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Jazz in the Village - Sarnia, Ontario
SARNIA, ON - The Jazz in the Village, 2007 committee, has been meeting on a regular basis since last year's festival in September, in order to produce the upcoming fall event. Frank Stewart, chairperson for the Jazz Committee, is sure that this year's line-up will be sold out before opening night, and promises that even the ...
Faruq Z. Bey with Northwoods Improvisers Featuring; Mike Carey and Skeeter Shelton at Cliff Bell's
Faruq Z. Bey, a founding member of Griot Galaxy, a band referred to as 'the best band that never left Detroit', has been active on the Detroit music scene as a performer since the early 1970s. He started his career as a professional musician in 1960. Since then he has performed with Abdullah Ibrahim, Leroy Jenkins, ...
Detroit International Jazz Festival Kickoff Party Featuring Bop Culture
Come to Arturo's Jazz Theatre & Restaurant and enjoy this kick off party for the Detroit International Jazz Festival sponsored by WRCJ 90.9 FM and hosted by Tony Mowod with music provided by Detroit's own Bop Culture. This stellar ensemble includes world class musician's Mark Byerly on Trumpet, Rick Roe on Piano, Ryan Enderle on Bass, ...
Randy Napoleon Quartet at Kerrytown Concert House and Cliff Bell's
The Randy Napoleon Quartet will be making two appearances in the Detroit, Michigan area this weekend: Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI - Randy Napoleon Quartet with Rodney Whitaker (b), Rick Roe (p) and Sean Dobbins (d). Join Randy Napoleon, who always loves to come back to his hometown, and bring together Michigan's best in an ...
The Magic Poetry Band at Cliff Bell's Sat. August 18th at 9:30 P.M.
A creative ensemble of musicians, The Magic Poetry Band is the brainchild of Wayne State University professor (and St. Clair Shores, Michigan's first Poet Laureate) M.L. Liebler. Over the last twenty years, M.L. has combined his insightful, urban poetry with the funky tones of modern jazz, resulting in a perfect elision of sound and vision. Along ...
The Return of Bop Culture, Friday, July 27
After a nearly two year hiatus, Detroit's own Bop Culture will appear at The JazzCafe on Friday, July 27th at 8:00 p.m. for a night of exciting energy filled music. This stellar ensemble includes world class musician's Mark Byerly on Trumpet, Rick Roe on Piano, Andrew Klein on Bass, and Bill Higgins on Drums. This is ...
A Cardboard Box 2-String Acoustic/Electric Double Bass?
As of June 22 2007, Bogdon has sold 232 Bogdon Box Basses for $69.95 and has shipped them all over the world via EBay.com. The 2-string box bass is featured in the June 2007 issue of Bass Player Magazine on page 15. The webpage has been featured on Fox News Detroit and the box bass has ...
New Gospel Jazz Internet Radio Station Available: WGJB
The grooves of Gospel Jazz have migrated to a new internet radio station, WGJB. The call letters stand for “World Gospel Jazz Broadcast" which enables listeners everywhere to hear Gospel Jazz all day everyday. The owner and operator of this station, Norvell Molex Jr. had this to say about the station: “God blessed me with the ...
Louis Hayes
by Marcia Hillman
Influenced by Philly Joe Jones and mentored by Papa Jo Jones, drummer Louis Hayes is a jazz survivor and a swinging one at that. The one-time Detroit musician grew up listening to and eventually playing with such legendary performers as Yusef Lateef, Sam Jones, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan and so many others from that prosperous golden ...
