Fay Victor with Mike Reed: Experiments in Communicating Message
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, January 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Presenting a talk, musical performance, and a question and answer session, New York-based sound artist and composer, Fay Victor utilizes music as a vehicle to express thoughts and sounds in a multigenre universe that reflects identity, new music, jazz, blues, house, funk, and free improvisation—recalling references from jazz legend Albert Ayler to the innovative Frank Zappa. In partnership with Chicago-based musician Mike Reed, the two explore message together through jazz.
Fay Victor, called “artistically complete” by the New York Times, hones a unique vision for the vocalist’s role in jazz and improvised music. Victor’s recorded work has been featured in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, Time Out New York, and The Huffington Post. Victor has performed with luminaries such as Randy Weston, Roswell Rudd, Nicole Mitchell, Archie Shepp, Marc Ribot, and Tyshawn Sorey. Performance highlights include those at The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Kölner Philharmonie (Germany), De Young Museum (San Francisco), Symphony Space (New York), and Bimhuis (Netherlands). Victor was the 2017 Herb Albert/Yaddo Fellow in Music Composition. Current releases include her album Wet Robots (ESP Disk, July 2018) with her SoundNoiseFUNK project, Nicole Mitchell’s Maroon Cloud (FPE Records, August 2018), and Marc Ribot’s upcoming Songs of Resistance (September 2018) featuring Victor as well as guests vocalists Tom Waits, Steve Earle, and Meshell Ndegeocello.
Mike Reed is a musician, composer, bandleader and arts presenter based in Chicago. In addition to leading or co-leading several working bands, all rooted deeply in jazz and improvised music. In addition, he’s the current programming chair of the Chicago Jazz Festival, and the owner and director of the acclaimed performing arts venue Constellation.
Image: Fay Victor. Photo: Richard Koek
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