Jeff recently completed work on his Graduate degree in jazz studies at WSU and is a fine young string bassist. He is also the chief arranger for the band Midtown Sounds and appears around the city with Tbone Paxton and also the Rhythm Society Orchestra.

Nathan-Paul Has dedicated his career to playing original music, but never leaving the listener behind. "Vibe, Bounce, Dance!" is a motto Nathan-Paul Lives by. "Music does what words can't." Many people work 9-5 jobs and look to music to revive and relax them. A Nathan-Paul…

Evan Mercer, 23, studied at Wayne State University for Jazz Studies and has played piano since he was 5 years old. Having studied under names such as Matt Michaels, Cliff Monear, and Rob Pipho, he offers a fresh perspective on old standards while writing new…

Jazz drummer Sean Dobbins got his start as sought-after Detroit area jazz sideman at a young age, when he would regularly play with Blue Note artist Louis Smith. As Sean's Career progressed, he found himself the recipient of many awards and accolades including the "Woody…

“Stylized folk balladry, nocturnal narratives and closing time croons burn with the romanticism of Jeff Buckley.” -Jeff Milo, Real Detroit Weekly Every Sunday Brunch, piano-man Jarrod Champion plays early American music including New Orleans-style jazz, jump blues, early soul, rock and roll, swing-country and mix’s…

"Seductive, Interstellar Funk” - Okayplayer “the perfect mix of skill and energy to keep you hooked from start to finish” - Earmilk “…the…songs…capture the band's experimental blend of indie rock, jazz, funk, and dream pop” - The Deli Magazine Translated from Sanskrit, Maitri ("my tree")…

Tonotrope is a collaborative trio of Michael Malis (piano), Jaribu Shahid (bass), and Jonathan Taylor (drums). Together, they search for the inner logic of musical language by exploring the outer limits of the jazz repertoire. Jaribu Shahid is a leading bassist of international stature. A…

Emma Lee Aboukasm is an award-winning, Detroit-based recording artist, vocalist, pianist, and composer. Educated in classical and jazz music at the University of Michigan, she is now performing everywhere in Detroit, including intimate venues like the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe to expansive ones like the…

Buffalo Kid is a trio that features Stuart Lyons, drums, David Dunham, guitar, Jeffry Cuny, bass. The trio began playing together as the rhythm section in the WSU Big Band from 2016-2018, and served as their house rhythm section. Also under the name Jeffry Cuny…

Jeff recently completed work on his Graduate degree in jazz studies at WSU and is a fine young string bassist. He is also the chief arranger for the band Midtown Sounds and appears around the city with Tbone Paxton and also the Rhythm Society Orchestra.

The DJ7 (Detroit Jazz Septet) concentrates on the music of Duke Ellington's Small Groups as well as original material contributed by bassist John Barron and some other era-appropriate numbers. From 1956 and into the early '60's, master pianist/composer/arranger Duke Ellington recorded small group sessions with…

Evan Mercer, 23, studied at Wayne State University for Jazz Studies and has played piano since he was 5 years old. Having studied under names such as Matt Michaels, Cliff Monear, and Rob Pipho, he offers a fresh perspective on old standards while writing new…

Yvette Norwood-Tiger, international jazz vocalist and recording artist, songwriter, vocal coach, Recording Academy (Grammy) recording and voting member, and founder/director of Palm Beach International Jazz Festival (www.palmbeachinternationaljazzfestival.org), is a Detroit, Michigan native who hails from a family of musicians, including a father who played guitar…

“Stylized folk balladry, nocturnal narratives and closing time croons burn with the romanticism of Jeff Buckley.” -Jeff Milo, Real Detroit Weekly Every Sunday Brunch, piano-man Jarrod Champion plays early American music including New Orleans-style jazz, jump blues, early soul, rock and roll, swing-country and mix’s…

An ensemble consisting of  professors from Oakland University:  drummer Sean Dobbins, bassist Marion Hayden, trumpeter Anthony Stanco, pianist Scott Gwinnell, and percussionist Mark Stone. https://www.facebook.com/events/1742218795898980/  

Matt will bring tenor sax man Ryan Freitas and they will perform songs from the classic Sonny Rollins album "The Bridge" which featured jazz guitar great Jim Hall. Matt LoRusso has been playing guitar since 1995 when he received his first guitar for Christmas. He…

Alexis Lombre Quartet: Alexis is a young jazz pianist who discovered early that the true essence of music is not just about what you hear but how music makes you feel. Her musical mission is to keep the ‘Soul’ in music alive. Her debut album,…

• 2017 Grammy win for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for the album Culcha Vulcha, as a member of Snarky Puppy • 2016 Grammy win for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for the album Sylva, as a member of Snarky Puppy • 2014 Grammy Award Winner for…

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Jeff recently completed work on his Graduate degree in jazz studies at WSU and is a fine young string bassist. He is also the chief arranger for the band Midtown Sounds and appears around the city with Tbone Paxton and also the Rhythm Society Orchestra.

Justin Dillard with The DOT Born and raised on the west side of Chicago and attending both Vandercook College of Music and The Velvet Lounge; his studies at both institutions gave him the honorable privilege to work with innovators locally and globally performing/recording with and/or…

Evan Mercer, 23, studied at Wayne State University for Jazz Studies and has played piano since he was 5 years old. Having studied under names such as Matt Michaels, Cliff Monear, and Rob Pipho, he offers a fresh perspective on old standards while writing new…

Justin Dillard with The DOT Born and raised on the west side of Chicago and attending both Vandercook College of Music and The Velvet Lounge; his studies at both institutions gave him the honorable privilege to work with innovators locally and globally performing/recording with and/or…

“Stylized folk balladry, nocturnal narratives and closing time croons burn with the romanticism of Jeff Buckley.” -Jeff Milo, Real Detroit Weekly Every Sunday Brunch, piano-man Jarrod Champion plays early American music including New Orleans-style jazz, jump blues, early soul, rock and roll, swing-country and mix’s…

General Admission Reserved $20 – $30 Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm Holly is the founder and headmistress of the Detroit School of Burlesque and also produces the only monthly recurring Detroit burlesque show in an original speakeasy called Speakeasy Sundays, featuring local and national burlesque…

Alexis Lombre Quartet: Alexis is a young jazz pianist who discovered early that the true essence of music is not just about what you hear but how music makes you feel. Her musical mission is to keep the ‘Soul’ in music alive. Her debut album,…

New, local jazz-funk project, Disaster Relief, features many rising stars of the Ann Arbor and Detroit jazz scenes. They celebrate the release of their self-titled debut album, which is intended to provide relief from the tragedy and negativity of the world. Drawing on a wide…

Occidental Gypsy plays an exhilarating blend of gypsy swing, jazz and world music that enraptures the listener with a complex acoustic sound, burnished by smooth vocals reminiscent of the first era of swing. Their second CD “44070” presents compositions inspired by social justice, and lyrical…

Jeff recently completed work on his Graduate degree in jazz studies at WSU and is a fine young string bassist. He is also the chief arranger for the band Midtown Sounds and appears around the city with Tbone Paxton, the Rhythm Society Orchestra and the…

Winner of “Instrumentalist of the Year” honors in the recent Seattle Earshot Jazz awards, American musician Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as “one of the most emotionally expressive improvisers of his generation” (International Review of Music). First introduced to jazz audiences in the 1990s as…

“Stylized folk balladry, nocturnal narratives and closing time croons burn with the romanticism of Jeff Buckley.” -Jeff Milo, Real Detroit Weekly Every Sunday Brunch, piano-man Jarrod Champion plays early American music including New Orleans-style jazz, jump blues, early soul, rock and roll, swing-country and mix’s…

Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and accordionist Ben Rosenblum has been described as “mature beyond his years,” (Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility), and as an “impressive talent” (C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz), who “caresses with the reverence it merits” (Bob Doerschuk, Downbeat Magazine). Ben is…

SCOTT GWINNELL MULGREW-­OLOGY The name of late jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller may not trip off the tongue of the casual jazz fan, but make no mistake, among the genre’s aficionados, he was and is considered a musician’s musician. Versatile and singular, he pushed jazz to…

Guitarist and composer Ron English brings an all-star crew to further develop material they played on Ron’s new CD, “Dance/Cry/Dance” (Detroit Music Factory), as well as other new and old tunes and grooves. New Detroit Music Factory Release by Guitarist, Composer Ron English One day,…

Alexis Lombre Quartet: Alexis is a young jazz pianist who discovered early that the true essence of music is not just about what you hear but how music makes you feel. Her musical mission is to keep the ‘Soul’ in music alive. Her debut album,…

Jeff recently completed work on his Graduate degree in jazz studies at WSU and is a fine young string bassist. He is also the chief arranger for the band Midtown Sounds and appears around the city with Tbone Paxton, the Rhythm Society Orchestra and the…