JAZZ

This jazz musician has performed with Marcus Belgrave and Dizzy Gillespie and has played across the globe. He is also the Director Of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University (MSU).

313 LIVE Experience performs new song “The Last Time”

We chat with the Hadestown star as he gets ready for his solo show with Cabaret 313.

At 17 years old, Anissa Lea was the youngest artist to be asked to play at the Detroit Jazz Festival this year. Lea joined Tati Amare on “Live in the D” to discuss her career as an artist and sing a song from her debut album.

Pharoah Sanders, a tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world and known for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced.

Local and international talent will be bringing the jazz scene to life in downtown Detroit this Labor Day weekend at the 43rd Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage.

Dave Bennett is a multi-talented musician who’s new project deviates from his roots in jazz, and crosses over into rock. Today for Music Monday, he was back on “Live In The D”, to talk abut his new album, Nowhere Fast.

It’s summer festival season with many local communities hosting big celebrations.

Nothing kicks off summer better than a chance to enjoy great art, food, and music with friends and family.

The annual Detroit Jazz Festival is returning to an in-person format this Labor Day weekend.

The Dallas Mavericks took home Game 3 of their first-round series against the Utah Jazz. Thanks to strong nights from a couple of former Detroit Pistons, the Mavericks thwarted the Jazz’s comeback attempt to win 126-118. The Mavericks were without Luka Doncic for the third-straight game and leaned on the efforts of all the players in the rotation. Dinwiddie scored 20 points despite a shaky start to the evening. The Mavericks also got some solid minutes from Bullock, who scored 12 points on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc.

Easter is upon us which brings plenty of events to bring the whole family to all weekend long.

Renamed the John E. Lawrence Summer Jazz Concert Series, the Ypsilanti concert series returns this summer.

Jazz singer Vanessa Rubin made a stop in the Motor City. A seven-figure endowment made her visit possible for students at Michigan State University to learn a few tips and play along.

On today’s Music Monday, we were joined by a world-famous pianist and composer who is this year’s artist and resident at Michigan State University’s Jazz Department.

On today’s Music Monday, Jason Carr spoke to four-time Grammy Award-nominated jazz musician Boney James.

The annual celebration of jazz music will be a live streaming event.

The Detroit Jazz Festival will be a virtual event again this year as organizers scrap plans for an in-person concert weekend citing Hart Plaza construction and the ongoing COVID pandemic.

Musician Emuell Tedford brings soul and spirit through in his new song. "Happy Times"

Detroit musician Jake Bass has produced music for Eminem, and worked with talent like Ludacris and LL Cool J. Now he’s got his own new album out called The Jakey B. LP, which he showed off on Music Monday.

Russell Westbrook had more triple-doubles than almost any trio of NBA players, free-throw shooting was better than ever and 3-point shooting was more prolific than ever once again.

The big flashy red carpet has made its return to New York City — albeit in a massive socially distant manner — with the premiere of the third and final season of the FX series, “Pose.”.

U-M's annual Collage Concert will take place virtually on April 18.

The Detroit Jazz Festival is returning Labor Day weekend 2021 with headliner Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Kimmie Horne is a Detroit jazz singer now known around the world. We caught up with her for Women’s History Month -- watch the interview above. AdThe Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival is now gearing up for its fifth year. More information: Kimmie Horne Jazz FestivalHorne will also be performing at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe on March 31st through April 3rd with a special Women’s History Month show. More: Women’s History Month stories

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – On Saturday, Blue LLama Jazz Club is opening up the doors to its downtown Ann Arbor jazz venue for a performance from the Sean Dobbins Trio. “We are excited to present live streamed and socially distanced concerts from the stage at the Blue LLama Jazz Club. We look forward to welcoming Sean back to the stage, as he always tears it up!” said Blue LLama Jazz Club artistic director Dave Sharp in a release. Trio bandleader Sean Dobbins became sought-after in the Detroit jazz scene after performing regularly with Blue Note artist Louis Smith. Blue LLama Jazz Club is at 314 S. Main St.

DETROIT – Baker’s Keyboard Lounge is reopening with restrictions in place. Learn all about the history of the place and what it has to offer now -- watch the video above. Baker’s is situated right along Livernois at 8 Mile Road. More: Black History Month stories you need to learn about

Today’s Music Monday guest is a local musician who says he always wanted to play music, but only got started recently. Despite the late start, Damon Terrell was able to pick up multiple instruments, including guitar, piano, drums, and bass, and uses them to create his own albums. “I just picked the guitar up first, my primary, and prayed,” Terrell said. He said he makes music with a funky, urban 70′s sound, which he hopes takes listeners to a place of passion and peace. During quarantine, Terrell has been keeping up with his listeners on social media, doing pop up performances and interacting with fans.

For Detroit Music Award Nominee, Jeff Scott, that means pouring hours into creating his new song. She recommended he write a song to uplift people during these tough times in quarantine, and he took her up on it. Jeff Scott has been a part of the Detroit music scene for a long time now. He was in a fairly popular Detroit band in the late 80s and early 90s, but then he walked away from music for a while. To hear the song, or to watch the full interview, watch the video above.

Video shows White woman falsely accusing Black teen of stealing her phone in NYC hotel Jazz musician Keyon Harrold Sr. recorded a White woman falsely accusing his son of stealing her iPhone and tackling him while they were staying in a New York City hotel on Saturday. He says racial bias was to blame for the woman's behavior and that his son is traumatized by the incident. Nikki Battiste reports.

DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation is presenting a live virtual chat with women leaders in jazz. The Detroit Jazz Festival 2021 artist-in-residence Dee Dee Bridgewater is leading the live discussion that includes three generations of noted women leaders in jazz. The live discussion will be held via Zoom on Tuesday from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m.You can submit questions through the Detroit Jazz Festival Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram pages. The live discussion will look back at the year in jazz, including the 2020 Detroit Jazz Festival. Click here to read more about the Detroit Jazz Festival.

His latest album has been a ten year long labor of love, and Alexander Zonjic isn’t about to let COVID-19 get in the way of releasing it. The flutist said he finished the album Playing It Forward in March, and that releasing it during the pandemic created an interesting challenge. Zonjic said even he was surprised by how long Playing It Forward took to finish, and that the time flew by while he was working on other projects. With the music industry practically shut down, the question became whether to release the album, or try to wait it out. Zonjic showed a clip from his new Detroit-centric music video for his song “Motor City Sway” from Playing It Forward.

The Detroit Jazz Festival is one of the largest musical events that happens in downtown Detroit over Labor Day weekend every year. This year the festival is switching things up, and instead of live musical performances, the festival is bringing the music and performances people love online, on the radio and on TV. For 12 hours each day, world-class Detroit musicians will be taking the stage live at custom built stages inside the Marriott Complex in Detroit. No audience will be in attendance, but you can catch the whole show live on Detroit Jazz Festivals website, on the radio and on TV. The full lineup is available on Detroit Jazz Festivals website and on their app, which is available in your app store.

Ann Arbor Imagine this...you are sitting underneath a twinkling sky, while smooth jazz fills the room, and you dine on delicious American fare. That's the kind of night that awaits you at the Blue LLama Jazz Club. He owned LLamasoft, which is a software company in Ann Arbor, for about 20 years, explains Louis Goral, the Executive Chef and General Manager at Blue LLama Jazz Club. Typically they feature Jazz music, but they dabble in world music as well. So if you are looking for a fun night out, with food and entertainment, check out the Blue LLama Jazz Club where they are dishing up both!

DETROIT – A fire Friday night damaged a building being renovated into a jazz club on Detroit’s west side. Officials said no one was inside the building and no one was injured in the blaze on 7 Mile Road, near Greenfield Road. It is unknown what caused the fire. It remains under investigation.

(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)JOHANNESBURG – A baby giraffe that was befriended by a dog after he was abandoned in the wild has died, a South African animal orphanage said Friday. Orphanage staff had expected this to happen, assuming that the mother giraffe had abandoned the baby for a reason, Arrie van Deventer, the orphanage's founder, told The Associated Press. “So we finally know that Jazz didn't have a bad giraffe mother that left him," the orphanage's statement said. The baby giraffe had arrived a few weeks ago, just days after birth. The giraffe was buried close to the orphanage, van Deventer said.

Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts High School Jazz Band Competition New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center “Essentially Ellington” High School Jazz Band Competition plays out under the watchful (and tuneful) eye of JALC Director Wynton Marsalis.