Regina Harris Baiocchi’s 6Degrees Jazz Ensemble

First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
6400 S Kimbark Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
3-4:00 PM

Regina Harris Baiocchi presents 6Degrees Jazz Sextet performing her original compositions. Regina’s 6Degrees Jazz Sextet features Felicia Patton (voice), Ester Hana (piano) Emma Dayhuff (bass) Samuel Jewell (drums) Edwin Daugherty (sax), Chad McCullough (trumpet). Original compositions will include I’ve Got a Mother & Father (chant), HB4A (blues), Dream Weaver (samba), Another Smoke-filled Room, MPH (trumpet), Ask Him, Psalm Cat, Say No! and Belize (bossa nova).

Regina is a composer, author, and poet whose music has been performed by Detroit Symphony and Chicago Symphony orchestras, Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, the US Army Band, among many other acclaimed artists. She has composed works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo piano, a marimba concerto, vocal and instrumental music, a mass, ballet, as well as written a libretto and one-act opera.

Her music is featured on numerous recordings, including: Kidstuff, a self-produced CD of her children’s music, Kaleidoscope; Soul of a Singer; Good News Falls Gently; journeys, places, stories; Landscapes: one woman’s journey; unto thee i burn; and Where Freedom Rings. She is an award-winning author of short stories and poetry collections.

She received a National Endowment for the Arts Regional Artists Program grant and is a recipient of the Chicago Music Association award in 1995. Her writings on artists of color, women, spirituals, jazz, gospel, blues, hip-hop, and poetry are published by Oxford University, the Center for Black Music Research Journal at Columbia College Chicago, among other noteworthy publications.Sunday, July 24, 2022