Sunday, June 5, 2022

VIOLINIST LESLIE DESHAZOR ENTHRALLS THE AUDIENCE AT HER DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFÉ DEBUT

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Leslie DeShazor It's a crying shame that violinist Leslie DeShazor doesn't have a permanent residency at a popular jazz club in Detr...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

HARPIST BRANDEE YOUNGER STEALS THE SHOW AT THE CARR CENTER'S GREAT JAZZ WOMEN FROM DETROIT TRIBUTE CONCERT

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Harpist Brandee Younger I've been reviewing live jazz concerts for 20-plus years. I must confess that Saturday evening at the Carr Cente...
Sunday, March 6, 2022

THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA'S PARADISE JAZZ SERIES CONCERT WAS HEAVY OF ORIGINAL MUSIC

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  Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra If you're a devotee of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, you know they relish the work of Duke El...
Monday, February 28, 2022

THE CARR CENTER TRIBUTE TO STEVIE WONDER HAD SOME OVERKILL BUT WAS WORTH THE TWO-YEAR WAIT

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Stevie Wonder In 2017, the top brass at the Carr Center made a smart move hiring the accomplished Grammy-winning drummer Terri Lyne Carringt...
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Sunday, January 30, 2022

JAZZ PIANIST ELLEN ROWE'S OCTET HONORS WOMEN TRAILBLAZERS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

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Pianist Ellen Rowe Before the jazz pianist Ellen Rowe's all-female octet hit the stage at the Friday Night Live concert series at the De...
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...