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Too Hot to Handel Returns to the Detroit Opera House
DETROIT, Michigan. Rackham Symphony Choir in partnership with the Detroit Opera House proudly announces the return of the holiday classic Too Hot To Handel to kick off the holiday season with two performances on November 29 and 30, 2008. Hailed as the holiday celebration that is ”too hot to miss”; the jazz-gospel 'Messiah' is the perfect ...
Obama to Speak at Hart Plaza; Detroit Jazz Fest Crew to Watch Clock
Leaders of the Detroit International Jazz Festival have been told that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is planning to speak at a Labor Day rally at 11 a.m. Monday at the main amphitheater at Hart Plaza -- just one hour before the festival is scheduled to kick-off its final day. “We really don't know what the ...
Terri Pontremoli is Lifting Detroit's Annual Jazz Fest to New Heights
Terri Pontremoli grew up as a gifted violinist in Cleveland, where she attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and, without skipping a beat, started teaching at the school at 21. A busy freelancer, she played for Cleveland Opera, accompanied entertainers like Sammy Davis Jr., worked as a studio musician and contracted pit bands for musicals and ...
Best Bets for the Detroit International Jazz Fest
Detroit and Philadelphia have such similar jazz histories that the cities might well be twins separated at birth. Both reached their zenith of influence in the hard bop 1950s. Both graduated countless players to the national scene. Both produced R&B juggernauts, Motown and Philly soul. The 29th annual Detroit International Jazz Festival, which runs Friday through ...
Detroit & Philadelphia: A Brotherhood of Bassists
What do many of the best in jazz history have in common? Ties to Detroit and Philadelphia If it weren't for Detroit and Philadelphia, the history of modern jazz would be a lot shorter and a lot less hip. These two meccas are so similar in substance, style and the sheer number of musicians that rose ...
Warming up for the Detroit International Jazz Festival
With the Detroit International Jazz Festival now just eight days away, you can practically sense the scene mentally and physically turning a corner, gathering its collective strength for the coming four-day explosion. The pre-festival series of gigs -- which jazz fest leaders have been using to showcase local talent and raise awareness of the Labor Day ...
2008 Detroit Jazz Fest Line Up: A Love Supreme: The Philly/Detroit Summit
Carhartt Amphitheatre SATURDAY AUG 30 Detroit Jazz Fest All-Star Youth Ensemble 1:15-2:00 Michigan State University Big Band Tribute to Thad Jones with Jon Faddis 2:30-3:30pm Swiss Movement Revisited: Javon Jackson Band with Les McCann ...
Detroit Jazz Fest Executive Director Terri Pontremoli Visits Detroit Jazzstage
This month on Detroit Jazzstage, Terri Pontremoli, the Executive Director of the Detroit International Jazz Festival, sat down to discuss this year's lineup. For more than a quarter century, the Detroit Jazz Fest has entertained millions of fans with jazz legends ranging from Herbie Hancock to Yusef Lateef and Ron Carter. Today, it ROARS on six ...
More Live Music/Top Club Picks in Detroit
JAZZ & WORLD Baker's Keyboard Lounge: Christian McBride, with Perry Hughes and Dwight Adams, Tue. 20510 Livernois, Detroit. 313-345-6300. Bohemian National Home: Mission of Burma, 8:30 p.m. Sat. 3009 Tillman, Detroit. 313-737-6606. Burgh Historical Park: Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings, 7-8:30 p.m. Wed. 23960 Civic Dr., Southfield. 248-796-7788. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: Children's ...
Bob Szajner Triad II Release Live at the Detroit Montreux Jazz Fest 1981
CADENCE JAZZ 1215: Bob Szajner Triad II Live at the Detroit Montreux Jazz Fest 1981 Bob Szajner (p) with Ed Pickens (b) - Frank Isola (d) Bob Szajner is a bopster and prolific composer. He's been in and out of the Detroit Jazz scene since the 1950's. This ...
