Rick Roe is a jazz pianist, composer, performer, and educator in the southeastern Michigan music community.

George Porter Jr. is New Orleans music royalty and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient!

Trailblazing and dynamic, Straight Ahead brings their bold, genre-defying sound from Detroit’s storied jazz scene, melding jazz, soul, and Brazilian funk with an all-female ensemble of powerhouse musicians.

Trailblazing and dynamic, Straight Ahead brings their bold, genre-defying sound from Detroit’s storied jazz scene—melding jazz, soul, and Brazilian funk with an all-female ensemble of powerhouse musicians.

'Junk Jazz' is a duo; Aya Sekine & Djallo Djakate that will present a set featuring improvisation with multiple instruments, electronics and voice.

Houston-born pianist and Blue Note recording artist Paul Cornish is a global collaborator whose dynamic style has made him one of today’s most innovative voices in jazz.

Hidden Nomination is a genre-defying ensemble that emerged from the lustrous Blue Llama Jazz Club after a particularly electrifying set.