Sunday, December 11, 2022

JAZZ SOULMATES MIKE MALIS & MARCUS ELLIOT CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR SECOND BALANCE PROJECT 'CONJURE'

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  Saxophonist Marcus Elliot and Pianist Mike Malis J oel Peterson, the proprietor of, Trinosophes, the entertainment café in Detroit's E...
Sunday, December 4, 2022

JASON MARSALIS'S DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFÉ RETURN WAS HEAVY ON LIONEL HAMPTON CLASSICS

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Jason Marsalis The last time vibist Jason Marsalis played the Dirty Dog Jazz Café, he unveiled a new band assembled to honor the music of Be...
Monday, October 31, 2022

JAZZ DRUMMER GEORGE DAVIDSON ON TAP DANCING, TOURING WITH THE QUEEN OF SOUL, HANGING OUT WITH EARL" FATHA" HINES & SHOWBOATING IN FRONT OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING

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  George Davidson Is it true you started as a tap dancer? Yeah. I was about 10. That was my first gig, dancing. Why tap dancing? At that tim...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

NOT SAXOPHONIST TIA FULLER'S BEST HOUR AT THE NEW STANDARDS JAZZ CRAWL

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Saxophonist Tia Fuller There were several annoyances at saxophonist Tia Fuller's concert Friday evening at the Detroit Institute for the...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

WYNTON MARSALIS'S 'ALL RISE' STIRRED SOULS AT HILL AUDITORIUM

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  Wynton Marsalis For two decades, I've attended Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis University Music Society concerts...
Sunday, October 2, 2022

WARREN WOLF BRINGS GOOD VIBES TO HIS DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFÉ RETURN

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Vibraphonist Warren Wolf Three songs into Warren Wolf's concert Saturday night at the Dirty Dog Jazz Café, the vibraphonist let the audi...
Monday, September 26, 2022

AT ARETHA'S JAZZ CAFÉ THE NEA JAZZ MASTER DRUMMER LOUIS HAYES SWUNG WITH THE VERVE OF MUSICIANS HALF HIS AGE

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Louis Hayes At Louis Hayes's concert Sunday night, I wondered if other attendees were blown away by how athletic his playing still is at...