Sunday, February 19, 2023

VOCALIST SKY COVINGTON CLOSES A FOUR-NIGHT RUN AT THE DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFÉ WITH A SPIRITED SET OF JAZZ STANDARDS

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Sky Covington As a journalist who's reviewed jazz concerts in Michigan for many years, I'm embarrassed to admit Saturday evening at ...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

JAZZ PIANIST AARON DIEHL'S TRIO MOVES SEAMLESSLY FROM BACH TO BEBOP AT THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT SERIES

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Pianist Aaron Diehl Listening to the jazz pianist Aaron Diehl's performance Friday evening at Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
Monday, January 23, 2023

SAXOPHONIST RAVI COLTRANE’S TRIBUTE CONCERT FOR HIS PARENTS DIDN’T FEEL MUCH LIKE ONE

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Ravi Coltrane   Over a decade ago, I interviewed the saxophonist Ravi Coltrane for the weekly newspaper the Metro Times. Coltrane, back then...
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...