I DIG JAZZ

Live Concert Reviews from Detroit's Jazz Scene

Sunday, October 10, 2021

JAZZ VOCALIST LIZZ WRIGHT KICKS OFF THE 2021-2022 PARADISE JAZZ SERIES WITH AN ECLECTIC SET

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  Lizz Wright The vocalist Lizz Wright sings jazz, the blues, R&B, folk, and gospel so perfectly during her live performance’s someone m...
Monday, September 20, 2021

RAFAEL LEAFAR'S EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC PERPLEXES THE DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFÉ AUDIENCE

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Saxophonist Rafael Leafar For some time now, the  talk around Detroit's jazz scene has been the multi-saxophonist, and the 2020 Kresge F...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

THE PARADISE JAZZ SERIES REOPENS WITH A LIVELY SET FROM BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND

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Brian Blade &The Fellowship Band Seventeen months have passed since the Paradise Jazz Series has put on a live concert. The series retur...
Monday, February 17, 2020

TROMBONIST VINCENT CHANDLER BRINGS A HELLUVA EXPERIENCE TO THE CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

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Vincent Chandler If you’ve caught any of the trombonist Vincent Chandler’s concerts over the years, you may know they are mainly ...
Monday, January 27, 2020

THE KRIS JOHNSON QUARTET TREATS CUBE AUDIENCE TO IMPECCABLY EXECUTED STANDARDS & ORIGINALS

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Kris Johnson The jazz trumpeter Kris Johnson should do everything humanly possible to keep together the band he premiered on Friday...
Monday, January 20, 2020

THE EMMETT COHEN TRIO MODERNIZES BENNY GOLSON'S HITS AT ST. CECILIA MUSIC CENTER

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Pianist Emmett Cohen H earing young jazz musicians perform with a jazz legend surely makes for a joyful concert. That’s ho...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

FAVORITE JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2019

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Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy Alive Ralph Peterson (Onyx Music 3) On this homage to the Jazz Messengers, the jazz dynas...
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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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