The Jazz Voyager
Leaving the Nutmeg State for the Great Lake State for a little jazz in The Hill neighborhood of Grosse Pointe Farms. This week’s destination is the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe serving upscale eclectic cuisine in an intimate space with dark-wood decor & leather seats.
The Jazz Voyager gets to witness another new band as Signal Quartet takes the stage this evening incorporating the freewheeling adventurousness of the avant garde and the improvisation of post-bop. The foursome reaches young and old purists, radicals, aficionados and neophytes alike.
The venue is located at 97 Kercheval Avenue, Michigan 48236. For more information visit https://dirtydogjazz.com.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is leaving the confines of Baltimore and heading north to Old Lyme, Connecticut to pay a visit to the Old Lyme Inn the once housed a riding academy of some renown. Now it has 13 charming and luxurious guest rooms and a quaint, intimate one of a kind venue just steps away known as The Side Door.
Born into a family of musicians, painters, and poets, Tatiana Eva-Marie began her career at age four, immersed in the world of show business. Before her twenties, she had already recorded many albums, established herself as an actress and director. Choosing New York she quickly built up a reputation as a singer, and started the Avalon Jazz Band, which overnight became the number one reference for French swing around the world.
The venue is located at 85 Lyme Street 06371. For more information visit thesidedoorjazz.com.
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The Jazz Voyager
From Northern California to Charm City sitting on the Chesapeake Bay for a night of music and then a short hop down to the Eastern Shore for the best crab cakes on the East Coast. The spot this Jazz Voyager will be in, the Keystone Korner Baltimore, is the second iteration of the famous club of the same name that held jazz down in SAn Francisco during the upheaval of music leading to the rise of rock and R&B.
This week the band taking the stage is The Heavy Hitters, a band composed of leader Mike LeDonne on piano, Eric Alexander on tenor saxophone, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, trumpeter Sean Jones, Alexander Claffy on bass with drummer Kenny Washington. This voyager will be in the audience to savor the ambience and the jazz .
The venue is located at 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD 21231. For more information you are invited to visit keystonekornerbaltimore.com.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is on the way cross-country to Northern California to the major port of the region, a city that sits across the bay from San Francisco known as Oakland. Within the confines of the city resides one of the world’s most respected jazz venues, Yoshi’s. In 1972 what started as a 27 seat restaurant has evolved into a 310 seat venue that has earned a reputation as the Bay Area’s premier location for great Japanese cuisine and jazz music.
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, who was formerly known as Christian Scott, is a two-time Edison Award winning, six-time Grammy Award nominated, Doris Duke Award in the Arts awardee, and will be taking the stage this evening for one night only. He is a trumpeter, sonic architect, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, designer of innovative technologies and musical instruments. This voyager will be in the audience to witness what new he has to bring.
The venue is located at 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA 94607. For more information you are invited to visit https://notoriousjazz.com/event/chief-adjuah.
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The Jazz Voyager
Heading upstate New York a day early to catch the early summer of nature on the upper Hudson River and ultimately sit in a little place called the Jazz Forum Arts for an evening of great music. Established in 1985, the club has consistently been bringing talent at the top of their game to Westchester County and they have been instrumental in elevating the community’s appreciation for this unique American art form.
This week they welcome the Bill Charlap Trio for a two-day residency with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington taking the stage with the pianist. It’s a jazz super-group that has dazzled audiences for years and they haven’t lost their touch with an interplay and near-telepathic communication ranking among the best. Not only have they received a Grammy Award but also multiple nominations.
The venue is located at 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, New York 10591. For more information you are invited to visit https://notoriousjazz.com/event/bill-charlap-trio-4.
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