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jazz vocals
The Paul Keller AT SUNDOWN Quintet features vocalist/clarinetist Sarah D’Angelo (Keller says, “Sarah is the voice of my music.”), saxophonist Steve Wood, pianist Duncan McMillan and drummer Stephen Boegehold. Their hallmark is unique tonal blend of clarinet and saxophone in harmony – a beautiful “ensemble sonority” not often heard in jazz. Clever and entertaining Keller...
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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 many offers to tour nationally – with Stan Kenton, the...
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29
Jan

Michelle Lordi

January 29, 2018
“An emotionally insightful performer with an arrestingly beautiful sound”-Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle. A singer blessed with a sumptuous voice and persuasive sense of swing, Michelle Lordi turns each musical encounter into an emotionally charged communion, creating an exhilarating circuit between her voice, her collaborators and the audience. Whether she’s stretching out with Philadelphia or...
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04
Dec
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 his start on the flute in 1972.  Mostly self-taught initially, he studied music...
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Valentine’s Day Dinner Package: includes a 4-Course Dinner and an evening of live jazz music for $75 a person (tax and gratuity not included) Please call 313 961-2543 for more information and to book your reservation. Meg Brennan is a flutist and saxophonist from Northville, Michigan. She first fell in love with the flute in...
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04
Dec

Emma Aboukasm

December 4, 2017
Emma Aboukasm is a young jazz singer whom is known to audiences at Cliff Bell’s for her many performances with the Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra, but this evening  she comes with a strong young trio.
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16
Oct

Shahida Nurullah

October 16, 2017
Shahida Nurullah has a right to sing the blues. Considering she lost both her parents as a teenager, raised her brother when she was practically a child herself, and suffered debilitating injuries in an accident that nearly ended her life. She sings the blues so beautifully. She also sings jazz, samba, bossa nova, show tunes,...
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06
Sep

Ramona Collins

September 6, 2017
Audiences throughout the Midwest have known for some time that recording artist, songwriter and entertaining jazz vocalist Ramona Collins is one of the region’s true music treasures. Ms. Collins is an artist of substance without pretension who captivates her audiences during live performances. Her performance is not only about the power of music, it is...
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27
Jun

Vanessa Rubin

June 27, 2017
Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed for crystalline clarity, hearth-like warmth and playful lioness sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performance from both the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother and traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father....
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11
Jun

Joan Belgrave

June 11, 2017
Joan Belgrave is a vocalist, composer, concert producer and an internationally travelled professional. She commands the stage with a powerful vocal style. As a lead member  of the Motown Legends gospel choir, her Soulfulness oozes out in every note be it Jazz, Blues or anything else she wants to sing.   Here, at Cliff Bells she...
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