January 2020
Eddie Metz Trio
Nikki Parrot, Rossano Sportiello and Eddie Metz performances brim with delightful swing and a wide ranging repertoire. Metz handles complex rhythms and leads the trio with a sense of fun. Australian Nikki Parrot is “a first-class bassist whose playing is as sublime as her vocals.” Rossano Sportiello is a virtuoso pianist and a master of piano styles. Together they put fun into jazz!
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Teddy Lower and Edye Evans Hyde
Last season Michigan jazz artists, Terry Lower and Edye Evans Hyde, had the audience standing on their feet demanding repeated encores. Lower, who studied his craft at Berklee College of Music in Boston, swings hard and has a great command of the keyboard. Honored as Michigan’s Jazz Musician of the Year, he’s a dazzling soloist and superb accompanist. Edye Evans Hyde has been singing jazz, blues and pop music for over 30 years in Los Angeles, Asia, Europe and her…
Find out more »Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Lisa Kelly and J.B. Scott Sextet
Trumpeter J.B. Scott, who once led the Dukes of Dixieland, and velvet-voiced Lisa Kelly celebrate the great music of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. A 5 time DownBeat Magazine award winning vocalist and composer, Lisa Kelly was inducted into the Jacksonville Jazz Festival "Hall of Fame". They have appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Monterey Jazz Festival in California, The Blue Room in New Orleans, the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands and many more. Kelly and…
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New Victrola Jazz Band featuring Mark & Kathy Zauss
Listening to vocalist Kathy Zauss is to be reminded of the tradition of great female singers. Combining musical intelligence, intonation and a strong soaring voice, Kathy has the spirit of legendary interpreters of American Popular music, while achieving a style that is all her own. Mark Zauss, who is a trumpet artist for Schilke Music Products, is internationally recognized as a trumpet soloist, clinician and recording artist. He performs and gives clinical seminars throughout the continental United States and worldwide.…
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