Jazz vocalist and Music Institute Artist-in-Residence Tammy McCann is also on the program. Shehas performed with Ramsey Lewis and Von Freeman and has toured as a “Raelette” with Ray Charles and to such premier jazz venues as Birdland, the Blue note, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola and Chicago’s own Jazz Showcase.
And joining them is vibraphonist Thaddeus Tukes, who grew up on Chicago’s South Side, attended Whitney Young High School and graduated from Northwestern University in 2016 with the first-ever degree in jazz vibraphone. Tukes has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, Symphony Center in Chicago, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, and a host of other locations. He has been featured in concert with Victor Goines, Dee Alexander, Roy Hargrove, Nicole Mitchell, and many others.
