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Tomeka Reid
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Tomeka Reid (born 1977) is an American composer, improviser, cellist, curator, and teacher.[1][2]
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![]() Tomeka Reid performs at the Deutsches Jazzfestival in 2015. | |
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Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Washington, D.C., United States |
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Instrument(s) | Cello |
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Website | tomekareid |
Reid has performed and recorded with the Art Ensemble of Chicago,[3] Nicole Mitchell,[4] Anthony Braxton,[5] the AACM Great Black Music Ensemble,[6] Mike Reed's Loose Assembly,[7] and Roscoe Mitchell.[8] She leads the Tomeka Reid Quartet, with Tomas Fujiwara [de], Jason Roebke [de], and Mary Halvorson,[9] and is co-leader of Hear In Now, a trio with Mazz Swift [de] and Silvia Bolognesi [it].[10]
Reid founded and, as of 2023, still runs the now-annual Chicago Jazz String Summit and was named a 2017 "Chicago Jazz Hero" by the Jazz Journalists Association.[11] In 2019, Reid was appointed Darius Milhaud Distinguished Visiting Professor at Mills College.[12] She is a 2021 United States Artists Fellow and 2022 MacArthur Fellow.[13][14]