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The Magic Bag Kicks Off the New Year with the 15th Annual Anti-Freeze Blues Festival, January 2nd and 3rd
Ferndale, Michigan--The Magic Bag kicks off the New Year with the 15th Annual Anti-Freeze Blues Festival. The festival, always held the first weekend in January, features the best national and local blues bands. Past headliners include Bettye LaVette, Koko Taylor, Johnnie Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, Robert Jr. Lockwood, The Black Keys and Roomful of Blues. Always one ...
Measured Chaos Returns to Southeast Michigan on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
After kicking off their fall mini-tour with a show in Los Angeles, spreading the news, Measured Chaos returns to southeast Michigan on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 with a healthy dose of Blues, Soul & Rock n Roll The Michigan leg of their tour begins with a call to WCSXs Mark Pasman at 9pm on Sunday, October ...
Paul Miles, Detroit Music Award Winner 2008 to Host 3rd Annual Charity Event at the Memphis Smoke, Sunday November 9, 2008
The “Help your Neighbor Project" will assist Paul Miles , Detroit Music Award Winner-2008 will host his 3rd annual charity event at the Memphis Smoke, Sunday November 9, 2008, 7pm-10pm. Artists scheduled and donating their time include: The Harmonica Shah Band, legendary blues artist- Lifetime Achievement Winner Detroit Blues Society, travels internationally ...
Root Doctor Guitarist Greg Nagy Interviewed at AAJ
Root Doctor had its humble beginnings in Lansing, Michigan's fertile open mic scene. Freddie Cunningham (lead vocals) and James Williams (bass, vocals) first played together as a pick-up band, but both instantly recognized their chemistry and Root Doctor was soon born. Lead guitarist Greg Nagy, considered an exceptionally soulful and creative blues player, has shared the ...
Kenn Cox Named King, Chavez, Parks Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan - Dearborn
Kenn Cox, internationally acclaimed jazz musician, composer and educator, has been awarded the King, Chavez, Parks (KCP) Visiting Professorship for 2008-2009 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Mr. Cox has been named to this post in recognition of his extraordinary brilliant and productive career as a jazz leader, pianist and composer of music in widely diverse genres. ...
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 ...
