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Harmonica Buzz and the Great MO' Kauffey from Canada to Perform at the New Eaton Rapids Ampitheater
What:Harmonica Buzz with “The Great" Mo' Kauffey - 7:00 When:Friday, September 5th, 2008 Eaton Rapids Amphitheater Where:315 W. Knight Street Eaton Rapids MI 48827 Price: n/c Phone:(517) 643-0892 Canadian Mo' Kauffey meets up with Lansing's Harmonica Buzz for a week's worth of performances around Michigan. Rooted ...
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 ...
Randy Napoleon Sextet Previews New Music at Fat Cat
Guitarist Randy Napoleon brings a three-horn sextet to Fat Cat in New York City on September 3 to perform originals and fresh arrangements of jazz and soul standards and rethought pop tunes. “It's really an exciting process," he says of working on the arrangements. “There's a fine line between doing something adventurous and doing something where ...
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 ...
