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Emily Kuhn

Emily Kuhn is a jazz trumpet player based in Chicago, IL, described by the Chicago Jazz Magazine as having “a charismatic style and a sophistication that belies her youth.” Originally from Charlottesville, VA, Emily has made a name for herself as an active bandleader, sidewoman, composer, and educator since moving to Chicago in 2016. She released her debut album, Sky Stories, via BACE Records on October 30, 2020, to numerous accolades. She was named a Luminarts Fellow in Jazz in 2020, and received a nomination for “Best Jazz Musician” in the Chicago Reader’s 2020 end-of-year poll. Emily’s nine-piece chamber jazz ensemble, Helios, features a string quartet in lieu of a single chordal instrument and incorporates sounds from folk, popular, and classical musical traditions

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Chef’s K.I.S.S.

by Patrick Burnette
September 3, 2026

A nice, straight-forward jazz album caught Mike's ear, so he decided to do a podcast devoted to new releases that don't over egg the pudding, or as Google suggested, “go all around Robin Hood's barn?" (Google's been drinking again). Anyway, while he came up with two fine straight-ahead examples, Pat's offerings ended up a little thornier, ...

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Brent Birckhead, Emily Kuhn, Cindy Blackman Santana, Deanna Kirk, Alicia Witt, Louise Alexandra & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 3, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Deanna Kirk, Alicia Witt, Brent Birckhead, Emily Kuhn, Cindy Blackman Santana, Louise Alexandra, plus birthday shoutouts to Annie Ross, Margaret Whiting, Kay Starr, Joanne Brackeen, Antoinette Montague, Nicholas King, Ada Rovatti, Janis Siegel, Carla Hassett, Cynthia Scott, Lisa Maxwell and Fay Victor, among others. Happy listening and please support the ...

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New music from South Africa's Nduduzo Makhathini, Kalia Vandever, Emily Kuhn and the Helen Sung Big Band

by Hobart Taylor
June 24, 2026

New music from South Africa's Nduduzo Makhathini, Kalia Vandever, Emily Kuhn, and the Helen Sung Big Band.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 D.J. Sparr “There Is Nothing in the Universe That You Are Not" from The Tao of Muhammad Ali (Neuma) 00:23 Desiree/Emmanuel Jal “Macho" from (single) (Mmino) 02:08 Allen Toussaint “Whirlaway" from Songbook (Concord) 08:15 ...

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Clarinetist Virginia MacDonald's Debut + Steve Bernstein and Carlin Lee

by Hobart Taylor
May 27, 2026

Make way for clarinetist Virginia MacDonald's stunning debut release plus new tunes from Emily Kuhn, Alden Hellmuth, Steve Bernstein and a peace anthem from Qasim Naqvi, Wadada Leo Smith and Andrew Cyrille. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Daphne Parker Powell “Perpetual Light of the Void" from The Death of Cool (Self-Produced) 00:00:08 Steven Bernstein “Two ...

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Icarus

Featuring the music of Emily Kuhn
Duration: 8:43
May 27, 2026

Chicago-based trumpeter-composer Emily Kuhn unveils "Icarus" off her upcoming album 'Feathered Things' (July 24, Desafío Candente). Kuhn wrote "Icarus" at a mid-winter artist residency at OxBow School of Art, in Western Michigan. OxBow’s cold, forested, sparkling winter landscape inspired the shimmery aesthetic of the song, which features Meghan Stagl’s delicate vocals, textural guitar pads, and the dark tone of the flugelhorn. While Kuhn didn’t initially set out to write a song about the myth of Icarus, as she found herself experimenting with lyrics, the story emerged as a framework to hold the tension between freedom, stability, and love. "I liked the idea of telling a more intimate side of the story: Icarus acting not out of hubris, but out of a deep longing to be free; his father loving him, teaching him to fly, frantic seeing his son’s feathers melt away," she explains. "While the song is an imagined conversation between parent and child, I also envision the “I” and “you” as two sides of the same person. I think that all of us have some of that duality within us - a deep longing for connection and stability, challenged by that curious, whimsical, often self-destructive voice inside that asks what would happen if we just flew towards the sun and kept flying, and never looked back?" "Icarus" presented Kuhn with a long-desired opportunity to collaborate with a circus artist. Performance artist Hayley Larson perfectly embodies the narrator's whimsy, curiosity, and recklessness in her choreography and performance, while the shadow puppets show a different side of the same character, flying and falling along with the aerials. "I wanted to capture both the playfulness and destructiveness of Icarus' journey, and there's a lot of play with reflections, color, light, and shadows that echo the lyrics and orchestration, getting more and more frenzied as the song builds. Sean Pierce's video work is beautiful - I love the way all the layers come together to create an ever- shifting mood."

Album

Ghosts of Us

By Emily Kuhn

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ghosts of Us; Respire; In Lieu of Certainty, Movement; When It Rains; When the World is Young; Home.

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Emily Kuhn, Matt Moran, Jack DeJohnette and More

by Jerome Wilson
October 18, 2023

This episode features a variety of lesser-known musicians with some familiar names mixed in. It includes Emily Kuhn, Matt Moran, Carla Bley, Jack DeJohnette, and Arman Sangalang. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 John Lewis ...

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Emily Kuhn: Ghosts of Us

by Jerome Wilson
August 30, 2023

Emily Kuhn is a trumpet player from Chicago with a calm, lyrical tone whose music is influenced by the folk and classical worlds as well as jazz. That shows up strongly on the track “In Lieu of Certainty, Movement" here, where pianist Meghan Stagl keeps a rippling neo-classical melody going while Kuhn and guitarist Erik Skov ...

Album

Kind Regards

By Gustavo Cortiñas

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: I Hope You Have a Good Phone Call Today; Emigraste; Walkin; Libertad; If I Learned Today; Anamnesis; When I Leave You; Madrugada Nebulosa; Wednesday Can’t Come Fast Enough; Amanece.