I DIG JAZZ

Live Concert Reviews from Detroit's Jazz Scene

Monday, August 19, 2019

JAZZ PIANIST MIKE MALIS EXPLORES THE MUSIC OF DON CHERRY, GERI ALLEN, ANDREW HILL & OTHERS AT MOTOR CITY WINE BAR

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Mike Malis Detroit’s jazz community is known the world over for producing many great jazz pianists such as Barry Harris and T...
Friday, August 9, 2019

ALTO SAXOHONIST KASAN BELGRAVE'S THURSDAY RESIDENCY AT COBB'S CORNER IS WORTH CHECKING OUT

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Kasan Belgrave Of the current pool of young and talented jazz musicians making waves on the Detroit jazz scene, the alto saxophonist ...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

JAZZ BASSIST MILES BROWN CELEBRATES 'EVIDENCE OF SOUL AND BODY' AT DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFE

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Jazz Bassist Miles Brown For eight years, the jazz bassist Miles Brown ran the jazz studies program at Oakland University. During tha...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

NEW MUSIC FROM DETROIT TENORS, BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET & RALPH PETERSON & THE MESSENGER LEGACY

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Saxophonists Steve Woods and Carl Cafagna have been mainstays on Detroit’s jazz scene for decades. Cafagna made a bulletproof reputatio...
Monday, June 3, 2019

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES WRAPS UP SEASON WITH TERENCE BLANCHARD WSG QUIANA LYNELL & LEDISI PERFORMING SCORES FROM SPIKE LEE'S FILMS

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Terence Blanchard Sunday afternoon at Orchestra Hall in midtown Detroit the Paradise Jazz Series wrapped up its 2018-2019 jazz seas...
Friday, May 31, 2019

RISING JAZZ STAR TRUNINO LOWE'S QUARTET PLAYS STANDARDS & ORIGINALS AT CLIFF BELL'S

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Trumpeter Trunino Lowe The jazz trumpeter Trunino Lowe is a rising star on Detroit’s jazz scene, having performed at many popular j...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

JASON MARSALIS RETURNS TO THE DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFE WITH NEW QUARTET, BGQ EXPLORATION

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Jason Marsalis The jazz vibist and drummer Jason Marsalis has a new touring band called the BGQ Exploration, supposedly a modernized...
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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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