Our February Pleiades Series features a trio of vocalist/pianist Paige Brown, multi-instrumentalist Anaiet.Soul, and bassist Carmani Edwards preceded by a duo of Jordan Wright on banjo and voice from Adina Rose.
After the planned sets we’ll return to the classic Pleiades Open Jam where any/all femme/trans/nonbinary artists are invited to bring an instrument and get in on some improvisations
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door
Artist Bios
Vocalist, pianist and composer Paige Brown believes in the use of voice as a channel, and the use of the instrument/body as a voice.
Having inherited a version of the deep, resonant voices of her father and her late grandfather, she rejoices in the ability to play inside that resonance, bringing this sound to bear in songs that speak of joy, love, grief, and hope. She draws from a broad spectrum of influences that range from high school madrigal singers to college gospel choir, Debussy to Dr. Watts, Porgy and Bess to Patrice Rushen, skipping from soul to funk to folk and weaving through sounds somewhere in between. Although a lover of the forms she has trained in, she believes that her greatest artistic growth currently lies in experimentation with the Chicago interdisciplinary improvisational community, learning from and alongside those who confound categorization and genre. In 2023, she was accepted as a member of the 7th cohort of the M3 (Musical Mentorship for Musicians) Residency in New York.
Emerging from her compositional chrysalis, she strives to develop the inner mechanisms and connections to deepen and externalize her own practice more fully, reacquainting herself with the simple, playful practices that attracted her to Music, her first love. @tpaige22u
Anaiet is a contemporary artist whose music is heavily influenced by Jazz, Gospel, Neo-Soul, RnB and Folk music. Their music is inspired by the stories of all of our lives and the belief that the human experience is one worth heavily documenting. She seeks to encapsulate these experiences in a medium that has proven to withstand the test of time. Piano, Guitar and Voice have been their creature comforts and have sustained their interest and curiosity throughout their music career. They’ve been a dedicated student of music for about 15 years, studying many iterations of Classical Piano, Jazz, Gospel, Rnb, Blues, Rock and most recently Folk; which they believe have all impacted the lyricism,processes, and performance of their art. @anaiet.soul
Carmani Edwards is a bassist and composer born and raised in Chicago. A lifelong creative, their focus shifted from visual arts to sonic, taking up the electric bass in their high school jazz band, and adopting the acoustic bass not long after. They have been rooted in Chicago’s vibrant music scene ever since—graduating from DePaul University’s Jazz Studies program, playing in late night jam sessions and early morning Sunday services. Their arrangements dwell in moments in time, drawing on themes of faith, heartache, healing, and the duality that underpins it all. Moody, melodic, and grounded in a captivating feel, you can find them sharing her sound all throughout the city. @__mani_mani