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Beatty's "Jazz: The Tiki Room" in Free Online Magazine
Xeric winner Gary Scott Beatty's Jazz: The Tiki Room fiction is featured in the free online magazine MuskegonOnline.NET this month only. The story, in a modernist retro style, follows jazz pianist Dean Fontessa as he pulls together—then splits apart—a five piece combo for a club recently decorated in that happening, new style called tiki. Spin a ...
Grosse Pointe resident Bess Bonnier, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.
Bess Bonnier began playing piano at an early age, taking her first professional job with a big band at 13. She joined the Detroit Federation of Musicians in 1946. Her career spanned more than six decades and included regular appearances with Jack Brokensha at his club in Detroit's New Center area, and at countless other clubs ...
Two Losses to Detroit Jazz: Bess Bonnier and Brad Felt
One of the great and unusual combinations of jazz voices hereabouts was the big-horn/little- horn thing that Steve Wood|| and {{Brad Felt had going at least since the '80s, with Steve on sax (especially the relatively small soprano) and Brad on tuba or euphonium, romping through tunes like “Second Balcony Jump," a Jerry Valentine composition from ...
Off-Broadway Star Miche Braden Kicks Off Palmer Woods Music in Homes (Detroit) on December 17
Detroit's Historic Palmer Woods Music in Homes 5th Season Holiday Concert & Soirée Stars Miche Braden Palmer Woods Music in Homes, a series of eight jazz, classical and world music concerts presented in its historic mansions and unique homes, launches its 5th season on Saturday, December 17 with a special holiday concert and soirée ...
A New Message From The Tribe ...Jazz Great Wendell Harrison Is Back With A New Release, "It’s About Damn Time," His First As A Leader In Seven Years
Co-founder of the legendary Tribe record label and collective in the 1970's, Jazz saxophonist Wendell Harrison has long been known for creating exciting projects, having played with important jazz artists such as Eddie Harris, Grant Green, Eddie Jefferson and Sun Ra, as well as Motown artists Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin. Hot on the heels of ...
Icons Among Us Visits Detroit, Wednesday June 15 at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Episode One: A Quiet Revolution to screen at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Wednesday June 15 @ 6:30 pm Spread the word to your friends in Detroit. This FREE screening of the modern jazz documentary's first episode throws the spotlight on the emergence of new waves of artists and their relationships with their ...
Big Barn Jazz: Michigan
We love jazz and want to hear more of it, not just from a CD or an earbud, from living people! If all goes well, this will be a monthly show year 'round. Pull up a sofa and enjoy great jazz inside the Vineyard Café, Okemos, MI corner Jolly and Hagadorn (the big red barn, can't ...
Music at Mumbai in East Lansing
Jazz provides the background to some spectacular Indian cuisine here at Mumbai. Once a week, we feature some of the best musicians in the area. We mix the flavors and spices of India with western cooking techniques and seasonal, local ingredients. Our focus is on superior taste and health, offering low-fat dishes made with high quality ...
Jazz Alliance of Mid Michigan
The Jazz Alliance of Mid Michigan or “JAMM" preserves and promotes the tradition of live jazz music in Mid-Michigan. We are performers, listeners promoters and educators who all love jazz! 313-444-JAMM We are performers, listeners, promoters, and educators with a common interest—we love jazz! Our mission is simple: preserve and promote the tradition of live jazz ...
31st Annual Detroit Jazz Festival
Subtitled “Flame Keepers: Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the 31st annual Detroit Jazz Fest will pay homage to six trailblazers of modern jazz: Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, and Gil Evans. The talents of these geniuses burned brightly not only through the movements they created, but also through their investment ...
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Lou Marini: A Solo Career Starting At The Age Of 80
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The Tension Is Where the Music Lives: Miles Davis at 100,...
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Sullivan Fortner, Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose, Ardeshir,...
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Charlie Haden: Anatomy of a Jazz Classic
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