Tuesday, February 28, 2012

MARK SHERMAN MAKES HIS DREAM ALBUM

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Mark Sherman is a jazz vibraphone player with a highly develop bebop acumen. For many years, Sherman has dreamed of maki...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

DETROIT JAZZ LEGACY ENSEMBLE'S CONCERT NEEDED SOME EDITING

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Marion Hayden and late Roy Brooks  I want to share with you a near perfect jazz concert I attended. Mr. Brooks. I'd be grateful if ...
Friday, February 24, 2012

JEFF HAMILTON'S NEW ALBUM IS TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS

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W hen jazz drummer Jeff Hamilton puts out an album with his trio or with the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, expectations are high. His...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

MR. HENRY LOVED LIFE, JAZZ TOO

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Mr. Henry's favorite trumpeter Fats Navarro F ats, Mr. William Henry, one of your biggest fans, died last week. His funeral was Mond...
Monday, February 20, 2012

NEW ALBUMS BY MARK SHERMAN, KATHY KOSINS, & KENNY GARRETT COMING SOON

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One of Mark Sherman’s musical dreams has come to pass. For the longest time, Sherman has yearned to make an album of bebop songs. But She...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

GRETCHEN PARLATO'S STYLE OF JAZZ DIDN'T FLY AT ORCHESTRA HALL

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Jazz singer Gretchen Parlato G retchen, when I drove home from Orchestra Hall in Detroit last night, I thought about why your hour l...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

METRO JAZZ VOICES SPARKLED AT THE DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFE'

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Carl Cafagna, Nicci- Der Stepanian, Meri Slaven, and Jeremy St. Martin I heard the Metro Jazz Voices for the first time in 2009 at ...