I DIG JAZZ

Live Concert Reviews from Detroit's Jazz Scene

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

STRUTTING THEIR STUFF

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M irth and Melancholy is Branford Marsalis’ fourth duet album. Branford made one with his father, Ellis, and two with singer and piano play...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

NEW LION

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A fter graduating from Michigan State University and winning the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Competition for Double Bass, Ben William...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

AMY WINEHOUSE'S DAD SINGS, TOO

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M itch Winehouse is pop scarlet Amy Winehouse’s father. Until recently, he was a cab driver in the UK and a closet jazz singer. In March, Wi...
Friday, June 24, 2011

CELEBRATING A CRITIC

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"E rnie Krivda is one of the best jazz tenor sax men in the world,” the late jazz critic Harvey Pekar once stated. If you require proof...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

THREE OF A KIND

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S tefon Harris, David Sanchez, and Christian Scott have a few things in common. They’re Grammy nominated jazz musicians. (Sanchez won a Gra...
Monday, June 20, 2011

BORN TO SING

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F or 40 years ago, jazz singer Ed Reed was a self-loathing heroin addict. Reed served four stints in San Quentin State Prison for drug re...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

PREACHING AT THE DIA

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Salim Washington (photo by Ricardo Thomas) B efore saxophonist Salim Washington began his set Friday night at the Detroit Institute of Ar...
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Charles L. Latimer
is a veteran jazz journalist based in Michigan.Since 1997, he's covered jazz for the alternative newspaper the Metrotimes. He's been writing this jazz blog since 2007.
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