In the Loop

At least 26 trans or gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the U.S. this year, the majority of whom were Black trans women, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Transgender Day of Remembrance reminds us to pause and mourn these people’s lives — as well as celebrate the resilience of the trans community. Reset discusses the meaning of Transgender Day of Remembrance with Zahara Bassett, founder and CEO of Life Is Work, a West Side social service agency for trans and non-binary people.

For more conversations like this, check out our full catalog of interviews at wbez.org/reset.

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Editor: Brenda Ruiz

Producer: Claire Hyman

Editor: Brenda Ruiz

Jessie Montgomery, CSO’s Mead Composer-in-Residence, is nominated for “Best Contemporary Classical Composition.” CSO’s audio engineer Charlie Post has picked up a third nomination for “Best Engineered Album, Classical” with the CSO album Contemporary American Composers. Reset checks in with Montgomery and two CSO musicians to celebrate the honor and talk classical music in the modern day.

To hear more conversations with Chicago’s 2024 Grammy nominees, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Producer: Andrea Guthmann

Editor: Brenda Ruiz

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Editor: Meha Ahmad

Dom Flemons is a Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter and folklorist up for Best Folk Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Flemons sat down with WBEZ’s Jason Marck to talk about some of the big ideas that run through his work, like preserving and pushing forward Black musical traditions.

Check out more of our conversations with Grammy-nominated Chicago talent at wbez.org/reset.

Producer: Max Lubbers

Editor: Dan Tucker, Meha Ahmad

Kurt Elling has been a jazz singer for nearly 30 years. He’s won two Grammys and been nominated for more than a dozen. And now he’s snagged another nomination in an all new category: Best Alternative Jazz Album.

Reset chats with Kurt Elling about his latest album “SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree” after working on it with fellow musicians Charlie Hunter, Corey Fonville and DJ Harrison during the COVID-19 lockdown.

We spoke to Kurt as a part of our Chicago Grammy nomination week. To hear more of those interviews, go to wbez.org/reset.

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Editor: Micah Yason, Meha Ahmad