Below is a list of musicians who have participated in the Chicago Jazz String Summit over the years, with links to stream, purchase, and learn more about their music and work.
2026
Eric Allen
Ayman Asfour - “A Puppet of Passing Time”
Indira Edwards - “Living Memory”
Laura Ortman
King Sophia - “Malevolent Love”
Zosha Warpeha - ”Filament” - I Grow Accustomed to the Dark
Theresa Wong - ”Beacons in the Fog” - Journey to the Cave of Guanyin
2025
Min Ziao-Fen
Joe Fonda
Terry Jenoure
yuniya edi kwon
Gwen Laster
Olua Negre
Reggie Nicholson
Scott Rubin
Cristal Sabbagh
Lester St. Louis
Ellie Weedon
Janel Leppin- ”Woven Forest” - She Had Synesthesia
Doyeon Kim- Gayageum Solo Improvisation
Dorothy Carlos - Coil
Joanna Mattrey - Heart Murmur
Yacouba Sissoko - Siya
Regina Carter - Pavane
2023
Ishmael Ali / Akjai - Marks Along Your Pavement
Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy - Tempest
Rufus Cappadocia - Prayer
Leslie DeShazor - Journey With Me
gabby fluke-mogul - LOVE SONG I
Erik Friedlander - Heatwave
India Cooke - Journey V
2022
Leonor Falcón - Para Emilio
Curtis Stewart - Thalassaki Mou
Edmar Castañeda - Agua Fresca
Zara Zaharieva - Muzika-Shmuzika
Jake Charkey - Rama Nama Raag Darbari
Kash Killion - Africa’s Calling
2021
Leyla McCalla - Ekzile
Judith Insell - India Judith Insell (viola), Joe Fonda (bass)
Sam Bardfeld Trio - Atlantic City
Brandee Younger - Moving Target
Artyom Manukyan - The Form
Biliana Voutchkova - For giving Biliana Voutchkova (violin, voice), Tomeka Reid (cello)
Endris Hassen - Ambassel
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Eudaimonia
Gwen Laster - Movement 1 - Cigarette - New Muse 4tet: Gwen Laster (violin, composition), Hsinwei Chiang (violin), Melanie Dyer (viola), Alex Waterman (cello)
Diedre Murray - Never to Return - Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins
2020
Marika Hughes - Chapter 4
Jesse Zubot - Nootropics
Christopher Hoffman - Discretionary
Jacqui Kerrod - Glassy Fingers
Kaethe Hostetter - Musicawi Silt
Tatsu Aoki - The MIYUMI Project - Takeda and Yoko Noge
Jamie Kempers - Mushbow-rushbow-hushbow
Sarah Bernstein Quartet - Jazz Camp
Melanie Dyer & WeFreeStrings - Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage [for Fannie Lou Hamer]
2019
Akua Dixon - Dizzy's Smile
Sara Caswell - South Shore
Tristan Honsinger - She
Josh Zubot Strings - Auger A4
Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow - Safar-e-Daroon
yuniya edi kwon - Improvisational Friendship Ceremony #9 - yuniya edi kwon and Lester St. Louis
Fred Lonberg-Holm - Stirrup - e320
2018
Ben Davis - The Theme - Ben Davis, Chris Brown, Matt Ingalls, Marshall Trammell
Jonathan Chen - untitled - Jonathan Chen, Yan Jun
Marlene Rice - Beneath the Veil
Shanta Nurullah - Sitar Black
Daniel Levin - Assemblage
Shana Tucker - Shine
2017
Hank Roberts - G - Shifting Paradigms in Pre GLC 3
Mary Oliver - E Hardangerfiddle
Mark Feldman - Peace Warriors
Eyvind Kang - Low Duchy Regalia • Eyvind Kang, Krusnedi Sukarwanto, Yaw Amponsah
Helen Gillet - Unzen
Hear In Now - Leaving Livorno
2016
Okkyung Lee - Drifting
Peggy Lee - A Giving Way
Jason Kao Hwang - Critical response - The Power of Many in the Soul of One
Charles Burnham - Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness Quartet - Hurt Nobody
Macie Stewart - Screaming Tea - Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl
Zach Brock - Dirty Mindz
2013
Musique Noire - FLY: Movement II
Jessica Pavone - Bloom
Tomeka Reid - Sauntering With Mr. Brown
James Sanders - Chant -James Sanders, Harrison Bankhead, Avreeayl Ra
Mazz Swift - MazzMuse - Life Afloat
Edgar Gabriel - Three Dances for Violin & Viola