Kitt Lyles’ Real Talk + Strings

Kitt Lyles is one of Chicago’s most distinctive bassists and composers. Born and raised in South Carolina, Lyles has cultivated an aesthetic that synthesizes his love for Southern roots music with imaginative contemporary jazz. His jazz septet, “Real Talk,” will be joined by the Prohorova String Quartet, debuting a new set of original compositions. The new work will be woven together from fragments of ideas he has recorded over the last 15 years, exploring themes of continuity and disconnection through time and space. The colorful orchestration will be at times cinematic; solemn; celebratory – but always grounded in Lyles’ deep sense of groove and lyricism. www.kittlylesmusic.com This event will be preceded by short Violin and Choir performances by Rasa Mahmoudian’s and Jade Maze’s Homan Square Park students from Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education program. The Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School provides tuition-free music classes for children and adults in the Lawndale neighborhood. Interested Lawndale residents should email hbrown@ravinia.org for more information.