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Keshavan Maslak. Bennie Maupin. Howard McGhee. Carlos McKinney. Billy Mitchell (saxophonist) Sandy Mosse.
One of Detroit’s favorite international jazz musicians, singer-songwriter Michael Franks, will return to Detroit Saturday, Aug. 17.
Jazz musicians from Detroit (57 P) Pages in category "Jazz musicians from Michigan" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total.
1940s–2001. Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of moving to New York in 1956, he had recorded with Miles Davis and on Sonny ...
Barry Harris was an influential performer and teacher who trained a number of jazz greats in music theory and improvisation from his home in the 1950s. Detroit-born pianist Barry Harris who taught ...
On May 31, 1988, at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), Carter was a last-minute addition for guest artist Lester Bowie, which turned into an invitation to play with his new quintet (forerunner of his New York Organ Ensemble) in New York City that following November at the now defunct Carlos 1 jazz club. This was pivotal in Carter's career ...
Barry Harris, Detroit International Jazz Festival. Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style. [ 1][ 2] Influenced by Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, [ 3] Harris in turn influenced and mentored bebop musicians ...
Detroit, Michigan, is a major center in the United States for the creation and performance of music, and is best known for three developments: Motown, early punk rock (or proto-punk ), and techno. [ 1] The Metro Detroit area has a rich musical history spanning the past century, beginning with the revival of the world-renowned Detroit Symphony ...