I DIG JAZZ

Live Concert Reviews from Detroit's Jazz Scene

Monday, February 3, 2025

THE DETROIT JAZZ PRESERVATION CONCERT SERIES CELEBRATES THE MUSIC OF KAMAU KENYATTA

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  Kamau Kenyatta No one at the Detroit Jazz Preservation Concert Series Sunday evening would have guessed the quintet trombonist Vincent Cha...
Sunday, February 2, 2025

WYNTON MARSALIS & JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER PERFORM NEW ARRANGEMENTS OF COOL AND HARD BOP CLASSICS AT THE UMS CONCERT SERIES

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Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are best when performing the music of legendary...
Saturday, January 18, 2025

TRUMPETER ETIENNE CHARLES BRINGS ‘EARTH TONES’ TO THE LYDIA MENDELSSOHN THEATRE

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  Trumpeter Etienne Charles Listening to "Earth Tones," an ambitious statement on climate change by trumpeter and composer Etienne...
Monday, January 6, 2025

THE PEPPER ADAMS TRIBUTE WAS AMONG THE BEST OF THE DETROIT JAZZ PRESERVATION CONCERT SERIES

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Baritone Saxophonist Pepper Adams Listening to the baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams tribute Sunday afternoon at the Detroit Jazz Preservati...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

A LOOK BACK AT CHRISTMAS CONCERTS FROM SAMARA JOY & LAKECIA BENJAMIN

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Vocalist Samara Joy   You don't have to stay for an entire Samara Joy concert to experience the fullness of her vocality. Three songs in...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

JAZZ DRUMMER NATE WINN WRAPS UP A THREE-NIGHT RUN AT THE DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFÉ WITH STANDARDS AND ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

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Drummer Nate Winn I first heard the jazz drummer Nate Winn years ago. He was a talented up-and-comer in vocalist Jesse Palter's band, in...
Saturday, December 7, 2024

JAZZ PIANIST CYRUS CHESTNUT'S PERFECT PRESENTATION OF A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS WAS INTERRUPTED AT THE PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

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Pianist Cyrus Chestnut Cyrus Chestnut has a rough time completing a concert at the Paradise Jazz Series without incident. He's one of th...
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is a veteran jazz journalist based in Michigan.Since 1997, he's covered jazz for the alternative newspaper the Metrotimes. He's been writing this jazz blog since 2007.
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