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News: Performance / Tour

The Magic Poetry Band at Cliff Bell's Sat. August 18th at 9:30 P.M.

August 14, 2007

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 ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Return of Bop Culture, Friday, July 27

July 25, 2007

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 ...

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News: Music Industry

A Cardboard Box 2-String Acoustic/Electric Double Bass?

June 22, 2007

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 ...

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News: Radio

New Gospel Jazz Internet Radio Station Available: WGJB

February 6, 2007

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 ...

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Article: Interview

Louis Hayes

by Marcia Hillman
September 25, 2005

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 ...