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Photo by W. Kim Heron Dear Harold McKinney, I have some exciting news to share with you, Teddy Harris, Roy Brooks, and Donald Walden, the D...

Saturday evening I attended the Wayne Shorter concert at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI. The concert opened the University Music Society ...

For years, Kenny, I’ve maintained that in order to appreciate what an exceptional musician you are, you have to be experienced live. To me, ...

Ear Food . What a catchy title, Roy. If I have my facts right, pianist Cedar Walton wrote a tune titled Ear Food. I’ll double check that, ...

At Bert’s Marketplace , a jazz club in Detroit's Eastern Market district, Saturday night alto saxophonist Larry Smith was visibly shak...

In early 2000, the organ trio organissimo became part of a mini-renaissance of bands that emerged on the Detroit, Mi jazz scene with catchy...

David, I want to chat with you about your new blues album Here & Gone , but first I need to vent. It upsets me when armchair jazz exper...