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News: Recording

A New Message From The Tribe ...Jazz Great Wendell Harrison Is Back With A New Release, "It’s About Damn Time," His First As A Leader In Seven Years

A New Message From The Tribe ...Jazz Great Wendell Harrison Is Back With A New Release, "It’s About Damn Time," His First As A Leader In Seven Years

Co-founder of the legendary Tribe record label and collective in the 1970's, Jazz saxophonist Wendell Harrison has long been known for creating exciting projects, having played with important jazz artists such as Eddie Harris, Grant Green, Eddie Jefferson and Sun Ra, as well as Motown artists Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin. Hot on the heels of ...

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News: Event

Icons Among Us Visits Detroit, Wednesday June 15 at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Icons Among Us Visits Detroit, Wednesday June 15 at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Episode One: A Quiet Revolution to screen at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Wednesday June 15 @ 6:30 pm Spread the word to your friends in Detroit. This FREE screening of the modern jazz documentary's first episode throws the spotlight on the emergence of new waves of artists and their relationships with their ...

Album

Detroit

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 1. Blues on Belle Isle - 5:30; 2. Cass Tech - 8:47; 3. Detroit - 6:39; 4. Miss Gretchen - 7:06; 5. Before Motown - 7:12; 6. The Detroit River - 8:48; 7. Everywhere - 12:32; 8. Aram - 6:13. Tutti i brani sono composti, arrangiati e diretti da Gerald Wilson.

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News: Festival

31st Annual Detroit Jazz Festival

31st Annual Detroit Jazz Festival

Subtitled “Flame Keepers: Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the 31st annual Detroit Jazz Fest will pay homage to six trailblazers of modern jazz: Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, and Gil Evans. The talents of these geniuses burned brightly not only through the movements they created, but also through their investment ...

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News: Event

The Bobby Murray Band w/SGS Lenny Watkins and Robert Penn to Appear at the Scarab Club Detroit Blues Heritage Series - Event 2, May 22

The Bobby Murray Band w/SGS Lenny Watkins and Robert Penn to Appear at the Scarab Club Detroit Blues Heritage Series - Event 2, May 22

The Detroit Blues Society & the Scarab Club Present The Detroit Blues Heritage Series on May 22, at 2 pm The Bobby Murray Band w/sgs Lenny Watkins and Robert Penn Scarab Club 217 Farnsworth Street Detroit, MI 48202-4018 (313) 831-1250 Blues guitar great Bobby ...

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Article: Album Review

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Detroit

Read "Detroit" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Alla splendida età di 91 anni l'ultimo dei grandi bandleader del jazz moderno è in piena attività e continua sfornare brillanti lavori. Dopo il successo ottenuto al Chicago Jazz Festival del 1994 Gerald Wilson ha ripreso a incidere con regolarità, attraversando una seconda giovinezza: scrive nuovi brani e nuovi arrangiamenti, reinterpreta con fantasia i vecchi successi ...

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News: Event

Five Time Detroit Music Award Winner Paul Miles and 7-Time Detroit Music Award Nominee Carolyn Striho at Memphis Smoke-Sunday Jan 17, 2010

Five Time Detroit Music Award Winner Paul Miles and 7-Time Detroit Music Award Nominee Carolyn Striho at Memphis Smoke-Sunday Jan 17, 2010

Sunday, Jan 17, 2010-8pm, Memphis Smoke presents “The Send Off Show," Detroit Music Award Winner Paul Miles and seven time Detroit Music Award Nominee-Carolyn Striho will be presenting a dynamic concert to kick-off their events in 2010 Miles is going to compete in the International Blues Competition in Memphis, Tennessee and Carolyn will be going to ...

Album

Detroit

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Blues on Belle Isle; Cass Tech; Detroit; Miss Gretchen; Before Motown; The Detroit River; Everywhere; Aram.

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News: Performance / Tour

Swing in the New Year with Randy Napoleon

Swing in the New Year with Randy Napoleon

Guitarist Randy Napoleon came to the attention of the jazz world a decade ago when he was a student at the University of Michigan, soloing with Ellen Rowe's jazz band at a festival in Indiana. Among those who evaluated the young musicians were pianist Benny Green and drummer Jeff Hamilton. On the last day of Napoleon's ...


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