Sunday, March 24, 2024

PIANIST SULLIVAN FORTNER & TRUMPETER AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE SORT OF RECREATE THE LANDMARK WEATHER BIRD AT THE UMS CONCERT SERIES

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Pianist Sullivan Fortner & Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire Sitting in Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Friday evening, listening ...
Sunday, March 10, 2024

THE MARION HAYDEN LEGACY SEXTET CELEBRATES THE MUSIC OF ROY BROOKS AT THE BLUE LLAMA

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Drummer Roy Brooks The jazz trombonist Vincent Chandler and bassist Marion Hayden have striking similarities. Both are two of the finest jaz...
Monday, February 19, 2024

THE DETROIT JAZZ PRESERVATION CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS A TERRIFIC LONG OVERDUE TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SAXOPHONIST DONALD WALDEN

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  Saxophonist Donald Walden Finally, after two postponements, one because of inclement weather and the other due to the Superbowl, the Detro...
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 ...