Events
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A
top-notch list arts presenters provide
concerts through their own
Music
Series, many major headliners
are stopping
through.
Feast your attention on:
Plan now to check out
a Michigan jazz
Festival this coming summer.
Scores of jazz
luminaries made their
mark in '07; updates
for '08 begin to
arrive this spring.
Find all the
jubilant-n-jazzy
hotspots here.
See Clubs to reserve jazz space
and a nighttime hang
near you.
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The seasonal school year
means the
Education
community kicks it up a notch.
A flurry of activity
--special events, clinics, college
festivals,
invitational performances-- enriches the
jazz education
experience for all.
Colleges and
universities have released their
schedules, so check
out an event in your area
and support the
students!
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in your community?
Submit
details on upcoming or
future jazz events
and increase awareness
for Michigan jazz scenes.
Be proactive with our
IAJE MI network.
Confirm and include
top vitals
--who, what, when,
where, ticket info--
plus your contact
information.
Live jazz dots the
landscape across
the upper and
lower peninsula, so stay connected.
Keep your jazz planner
open,
then book a date and
support these amazing
musicians....and
spread the word.
Enjoy!
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Upcoming
Concerts
Spring 2008
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See West Michigan Events -here-
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See
University/College Events -here-
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SF (San Francisco) Jazz Collective -
A Tribute to Wayne Shorter
Wed, March 12; 7:30pm
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
for the Performing Arts
Michigan State University,
East Lansing
50th Monterey Jazz
Festival Tour
feat. Terence Blanchard
(trumpet),
James Moody (saxophone),
Benny Green (piano),
Nnenna Freelon (sg vocalist),
Derrick Hodge (bass)
Kendrick Scott (drums)
Fri, March 14; 8
p.m.
Music Hall Center for the Arts
Detroit
Jeff Haas Trio &
Phoenix
Quartet
Sat, March 15; 8 pm
Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City
$25 advanced • $28 door
(231) 995-1553
University Musical Society presents
SF (San Francisco) Jazz
Collective -
A Tribute to Wayne Shorter
Thurs, March 13; 8 pm
Joe Lovano,
artistic director and saxophones
Dave Douglas, trumpet
Stefon Harris, vibraphone/marimba
Miguel Zenón, alto sax/flute
Andre Hayward, trombone
Renee Rosnes, piano
Matt Penman, bass
Eric Harland, drums
Hill Auditorium,
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
John Abercrombie/
Mark Soskin Quartet
feat. John Abercrombie
(guitar)
Mark Soskin (piano)
Paul Samuels (drums)
Tom Knific (bass)
[note: Knific directs
the
WMU jazz studies program]
Tues, March 18; 8:15 p.m.
Dalton Center Recital Hall
Western Michigan University
Tickets $15, (Students $5)
Miller Auditorium Ticket Office
(269) 387-2300 -or-
(800) 228-9858
Ravi Coltrane / Roy Haynes
Thurs, March 20; 8pm
Standard Federal Paradise Jazz Series
Max M. Fisher Music Center, Orchestra Hall
Detroit
University
Musical Society presents
Brad Mehldau Trio
Friday, April 4, 8 pm
Michigan Theater, Ann
Arbor
Brad
Mehldau, piano
Larry
Grenadier, bass
Jeff
Ballard, drums
-see more
concerts in Music Series below-
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 Top
Festivals
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21st Detroit
Festival of the
Arts
Presenter:
University Cultural Center Association and Wayne State University
Contact:
Detroit Festival of the Arts
Midtown Detroit's Cultural District, Detroit
(313) 577-5088
Embrace Detroit's creative community and celebrate a fresh
perspective!
Nestled within the arms of the city resides a community where the fine
and performing arts flourish
and Detroit's diverse cultural heritage is applauded and encouraged to
thrive.
From hot Latin rhythms to the comic antics of international street
theatre or a 75-ton sand sculpture,
the Detroit Festival of the Arts will delight the whole family.
Now in its 21st year, the Detroit Festival of the Arts presents
outstanding visual and performing
artists from around the world, while showcasing the City's premier
cultural institutions clustered
within its boundaries.
Jazz
Headliners:
MASCO/Metro
Times Stage
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Friday,
June 8
"All That Jazz!" presented by the Arts League of Michigan,
sponsored by AARP Michigan
6:00 - Rodney Whitaker
& The Professors of Jazz @ MSU (17-piece faculty ensemble)
7:30 - "The Ladies Sing
the Classics" -- Shahida Nurullah, Naima Shambourger,
Alma Smith & Ursula Walker
9:30 - Barry Harris Trio (Detroit piano
legend)
Saturday, June 9
4:00 - Detroit
Symphony Civic Jazz Orchestra, directed by Rodney Whitaker
MGM GRAND DETROIT CASINO MUSIC STAGE
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Sunday, June 10
2:30 - Wayne State
University Jazztet (student band presented by the
Detroit International Jazz Festival)
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June
8-10, 2007
Wayne State University, Detroit |
Ann Arbor Summer
Festival
Presenter:
Regents of the University of
Michigan, City Council of Ann Arbor
Contact:
Ann Arbor Summer
Festival
400 Fourth St.,
#150
Ann Arbor, MI
48103
T: (734) 647-2278
F: (734) 936-3393
The three-week event offers
dozens of performances, events, activities, exhibitions, parties and
more, with eclectic music, dance, theater, film, visual arts and family
fun.
Top of the Park
is the annual outdoor music and movie series focusing
primarily on local and regional artists. A free admission event,
it is the perfect complement to the national and international scope of
the main festival. A new location, the Ingalls Mall at Central
Campus at the University of Michigan, should make for an exciting
meeting place for attendees.
Jazz/Blues/World
Headliners:
6/19 Cesaria Evora
& Seu Jorge
6/21
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
6/29
Arturo Sandoval
7/5
Buddy Guy & Ryan Shaw
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June 15-July 8,
2007
Power Center, Ingalls Mall,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Art
Tatum
Jazz Heritage Festival
Presenter: The Toledo
Jazz Society
Contact:
The
Toledo
Jazz Society:
425 N. St. Clair
Toledo, Ohio 43604
Phone: (419) 241-5299
Fax: (419) 241-4777
Tickets:
General
Admission SAT/SUN - $20.00 per person
Weekend Pass -
$35.00 per person
Headliners:
To be announced late May; updates will
be post here once schedule is released
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June
16-17, 2007
International
Park,
Toledo, OH
|
20th Elkhart
Jazz Festival
Presenter:
Elkhart Centre
Contact: Elkhart Centre, 227 S. Main Street, Elkhart, IN 46516
Ph: 800-597-7627 or 574-295-8701
Fax: (574) 295-8823 ticket orders
Details: JazzFest
Schedule
The
swinging
three-day weekend festival offers four main jam sessions: Friday
evening, Saturday afternoon,
Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Patrons may purchase
tickets for a
single session, or ante up for a Jazz Pass or Patron ticket, which
allows entry to all four sessions.
Seven
stages
are set up in the downtown area, situated along the banks of the
Elkhart River and
the ever-popular RiverWalk. Wander in and out freely among seven
stages, or anchor your jazz chair amidst the throng of 25,000
attendees, congregrating on city sidewalks and tent areas or going to
and from various venue performances. Downtown concessions,
restaurants, and shopping attractions make this truly a can't-miss good
time for all!
Headliners:
Piano
John Sheridan
Eddie Higgins
Mark Shane
Shelly Berg
Randy Morris
Johnny Varro
Yoshimi Fukasawa
Bass
Jay Leonhart
Paul Keller
Lou Fischer
John Bany
Joel Forbes
Frank Tate
Vince Giordano
Guitar
Bucky Pizzarelli
James Chirillo
Marty Grosz
Eddie Erickson
Rebecca Kilgore
Reeds
Ken Peplowski
Chuck Hedges
Allan Vaché
Dave Bennett
Claire McKenna
Tom Fischer
Tim Cunningham
Mark Colby
Brass
Dan Barrett
Jon-Erik Kellso
Randy Reinhart
Bill Allred
John Allred
Duke Heitger
Bria Skonberg
Ed Polcer
Bob Havens
Drums
Jake Hanna
Charlie Braugham
Ed Shaughnessy
Steve Houghton
Butch Miles
Groups
The Four Freshmen
Wally's Warehouse Waifs
US Army Jazz Guardians
BED
MIghty Aphrodite Jazz Band
Keller/Kocher Quartet
Cathy Morris and Collage
Yoshimi & Carolina Shout
Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band
Roger Harris Trio
Rob Parton's JAZZTECH Big Band
Vocalists
Rebecca Kilgore
Dave Bennett
Bria Skonberg
Judy Kurtz
Charlie Morris
Kristy Parton
Claire McKenna
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June
22-24, 2007
Downtown
Elkhart, IN |
TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz
Festival
Presenter:
Toronto Downtown Jazz, Department of Canadian Heritage,
Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council
Contact:
Toronto Downtown Jazz
82 Bleecker
Street
Toronto, Ontario
M4X 1L8
Tel:
(416)928-2033
Headliners:
Manteca
Chris Botti
Jean Luc-Ponty
Michel Donato Trio
Kellylee Evans
Holly Cole
Hiromi's Sonicbloom
Trio Beyond
Medeski, Scofield,
Martin & Wood
Roy Hargrove Quintet
Delfeayo Marsalis
Joshua Redman
The Derek Trucks Band
Rebirth Brass Band
Mavis Staples
Mike Stern w/Alain
Caron & Lionel Cordew
Freddy Cole
Don Byron Plays
Junior Walker
Dick Hyman &
Peter Appleyard
Rob McConnell Tentet
-plus many other
local/regional Canadian artists-
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June
22-July 1, 2007
Nathan Phillips Square, Harbourfront Centre, various club venues,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Southside
Blues
& Jazz Festival
Noon to 9
p.m. Six bands
will perform throughout the day.
FREE admission.
Call (810) 984-1931 for
artist information
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July
8, 2007
Lincoln Park,
Port Huron |
Michigan
Jazz Festival
Presenter:
Michigan Jazz Festival, Inc./Board of Directors
Contact:
Friends of the Michigan Jazz Festival
Midge Ellis,
248-474-2720;
Eileene Stanley,
734-459-2454
Schoolcraft
College, VisTaTech Center
Ph: 734-459-2454
18600 Haggerty Rd
(west
of I-275 expressway, between
6 & 7 Mile Rds)
Featuring
18
bands, 5 big
bands, 5 stages, two indoor stages, and a 500-seat
outdoor tent.
FREE admission!
Headliners:
Inmart/CRH
Stage (Presentation Room)
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12:30-1:30
George
(sax) Benson Quartet
2:00-3:00
Richiko/Keller/Siers Trio (tribute to Oscar Peterson)
3:30-4:30
Playing with the
Pros
5:00-6:00
Royal Garden Trio
6:30-7:30
Chris Collins &
Jazz Harp
8:00-9:00
Jerry McKenzie's
Just Jazz
Woodbridge/Moro
Stage (Lower Waterman)
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12:15-1:15
Royce Trio w/Renee Rice
1:45-2:45
Terry Lower Sextet
3:15-4:15
Interpretation
4:45-5:45
Cliff Monear Quartet
6:15-7:15
World's Oldest Sax Section
7:45-8:45
Jim Ryan Trio with
Sunny Wilkinson
Cohen/Steinway
Stage (DiPonio Room)
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12:00-1:00
Schoolcraft
College Jazz Band
2:00-3:15 Wayne State Univ
Jazz Lab Band
4:00-5:15
Ed
Nuccilli & Plural Circle
6:00-7:15
Masters
of Music Big Band
8:00-9:15
Johnny
Trudell Big Band
Steinway
Cafe (solo piano showcase)
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12:15-1:15
Buddy Budson
1:45-2:45 Taslimah
Bey
3:15-4:15 Bob
Seeley
4:45-5:45 Bess Bonnier
6:15-7:15 Dennis Tini
7:45-8:45 Alma Smith
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July
15, 2007
Schoolcraft College,
Livonia |
Birmingham
Jazz Festival
Presenter:
The Community House
380 South Bates Street
Birmingham, MI 48009
Ph (248) 433-FEST
Headliners:
July 19
7:30-9:30 p.m. Alexander Zonjic & Friends with guests
the Motor City Horns
July 20
6:30-7:30 p.m. (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) Civic Jazz
Ensemble
8-9
p.m.
Hot Club of Detroit
9:30-10:45 p.m. Joyce Cooling
July 21
1-2
p.m.
Gary Schunk Trio
2:30-3:30 p.m. Johnnie Bassett & the Blues Insurgents
featuring
vocalists Lady Sunshine & Leonardo
4-5:15 p.m. Ken Navarro
5:45-7 p.m. Dave McMurray
7:30-9 p.m. Terence Blanchard
FREE
admission!
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July
19-21,
2007
Shain Park, Birmingham |
5th Annual Idlewild Jazz
Festival
Headliners:
Eric Alexander
Quartet (w/Eric Alexander-sax, Marion Hayden-bass, Kenn
Cox-piano)
Also
Odean Pope Ensemble,
Ramona Collins, Chicago Samba, Dave Sharp Trio, Gary Tu Trio and the
Michigan High School All Stars.
Festival site is located on Williams Island in Idlewild, west of Reed
City, just south
of US-10 between
M-37 and M-131.
Tickets are $35. No admission charge for children 15 years and under.
Tickets can be purchased online or by telephone (313) 965-0505.
The festival hours are noon to 10:00 p.m.
For additional information, please contact the Idlewild Foundation at
(313) 965-0505.
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July 21, 2007
Williams
Island,
Idlewild
NEW
FESTIVAL
DATE
PLANNED
FOR
2007! |
The Inaugural Bob-Lo Island Jazz Festival
Headliners:
2
p.m. Jesse Palter
3:30
p.m. Johnny Trudell Big Band featuring Mark Randisi
6:15
p.m. Alexander Zonjic and the Motor City Horns
8
p.m. Chuck
Mangione
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July 28, 2007
Bob-Lo Island, Detroit/Windsor, CA
|
15th Sutton's
Bay Jazz Festival
Presenter:
Suttons Bay JazzFest Foundation, Inc.
Contact: 231-271-4444
Tickets: $25 in advance ($35 at gate)
Serving
Leelanau Peninsula's Finest Wines & Food
Headliners:
1:00 PM - Interlochen Arts Camp High
School Jazz Band
2:15 PM - Western Jazz Quartet
3:45 PM - The Merling Trio
5:15 PM - Harry Goldson Quintet
7:30 PM - Marcus Roberts Trio
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July
28, 2007
Sutton's Bay Marina Park, Sutton's Bay |
13th Lansing Jazz
Festival
Presenter: Old Town Business & Art
Development Association
Contact:
Old Town Business and Art Development Association
1210 Turner St.
Lansing, MI 48906
Ph: 517-371-4600
Headliners:
Friday, August 3, 2007
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5:00-6:00 pm — Kris Johnson Quartet — North
Stage
6:00-7:00 pm — Neil Gordon Quartet featuring Dan Jacobs — South
Stage
7:00-8:30 pm — Paul VornHagen Quintet — North Stage
7:45-9:45 pm — Jazz Karaoke — River Stage
8:30-9:45 pm — Mose Allison — South Stage
9:45-10:45 pm — Sunkwa — North Stage
10:45 pm-12:30 am — Mike Skory and the Lansing All-Stars — South
Stage
Saturday, August 4, 2007
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2:00-3:00 pm — Lanswingers — South Stage
2:00-3:00 pm — Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan — River Stage
2:30-3:30 pm — Mike Daniels Drum Clinic — 1210 Turner St.
3:00-4:00 pm — Message Makers Band — North Stage
3:00-4:00 pm — Community Dance Project — River Stage
4:00-5:00 pm — Jim Cooper Quartet — South Stage
4:00-5:00 pm — Happendance — River Stage
5:00-6:00 pm — organissimo — North Stage
5:00-6:15 pm — Sunkwa — River Stage
6:00-7:30 pm — Too Smooth for Notes — South Stage
6:30-7:30 pm — Caleb Curtis Quintet — River Stage
7:30-9:00 pm — Koke McKesson & Dennis Therrian Quartet — North Stage
9:00-10:15 pm — Mose Allison — South Stage
10:15-11:15 pm — Ritmo — North Stage
11:15 pm-12:30 am — Ed Smith's Jazz All Stars — South Stage
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August 3-4, 2007
Old Town District, Lansing |
26th Annual Flint
Jazz
Festival
Presenter: Greater Flint Arts Council,
810-238-ARTS
FREE ADMISSION
Headliners:
Ignacio Berroa
Quartet, Saturday, 8/4
Ignacio Berroa, drums
Robert Rodriguez, piano
Carlos Puerto, bass
Ben Wendel, tenor-soprano sax
Ignacio
Berroa Drum Clinic: a master class & drum workshop will be held at the
Flint Institute of Music, 1026 E. Kearsley, Flint (in the Cultural
Center)
Saturday, August 4, 10 am - 2 pm.
Straight Ahead (8/2), Yellowjackets (8/3), Marlena Shaw (8/5)
Schedule:
Thursday, August 2
Applewood Estate, 1040 Kearsley St. (outdoor tent in the Cultural
Center)
Information: 810.233.3835
6:00 Ben
Schlatter Quartet
7-8:30 Straight Ahead
Friday August 3 – Joe Freyre Night
Riverbank Park, downtown Flint
5-6
SKE (works of Bill Evans)
6:30 – 7:30 Kevin Collins
8:00 – 9:30 Yellowjackets
Saturday August 4 (special jazz education event)
Joe Freyre Youth in Jazz Drum Clinic/Workshop with Ignacio Berroa
10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Lunch break: 12-1 pm)
Check in time 9:30 AM
Flint Institute of Music, 1025 E. Kearsley St. (in the Cultural Center)
Saturday August 4
Riverbank Park, downtown Flint
2
-3:00 Expressions
3:30 – 4:30 Dave Sharp Trio
5-6:00
Sherwood Pea & Friends
6:30-7:30 Sherm Mitchell
8 – 9:30 Ignacio Berroa Quartet
Sunday August 5
Riverbank Park, downtown Flint
2-3:00 U-M –Flint Jazz
Ensemble
3:30-4:30 Cliff Monear
5-6:00 Sterline
Richie-Lacy and The Danny Tyrell Project featuring guitarist Michael
Galvan
6:30-7:30 T Smooth
8-9:30 Marlena Shaw
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August 2-5, 2007
Applewood Estate-Cultural Center,
Riverbank Park, Flint |
29th
Annual Chicago
Jazz Festival
Presenter:
Mayor's Office of Special Events
Contact:
Mayor's Office of
Special Events
121 N.
LaSalle Street
Room 806
Chicago, IL 60602
Ph: 312-744-3315
Headliners:
* Opening night of the Chicago Jazz Festival is a ticketed concert held
at the Symphony Center.
* The remainder of the festival is FREE and presented on multiple
stages around Grant Park.
THURSDAY, August 30, 2007
An Evening with
Herbie Hancock
Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue
7:30pm
Herbie Hancock,
Vinnie Colaiuta, Nathan East, Lionel Loueke
Herbie Hancock brings five decades of jazz mastery to Symphony Center
for the opening
night of the 2007 Chicago Jazz Festival.
Embracing elements of rock, soul, funk and electronica with freer
stylistic elements in jazz,
Herbie Hancock has defied tradition over the years creating music that
expands the possibilities
of musical thought. With a career that has spanned over five
decades, many have hailed
Hancock as a visionary.
An Academy Award and multi-Grammy winner, Hancock is one of jazz's most
influential
and important jazz pianists and composers.
Joining Hancock will be Nathan East on
bass; Vinnie Colaiuta on
drums and Lionel Loueke on
guitar.
Tickets: range from $16 to $46, available at the
Chicago Symphony Center box office (312) 294-3000
--or--
the Chicago Symphony Center web site -here-
[Editor's Note: Herbie Hancock also headlines the Detroit International
Jazz Festival,
Friday, August 31, at downtown Hart Plaza]
FRIDAY, August 31
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12-12:55 Friends of Eldee
Young
1:10-2:05 Mark Colby Quartet
2:20-3:15 Tammy McCann
3:30-4:30 “A Salute to Jimmy
Ellis”
Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 Chicago High School
Jazz Band Competition Winners
2:00-3:00 Justin
Dillard Trio
3:30-4:30 Charlie
Haden with Jazz Institute of Chicago Jazz Links Students
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00-5:50 Robert Irving III:
“The Works of Thelonious Monk”
6:00-6:55 Michele Rosewoman
Septet
7:10-8:10 The Latin All Stars:
“A Tribute to Hilton Ruiz”
8:30-9:30 Medeski, Scofield,
Martin and Wood
SATURDAY, September 1
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12-12:55
Bill McFarland and
the Chicago Horns
1:10-1:40 Miguel de la Cerna
1:40-2:10 Ken Chaney
2:20–3:15 Keefe Jackson’s Fast
Citizens
3:30-4:30 The Mulligan Mosaics
Big Band
Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 Edwin Daugherty
Quartet
2:00-3:00 “Percussion
Discussion” with John Vidacovich
3:30-4:30 Typhanie Monique
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00-5:50 Dan Trudell’s
B3 Bombers
6:00-6:55 The Cookers
7:10-8:10 Ernestine
Anderson and Frank Wess
8:30-9:30 Charlie Haden
and the Liberation Music Orchestra
SUNDAY, September 2
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12-12:55
Pete Benson Organ
Trio
1:10-2:05 Mark Courtney
Johnson Quartet
2:20-3:15 Astral Project
3:30-4:30 “A Windy City
Jam” featuring Charlie Haden
Jazz & Heritage Stage
12:30-1:30 Erwin Helfer
and Skinny Williams
2:00-3:00 “Art of
the Solo” with Janice Borla
3:30-4:30 Matt
Gharety Quintet
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00-5:50 “Revisiting the
Apex Club” with Kim Cusack and John Otto
6:00-6:55 Rob Mazurek’s
Exploding Star Orchestra featuring Bill Dixon
7:10-8:10 Horizon
8:30-9:30 Mingus Big Band
Artists are subject to change
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August 30-September 2, 2007
Symphony
Center,
Grant Park,
Chicago |
28th
Annual Detroit
International
Jazz Festival
Presenter:
Detroit Jazz Festival International Foundation
Contact: (313) 647-0149
Headliners:
Friday, Aug.
31
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Michigan
State
University Big Band: "What's Goin' On?"
-A Jazz Tribute to Motown's
Marvin Gaye-
Regina Carter Quintet
Herbie Hancock
Quartet
Saturday, Sept. 1
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Bill Charlap
Trio
Chiara Civello
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Dominick Farinacci
Medeski, Martin and
Wood with John Scofield
Ron Blake
Sachal Vasandani
Stanley Jordan Trio
The Brubeck Brothers
The Kenny Garrett
Quartet
Poncho Sanchez
Dwight Adams
Scott Gwinnell Big
Band
Faruq Z. Bey and the
North Woods Improvisers
Johnny O'Neal
Doug Deming and the
Jewel Tones
Marcus Belgrave
Sunday, Sept. 2
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Conrad
Herwig's
Latin Side of Miles, Trane & Wayne
Don Byron's Junior
Walker Project
Gerald Wilson Big
Band with Patti Austin
Charles Tolliver Big
Band
Wayne State
University Big Band with Kurt Elling
Otis Clay
Regina Carter and
Kenny Barron Duo
Russell Malone
Quartet
Spanish Harlem
Orchestra
The Miracles
Curtis Fuller Super
Band with Randy Brecker, Renee MacLean, & Louis Hayes
Jennifer Sannon
Kenn Cox
Wendell Harrison and
the Chicago Connection with Ernest Dawkins
Naima Shambourger
Marion Hayden
Jesse Palter
Steve Richko tribute
to Oscar Peterson
Monday, Sept. 3
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Bettye LaVette
Carl Allen and
Rodney Whitaker with Cyrus Chestnut: "A Blowin' Session,"
a tribute to Johnny Griffin's 1957 album
Mavis Staples
The Classical Jazz
Quartet -- Ron Carter, Stefon Harris, Kenny Barron, Lewis Nash
The Hot Club of
Detroit
Alexander Zonjic
with the Motor City Horns and Thornetta Davis
Grace Kelly
The Sean Jones
Quartet featuring Kim Burrell
Steve Wood's tribute
to Yusef Lateef
Tia Fuller
Ron Blake
Maria Muldaur & the James Dapogny Chicago Jazz Band
The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra featuring Regina Carter
Yusef Lateef Quartet
Steve Wood's tribute to Yusef Lateef
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Aug. 31 - Sept. 3,
2007
Hart Plaza,
Campus Martius Park,
Detroit |
Labor Day
Jazz Weekend
Presenter: Grand Hotel,
1-800-33-GRAND
Concerts
are outdoors on the front lawn garden facing the hotel; in case of rain
concerts move indoors.
A special holiday room package rate includes: accommodations
(fourth night free), full breakfast
and five-course dinner daily Friday evening welcome reception, Saturday
evening reception, Sunday evening reception, all entertainment, cookout
luncheon in tea garden Saturday and Sunday
afternoons, all gratuities and baggage handling charges, special
discount on ferry boat tickets
Headliners:
John Pizzarelli,
TS Monk,
Jessica Molaskey,
Nnenna Freelon,
Bob Baldori & Bob Seeley,
Rachael Price,
Paul Keller,
The Easy Street Jazz Band,
and Alex Graham
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Sept. 1-2, 2007
Grand
Hotel, Mackinac
Island |
4th Annual Jazz in the Village
Presenter: Sarnia Organ Donor Awareness
(S.O.D.A.) , Mitton Village, Sarnia
The Sarnia Organ Donor's Awareness Group is a non-profit organization
dedicated to
promoting awareness of the need for organ and tissue donation through
education,
awareness and exposure in the community.
All proceeds from Jazz In The Village will be donated to the
Sarnia Organ Donor's Awareness Group.
Contact:
S.O.D.A. 505B - 546 Christina St. N., Sarnia, Ontario, N7T 5W6
Ph: (519) 344-7777 -or- (877) 769-3987
E-mail: soda@ebtech.net
Headliners:
Friday, September
14, 2007
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All Smiles Jazz Quartet
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Jeff Healey and the Jazz Wizards
9:00 pm to 10:30 pm
Gates Open at 6:00 pm
Saturday, September 15, 2007
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Mardi Gras Dixieland Band
10:30 a.m.
Sarnia Farmer's Market
(Strolling to McGibbon Park)
Mardi Gras Dixieland Band
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Bluewater Big Band
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Denise Pelley Trio
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
One Bald Tire Blues Band
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Glamourpuss Acadian Blues Band
9:00 pm to 11:00 pm
The Jazz in the Village, 2007 Committee, has
been meeting on a regular basis since last year’s
festival in September, in order to produce the upcoming fall
event. Frank Stewart, chairperson for the Jazz
Committee, is sure that this year’s line-up will be sold out before
opening night, and promises that even the reluctant jazz enthusiast
will
want to attend! Jazz in the Village, 2007
is scheduled for September 14th and 15th, due to
popular demand the festival has expanded to 2 days!
The line up for the 2007 Fall Festival
includes Jeff Healey and the Jazz
Wizards out of Toronto along with All
Smiles who will open the Jazz Festival on Friday night,
starting at 7PM.
On Saturday, “BLUES NIGHT AT THE JAZZ
FESTIVAL”, September
15th the entertainment will kick off at 10:30AM with the
popular Mardi Gras Dixieland Band
strolling throughout the park and local neighbourhood, at 1PM they will
hit the main stage followed by the Bluewater
Big Band at 3PM. Denise
Pelley from London will be on stage at 5 o’clock, followed
by One Bald Tire, back by
popular demand, out of Kitchener. And to cap
off the evening Glamourpuss
Acadian Blues Band a popular group from Halifax, Nova
Scotia. The cost of a weekend pass is $40 for the
two-day event.
For Friday night with the All Smiles
Jazz Band and Jeff Healy and
the
Jazz Wizards the cost is $25 in advance and $30 at the
gate. A one-day pass for Saturday including Glamourpuss on
Saturday night is available for $20 advance and $25 at
the gate. The entire staging area and
guest seating will be under a tent set up at the Lochiel Kiwanis
Community Center, 180 College Ave. N., Sarnia, where the festival was
held last year.
If
you are interested in purchasing tickets or volunteering for this
year’s event contact S.O.D.A. at (519) 344-7777, or Frank Stewart, The
Eye Guy at (519) 336-4060. Tickets are available from
SODA, The Eye Guy, Kitchen Widgets on Mitton St., Sam the Record Man
and The Village Idiot (cash only sales) in
London.
All
proceeds from the event are donated to
the Sarnia Organ Donor Awareness group.
Gates Open at Noon
RAIN OR SHINE
TENTED
Handicapped Parking Available off Forsyth Street
Lawn Chairs Welcome
Venue:
McGibbon Park, Lochiel Kiwanis Community Center, 180 College Avenue
North,
Sarnia, Ontario
A large tented area guarantees the show will go on, rain
or shine!!
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Sept. 14-15, 2007
McGibbon Park,
Lochiel Kiwanis Community Center
Sarnia, Ontario,
Canada
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11th EdgeFest 2007
Ann
Arbor’s premier jazz and creative
music fest brings many of the world’s finest
cutting-edge
artists. Headline artist educational sessions
are held afternoons
each day of the festival.
Headliners:
The Trio
Muhal Richard Abrams, piano, bell, bamboo flute, taxi horn, percussion
George Lewis, trombone, laptop
Roscoe Mitchell, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, percussion
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Quartet (Chamber Music America Grant Recipient)
Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone
Vijay Iyer, piano
François Moutin, bass
Dan Weiss, drums
Carnival Skin
Klaus Kugel, drums, percussions
Hilliard Greene, double bass
Bruce Eisenbeil, acoustic and electric guitars
Peter Evans, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, slide trumpet
Perry Robinson, clarinets
Faruq Z Bey Project
Detroit’s legendary counterculture icon, saxophonist, composer, poet
and philosopher Faruq Z. Bey, leads some of Detroit’s best avant-garde
performers.
Matt Darriau’s
Paradox Trio
Matt Darriau, sax, clarinet, Irish flute, kaval (Bulgarian flute),
gaida (Bulgarian bagpipe)
Brad Shepik, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Seido Salifoski, dumbeks, percussion.
Rufus Cappadocia, electric five-string cello, acoustic cello
Miya Masaoka, koto
and electronics
Okkyung Lee, cello
Larry Ochs, saxophone
BassDrumBone
(Chamber Music America Grant Recipient)
Gerry Hemingway, drums
Mark Helias, bass
Ray Anderson, trombone
Konk Pack
Thomas Lehn, EMS-synthesizer
Roger Turner, drums
Tim Hodgkinson, lap-top, steel guitar and clarinet
Andrew Bishop’s
Curio Cabinet
What if musical ideas were trinkets in a curio cabinet? The sonic
palate of this ensemble is what composer and multi-instrumentalist
Andrew Bishop would have in his collection. Andrew Bishop”s Curio
Cabinet mixes Twentieth and Twenty-first Century concert music with
just about everything and the kitchen sink. www.andrewbishop.net
Instrumentation includes Andrew Bishop (Saxophone/Clarinet/Bass
Clarinet) with area artists to include guitar, bass, drums,
piano/Fender Rhodes, trombone, and violin.
Sonic Liberation
Front
Kevin Diehl - itotele, onkonkolo, conga, electronics, drumkit, chekere,
clave, palitos
Chuckie Joseph - iya, lead vocals, guitar, congas, itotele, quinto,
djembe kinkine, drumkit
Rich Robinson- okonkolo, congas, percussion
Ira Bond - djembe, dun dun
Matt Engle - bass
Dan Scofield - alto saxophone
Todd Margasak- cornet
Julian Pressley- alto saxophone
The 11th
annual Edgefest (October 17-20, 2007) will feature ensembles
representing the European, Asian, and North American creative music
communities. The roster of internationally celebrated artists includes
performers from our own Detroit/Ann Arbor area.
This season KCH has been granted two awards from Chamber Music America;
one to fund the educational residency activities of the BassDrumBone
trio which, in addition to educational workshops, will lead the
Edgefest celebration parade through downtown Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown
District; and another to fund the performance of a recently completed
composition by 2007 Guggenheim award-winner Rudresh K. Mahanthappa.
A new feature this year will be a Symposium co-sponsored by the
University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. The first ever
Edgefest symposium, held in collaboration with the UM Institute for the
Humanities, will feature the pioneer trombonist and Columbia University
Professor George Lewis, who will discuss the social ramifications of
improvisation. He will be joined by other musicians and faculty from
the UM School of Music and American Studies program.
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Oct.
17-20, 2007 Kerrytown Concert House,
Firefly Club,
Everyday Cook Space -2nd floor at Kerrytown Shops,
Ann
Arbor |
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Top
Music Series
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Dennos Museum
Center
Milliken Auditorium
Dennos Museum
Traverse
City
Rachel
Price
Saturday, February 2, 2008 • 8:00 pm
$25 advanced • $28 door
Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553
This spirited vocalist from Nashville is arguably the most promising
jazz voice on the horizion, yet not many know her name. Soon that
may change. The tender 20-year-old swings thoroughly thanks to an
innate sense of phrasing and interpretation of a lyric. At age
five it was listens to Ella Fitzgerald renditions of ‘The Lady is a
Tramp’ that cemented a horizon filled with music. Noted
actress/singer Kathryn Grayson of MGM fame says of Price: "The best
young voice I've heard, period. No one around can even touch her voice
and style -- a style all her own." On the web:
http://www.rachelpricesings.com
Dave McMurray Quintet
Saturday, March 1, 2008 • 8:00 pm
$25 advanced • $28 door
Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553
A
breathtaking sax player with a powerful stage presence, Dave McMurray
typically grabs the opening note and embarks on a musical journey
sensuous and energetic. Certain blends of smooth jazz and funky
hip-hop may intervene, but it's his infectious showmanship that intones
unmistakable glisten from lauded Motor City roots. Besides lofty
projects with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, he's best known for
collaborations with multi-Grammy winner and internationally renowned
pianist Bob James. “A truly unique musician and a dexterous
wizard of the saxophone” -Bob James. On the web:
http://www.myspace.com/davemcmurray
Jeff Haas Trio and the Phoenix Quartet
Saturday, March 15, 2008 • 8:00 pm
$25 advanced • $28 door
Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553
Traverse City’s
own composer and pianist Jeff Haas brings his engaging mix of jazz,
classical and world music to the Milliken stage in a special
performance of his Double Quartet Project. Jeff's quartet
featuring bassist Marion Hayden, drummer Alex Trajano and
multi-instrumentalist Rob Smith (who toured with jazz diva Dianne
Reeves last winter) is joined by the highly-acclaimed string quartet,
the Phoenix Ensemble, led by dynamic and entertaining violinist Gabe
Bolkosky. A must-see for both jazz and classical music lovers. On the web:
http:// www.jeffhaasmusic.com
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Jazz
Club at The
Max
The Music Box
Max
M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit
2007-08
Fall/Winter season details coming
soon
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Kevin Mahogany &
Chuck Bergeron Trio
with
special guest Kathy Kosins
Saturday, October 6, 8
pm
Saugatuck Center For
the Arts
400 Culver St.
Tickets: $30, $25 for
LJC members
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Chicago Jazz
Ensemble feat. trumpeter Jon
Faddis
''Celebrating
Genius,
Commemorating Titans: Happy
90th Birthday to Nat, Diz & Monk''
Thurs, Oct-25,
2007; 8 p.m.
Three of the
most creative geniuses in Jazz -
vocalist Nat King Cole,
trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and pianist Thelonious Monk - were all born
in 1917, making 2007 the 90th anniversary of their births.
Trumpeter/bandleader Jon Faddis directs a celebration of their musical
legacy.
Marian McPartland
Thurs, Nov-29,
2007, 8 p.m.
For over seven
decades, McPartland has been
entertaining audiences from
the stage and on National Public Radio with "Marian McPartland's Piano
Jazz".
Cyrus Chestnut
Fri, Dec-21,
2007, 8 p.m.
The holidays
don't officially arrive until you hear
Vince Guaraldi's
music from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Cyrus Chestnut infuses these
classic charts with a sparkle that is hard to beat. It's an evening of
good tidings, good cheer and great music. Yes, Christmas time is here.
McCoy Tyner Trio
Thurs, Jan-31,
2008; 8 p.m.
Tyner's
reputation as a pianist solidified in the
1960's while playing
with John Coltrane. Since then he's become one of the most sought after
jazz musicians of our time. His blues-based style replete, with melodic
panache, harmonic sophistication and rhythmic flair has transcended
conventional styles, making him a living jazz icon.
Jacky Terrasson /
Tierney Sutton
Fri, Feb-22,
2008; 8 p.m.
Jacky
Terrasson's piano playing is brilliant,
spontaneous, fresh and
innovative. He's been hailed as "one of the 30 artists under the age of
30 most likely to make an impact on American culture in the next 30
years." by New York Times Magazine."
From the
studios of L.A. to packed houses at New
York City's famed Oak
Room, to sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall, vocalist Tierney
Sutton is wowing audiences with her rare and powerful talented voice.
Ravi Coltrane / Roy
Haynes
Thurs,
March-20, 2008; 8 p.m.
Two of today's
greatest jazz artists salute one of
the giants of 20th
Century jazz - John Coltrane. First up, it's the Ravi Coltrane Quartet,
led by Coltrane's son. Then, Roy Haynes, John Coltrane's drummer, takes
the stage to celebrate the musical heritage of this renowned jazz
innovator.
New Orleans Jazz
Orchestra
Thurs,
April-24, 2008, 8 p.m.
Grammy
nominated and Billboard Award winning
trumpeter rwin Mayfield
and NOJO have created a special program of traditional jazz, blues,
swing and spirituals evoking the sights and sounds of "The Big Easy"
Regina Carter Sextet
-
Black Bottom Project
Thurs, May-5,
2008; 8 p.m.
Violinist
Regina Carter's style is marked by
eclectic virtuosity, and stunning fusions of classical and modern.
Carla Cook's vocal style
is daring with touches of R&B, Motown, Blues and Gospel. See two
Detroiters together on stage for a night
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Dianne Reeves
featuring Russell Malone and Romero Lubambo
Saturday, October 13,
8 pm
Hill Auditorium
Dianne
Reeves, vocals
Peter
Martin, piano
Reuben
Rogers, bass
Greg
Hutchinson, drums
special
guest Romero Lubambo, guitar
Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - Love Songs of Duke
Ellington
Wednesday, January 16,
8 pm
Hill Auditorium
Ahmad
Jamal Trio
Saturday, February 16,
8 pm
Hill Auditorium
Ahmad
Jamal, piano
James
Cammack, bass
Idris
Muhammad, drums
SF
Jazz Collective - A Tribute to Wayne Shorter
Thursday, March 13, 8
pm
Hill Auditorium
Joe
Lovano, artistic director and saxophones
Dave
Douglas, trumpet
Stefon
Harris, vibraphone and marimba
Miguel
Zenón, alto sax and flute
Andre
Hayward, trombone
Renee
Rosnes, piano
Matt
Penman, bass
Eric
Harland, drums
Brad
Mehldau Trio
Friday, April 4, 8 pm
Michigan Theater
Brad
Mehldau, piano
Larry
Grenadier, bass
Jeff
Ballard, drums
An
Evening with Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, and Jack DeJohnette
Saturday, April 19, 8
pm
Hill Auditorium
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