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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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News: Recording

New Miles Brown CD Featuring Steve Brown and Rich Thompson!

New Miles Brown CD Featuring Steve Brown and Rich Thompson!

Just released! Bassist Miles Brown's first solo album! Featuring his father, Steve Brown, and drummer Rich Thompson, Share My Life is a straight-ahead jazz guitar trio record in the style of Jim Hall, Joe Pass, and Wes Montgomery. Miles Brown is a versatile bassist and composer. In addition to his own jazz groups, Miles is the ...

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Article: Album Review

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Detroit

Read "Detroit" reviewed by Robert J. Robbins


Commissioned by the Detroit International Jazz Festival and premiered on the occasion of the composer's 91st birthday, Gerald Wilson's six-movement “Detroit Suite" demonstrates that after nearly seven decades in the music business, the nonagenarian composer and arranger still has a great deal to offer in terms of musical creativity. Wilson spent the latter part of his ...

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News: Festival

5th Annual Hot Blues and BBQ Just 1 Week Away!

5th Annual Hot Blues and BBQ Just 1 Week Away!

Hot Blues and BBQ, the Village of Oxford, the Oxford Downtown Development Authority, and the Detroit Blues Society are proud to announce that the 5th annual HOT BLUES AND BBQ will be held June 19-20, 2009. The Friday, June 19th event will be held from 7pm-10pm in Centennial Park in Downtown Oxford, MI. The Saturday June ...

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News: Award / Grant

Detroit Blues Society Establishes Memorial Award for Youth Blues Musicians

Detroit Blues Society Establishes Memorial Award for Youth Blues Musicians

Detroit Blues Society Establishes Memorial Award for Youth Blues Musicians. DETAILS The award is called THE JAMES S. HENRY YOUTH EXCELLENCE AWARD. It is named in honor of Detroit Blues Society Member and friend, Jim Henry who passed away at the age of 49 in March of 2009. Jim was dedicated to ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Detroit May Be Battered, but the City is Inspiring Song

Detroit -- Sam Roberts and John Rich have found inspiration in all kinds of places during their years writing and performing music. Recently the Canadian rocker and the country star happened upon the same muse -- a certain struggling Rust Belt metropolis. The Sam Roberts Band's “Detroit '67" and Rich's “Shuttin' Detroit Down" each have caused ...


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