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Russ Macklem

Russ Macklem is a Windsor/Detroit based trumpet player, composer, educator, and recording artist. His 2023 debut release, The South Detroit Connection, was nominated for a JUNO-award, and was the first live album recorded in Windsor in over 22 years (at Phog Lounge), the last having been recorded by Detroit trumpet legend, Marcus Belgrave at the Capitol Theatre. Belgrave’s son, saxophonist/flautist Kasan Belgrave is featured both on the album, and in Russ’ new Quintet. The new Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet makes their debut at the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival.

As a leader, Russ can be heard with his quintet every first Friday of the month at MotorCity Wine in Corktown (Detroit), and other venues around the Midwest throughout the year. As a sideman, Russ has played with a diverse array of artists including Amp Fiddler, Dave Holland, The Marley Bros (Bob Marley’s sons), Cecil McBee, Frankie Valli, Dave Liebman, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, and many others.

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Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet

Label: TQM Recording Co.
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Coyote pt.1; I Will Persevere; Nostalgia: For a Past Life; Theme For Detroit; O.K. Valley; Mr. Amderson; The Coyote pt. 2.

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Song of the Day

I Will Persevere

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Label: TQM Recording Co.
Released: 2025
Duration: 07:05

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Meet John O'Gallagher

Read "Meet John O'Gallagher" reviewed by Cheryl K.


In this hour, an interview with saxophonist, composer, and educator John O'Gallagher. His release Ancestral on Whirlwind Recordings is with drummers Andrew Cyrille and Billy Hart and guitar Ben Monder. Plus, selections from new releases by pianist Pat Thomas and the Brooklyn, NY-based trio Prawntail.Playlist Louis Stewart-Brian Dunning “West Coast Blues" from Alone Together ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Brennan, Borgatti, Hilton, Threadgill & More

Read "New Music From Brennan, Borgatti, Hilton, Threadgill & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


This episode features music from Latin America, North America, Europe, and the Mediterranean region. It begins with rhythmically driven Latin jazz and piano-led ensemble work, followed by experimental compositions using layered electronics, extended techniques, and non-standard forms. Midway, the programme includes modal structures, bowed string textures, and vibraphone-led chamber jazz. The final third presents free improvisation, ...

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Article: Album Review

Russ Macklem: Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet

Read "Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet" reviewed by Paul Rauch


Trumpeter Russ Macklem is known in jazz circles as a strong presence on the fertile Detroit scene, but he is actually from Windsor, Ontario--a quick jaunt across the Detroit River from the Motor City. For this recording, he matches wits with some of the brightest young stars on the Detroit scene, in a live-in-the-studio session that ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet

Read "Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet" reviewed by Vincent Chandler


What do these musicians have in common: Wardell Gray, Joe Henderson, Yusef Lateef, Thad, Elvin, and Hank Jones, Betty Carter, Howard McGhee and Marcus Belgrave? They are all legendary jazz musicians from Detroit who were born elsewhere. Some were raised in Detroit, while others moved there later in their lives. This phenomenon dates to the Great ...

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News: Recording

Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet

Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet

Following up on his Juno Nominated debut album The South Detroit Connection Russ Macklem returns with a sophomore release that is sure to turn heads. Introducing: the Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet brings together a group of some of the best musicians Detroit has to offer: Kasan Belgrave (alto saxophone), Jordan Anderson (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis ...

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The South Detroit Connection

Label: TQM Recording Co.
Released: 2023
Track listing: Mr. Fantastic ; Interlude: Sam Dickinson ; Kelowna ; Interlude: Russ Macklem ; Who Is Genuine ; Interlude: Adam Arruda ; 1176 ; Interlude: Jonathon Muir-Cotton ; Elegy For My Lost Loves


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