Deeply steeped in the generations of great Jazz and Blues that centers the rich musical legacy of Detroit (which includes Kenn Cox, Donald Walden, Marcus Belgrave and Thomas “Beans” Bowles), Shahida Nurullah is one of the motor city’s premier and most treasured jazz vocalists. Her outstanding...
Trumpeter/vocalist James O’Donnell has been entertaining Detroit audiences for years. He has toured around the globe and lived in Mexico City. He brings plenty of swing and humor to whatever he does! James grew up listening to Detroit trumpet great Johnny Trudell. His teachers and mentors...
Matt LoRusso has toured internationally throughout Europe, North America, and the Middle East. He has been an active member in the Anthony Stanco Quintet, Carlos Whitlow and Generation Praise, the Smith/Hughes Quintet and has played with numerous award winning groups such as Lansing based organ...
Detroit raised, award winning soul jazz vocalist, Monique Ella Rose returns to the Motor City where she gained her love for music and the arts. Her dynamic contralto voice has the ability to take you on a ride that leaves you feeling downright good. Her soulful...
Lifelong buddy's RJ Spangler & Tbone Paxton started working together in 1980 with a very popular band around Detroit called the Sun Messengers. They toured the east coast, Midwest and deep south for a number of years. Back then Tbone was awarded a Motor City...
Paul VornHagen is an accomplished jazz saxophonist, flutist, and vocalist who has won Detroit Music Awards on six separate occasions and categories: Jazz Reeds, Talent Deserving Wider Recognition, Instrumentalist, World Music Recording (2) and Jazz Recording. Presently living in Ann Arbor, Michigan where Paul got...
Two great vocalists in one great show! You'll hear fabulously arranged duets, in addition to their individual repertoire. Backed by a killer trio Featuring Pianist Scott Gwinnell, Rocco Popielarski on Bass, and Bang Glen on Drums Meri Slaven is a jazz vocalist presently performing in and...
Hadassah Greensky is an Anishinaabe/Ojibwe vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist that uses collaboration, community and performance to reveal hidden female and Native American legacies in jazz to propel jazz music into the future. She attended The New School for Jazz and Oakland University for Jazz...
Ursula Walker has been a mainstay of the Detroit music world for 66 years, beginning at the age of eleven on Detroit television and radio. Her outstanding talents as a unique stylist of ballads, standards, and jazz gained her national recognition among her peers, fielding...
The classic, soothing tone of Kameryn’s voice and the sensitivity of Galen’s playing create a sound reminiscent of Nora Jones, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, and Astrud Gilberto. Kameryn and Galen have been performing music together for over 3 years and have collaborated in numerous projects...