I DIG JAZZ

Live Concert Reviews from Detroit's Jazz Scene

Monday, December 20, 2021

JAZZ VOCALIST SAMARA JOY'S VOICE COVERS AUDIENCE LIKE A WARM BLANKET AT CLIFF BELL'S

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Vocalist Samara Joy JazzTimes magazine scribe Veronica M. Johnson turned me on to the jazz vocalist Samara Joy, noting she's the embodim...
Friday, December 10, 2021

THE ORRIN EVANS TRIO OPENS A THREE-NIGHT ENGAGEMENT AT CLIFF BELL’S WITH VERVE AND PANACHE

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Pianist Orrin Evans I'm not sure if the jazz pianist Orrin Evans would take kindly to me believing he's unsung. The Philadelphia nat...
Sunday, December 5, 2021

MIKE MONFORD & DETROIT EFFERVESCENCE BRINGS BACK TO LIFE 'WE INSIST! -MAX ROACH'S FREEDOM NOW SUITE' AT THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE! SERIES

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  Saxophonist Mike Monford J azz saxophonist Mike Monford’s group Detroit Effervescence presentation of Max Roach’s We Insist !-Max Roach...
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 ...
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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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