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News: Recording

Saxophonist Tia Fuller Marks Her Evolution On Angelic Warrior

Saxophonist Tia Fuller Marks Her Evolution On Angelic Warrior

Tia Fuller's third release on Mack Avenue Records, Angelic Warrior, marks her deep-rooted evolution as an instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. After five years in Beyoncé's band, the pop diva's attention to detail in the studio rubbed off on Fuller. She has since developed a heightened focus in the editing, mixing and mastering process of Angelic Warrior, ...

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News: Recording

Hot Club Of Detroit Adds Avant-Garde, Pop And Groove Based Elements To The Django Reinhardt Resurgence On New Mack Avenue Records Release, Junction, Available August 14

Hot Club Of Detroit Adds Avant-Garde, Pop And Groove Based Elements To The Django Reinhardt Resurgence On New Mack Avenue Records Release,  Junction, Available August 14

Following up It's About That Time, Night Town and the eponymous 2006 debut Hot Club of Detroit - Hot Club of Detroit expands its sonic and compositional horizons with Junction. Retaining its original lineup of reeds, two guitars, accordion, upright bass and no drums, this is the band's fourth release for Mack Avenue Records. There are ...

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News: Obituary

Two Losses to Detroit Jazz: Bess Bonnier and Brad Felt

One of the great and unusual combinations of jazz voices hereabouts was the big-horn/little- horn thing that Steve Wood|| and {{Brad Felt had going at least since the '80s, with Steve on sax (especially the relatively small soprano) and Brad on tuba or euphonium, romping through tunes like “Second Balcony Jump," a Jerry Valentine composition from ...

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News: Obituary

Grosse Pointe resident Bess Bonnier, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

Grosse Pointe resident Bess Bonnier, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

Bess Bonnier began playing piano at an early age, taking her first professional job with a big band at 13. She joined the Detroit Federation of Musicians in 1946. Her career spanned more than six decades and included regular appearances with Jack Brokensha at his club in Detroit's New Center area, and at countless other clubs ...

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Off-Broadway Star Miche Braden Kicks Off Palmer Woods Music in Homes (Detroit) on December 17

Detroit's Historic Palmer Woods Music in Homes 5th Season Holiday Concert & Soirée Stars Miche Braden Palmer Woods Music in Homes, a series of eight jazz, classical and world music concerts presented in its historic mansions and unique homes, launches its 5th season on Saturday, December 17 with a special holiday concert and soirée ...

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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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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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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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