Detour's February Jazz Calendar

Back by popular demand on Saturday, February 15th, is Alex Skolnick, a veteran metal head from the legendary band Testament. Alex has taken some of the hard rock tunes he listened to in his youth, reharmonized them and opened them up to improvisation. The result is an early 80's hit song by Scorpions turned into a delicate Bossa Nova; a hard rock anthem by Kiss became a tour de force of swing, funk and Latin. And this was just the beginning. The group has gone on to do arrangements of Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, and The Who which, along with a couple of Alex