Saturday, November 18, 2023

THE PARADISE THEATRE BIG BAND PRESENTATION OF 'STOP APOLOGIZING FOR BEING HUMAN' WAS MARRED BY OVERKILL

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  Paradise Theatre Big Band Musical Director Kris Johnson Many nice things about the Paradise Theatre Big Band are worth pointing out. Forem...
Monday, September 4, 2023

4 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES FROM THE 44TH ANNUAL DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL

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  Vibist Stefon Harris My goal for the first full day of concerts at the 44th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival was to catch about 30 minutes of ...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

BASSIST BEN WILLIAMS TERRIFIC CONCERT IS THE PERFECT ENDING TO THE CARR CENTER'S THREE-PART TRIBUTE TO BASSIST RODNEY WHITAKER

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  Bassist Ben Williams Near the end of bassist Ben Williams's Saturday evening performance at the Carr Center, he performed a brilliant ...
Monday, April 24, 2023

SAXOPHONIST LAKECIA BENJAMIN STEALS THE SHOW AT THE MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR LAST CONCERT

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  Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Christian Sands, Lakecia Benjamin, Clarence Penn The current iteration of the Monterey Jazz Festival on ...
Saturday, April 15, 2023

CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT WINS OVER THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY'S AUDIENCE WITH AN ECLECTIC SETLIST & HER VOICE

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  Vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant The three-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant embodies a distinctive stage presence t...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE RETURNS TO THE PARADISE JAZZ SERIES WITH MUSIC FROM 'PRIME,' HIS LATEST NEW JAWN RECORDING

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Christian McBride New Jawn Quartet   There aren't enough fingers and toes on the human body to count the number of bands, and special pr...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

THE MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA REVISITS GRAMMY-WINNING ALBUM' DATA LORDS' AT THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERT SERIES.

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Composer Maria Schneider Suppose you attended the Maria Schneider Orchestra concert at Hill Auditorium Saturday night and expected it to swi...