaway
Roger Kellaway
American pianist
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Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla
American musician, singer, songwriter and cellist
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Buell Neidlinger
Buell Neidlinger
American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
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Leroy Jenkins
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
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Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
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Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Graham Waterhouse
Graham Waterhouse
English composer
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Patrick Zimmerli
Patrick Zimmerli
American musician and composer (born 1968)
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician

Tomeka Reid

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American jazz musician
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Tomeka Reid (born 1977) is an American composer, improviser, cellist, curator, and teacher.

Reid has performed and recorded with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Nicole Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, the AACM Great Black Music Ensemble, Mike Reed's Loose Assembly, and Roscoe Mitchell. She leads the Tomeka Reid Quartet, with Tomas Fujiwara, Jason Roebke, and Mary Halvorson, and is co-leader of Hear In Now, a trio with Mazz Swift and Silvia Bolognesi.

Reid founded the Chicago Jazz String Summit and was named a 2017 "Chicago Jazz Hero" by the Jazz Journalists Association. In 2019, Reid was appointed Darius Milhaud Distinguished Visiting Professor at Mills College. She is a 2021 United States Artists Fellow.