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SUMMARY:Ron Brooks Quintet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/ron-brooks-quintet-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T185507Z
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SUMMARY:WEMU 5:01 Jazz Series: organissimo
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/wemu-501-jazz-series-organissimo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000
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SUMMARY:Tariq Gardner & Evening Star
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/tariq-gardner-evening-star-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
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SUMMARY:Olivia Van Goor Quartet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/olivia-van-goor-quartet-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260208T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Bob Mervak
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/bob-mervak-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T190000
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SUMMARY:Great Lakes Brass
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/great-lakes-brass/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251216T153121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T154626Z
UID:10000219-1770922800-1770931800@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Aguankó
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/aguanko-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260114T212019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T213432Z
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SUMMARY:La Tanya Hall
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/la-tanya-hall-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260114T212056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T152707Z
UID:10000171-1771095600-1771104600@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Isis Damil
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/isis-damil/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251217T151119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T160120Z
UID:10000220-1771178400-1771187400@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Chris Glassman
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/chris-glassman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T191130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T160938Z
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SUMMARY:Nate Topo Quintet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/nate-topo-quintet/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T191417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T161402Z
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SUMMARY:Ken Kozora Quartet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/ken-kozora-quartet-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T183000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T191734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T171100Z
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SUMMARY:Swing Happy Hour: Kerrytown Stompers
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/swing-happy-hour-kerrytown-stompers-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T191936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T162151Z
UID:10000172-1771614000-1771623000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Nate Winn Group
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/nate-winn-group/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260221T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T192055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T162636Z
UID:10000173-1771700400-1771709400@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Sean Dobbins All Star Quintet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/sean-dobbins-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260222T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260107T161929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T163523Z
UID:10000236-1771783200-1771792200@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Jordan Anderson Trio
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/jordan-anderson-trio/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260105T185307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T162058Z
UID:10000234-1772046000-1772055000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Ramona Collins Quartet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/ramona-collins-quartet/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T192530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T162719Z
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SUMMARY:Houston Patton & Hidden Nomination
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/houston-patton-hidden-nomination-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260119T171905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T163315Z
UID:10000197-1772218800-1772227800@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/kahil-el-zabar/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251215T192817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T163744Z
UID:10000198-1772305200-1772316000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Chico Pinheiro + Kzoo Jazz Project
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/chico-pinheiro-kzoo-jazz-project/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260107T172132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T164203Z
UID:10000221-1772388000-1772397000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Jazz & Poetry with One Single Rose
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/jazz-poetry-with-one-single-rose/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260304T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251217T175405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T162221Z
UID:10000222-1772650800-1772659800@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Alex Anest Trio
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/alex-anest-trio/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260305T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260129T152130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T212030Z
UID:10000247-1772737200-1772748000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Bria Skonberg
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/bria-skonberg/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20260122T174212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T145050Z
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SUMMARY:WEMU 5:01 Jazz Series: Ellen Rowe
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/501-ellen-rowe/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251217T175516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T183945Z
UID:10000199-1772823600-1772834400@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Don Hicks & Friends
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/don-hicks-and-friends-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260307T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251226T171135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T164215Z
UID:10000200-1772910000-1772920800@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Tatiana Eva-Marie
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/tatiana-eva-marie/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260308T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260308T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251217T175654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T164621Z
UID:10000201-1772992800-1773001800@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Anthony Stanco Quintet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/anthony-stanco-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251217T175914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T154808Z
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SUMMARY:Mercer Patterson Quintet
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/mercer-patterson-quintet-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251217T180549Z
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SUMMARY:New Nostalgia
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/new-nostalgia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T125109
CREATED:20251217T180756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T144152Z
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SUMMARY:Pamela Wise & Naima Shambourger: Celebrating Women in Jazz
DESCRIPTION:WEDS | Aug 13	\n\n	\n		\n		Ralphe Armstrong Trio\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	Music 7-9:30pm With Set Breaks\n$25 Cover \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n		About the Artist\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n			\n	\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	Ralphe Armstrong got an early start in the music business. In 1973\, Armstrong\, a 17-year old Detroit kid just out of high school\, tried out for and landed a gig with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. The other person who auditioned at the same time was Jaco Pastorius. “Jaco had a different sound then\, he had an old beat up fretted Fender Precision\, I got the job because I played fretless\,” remembers Ralphe. Ralphe was classically trained during his four years at Michigan’s Interlochen School of Fine Arts\, where he studied the Josef Harvey method. Later\, he transferred his acoustic technique to electric while also putting up some ferocious funk on a trio of powerful mid-70’s Mahavishnu recordings: Apocalypse\, Visions of the Emerald Beyond\, and Inner Worlds. \n“If you’re going from the double bass to the electric\, you have to know the technique in order to figure out arpeggios and come up with fingerings\,” Ralphe maintains. “You can’t just look at a composition and make it musical without coming up with some kind of constructive fingering that makes it musical. That’s what I teach today.” \nFollowing his three-year Mahavishnu stint\, Armstrong joined a stellar fusion group led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\, a former Mahavishnu bandmate who had also appeared on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Ralphe can be heard ripping it up alongside guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer and drummer Steve Smith on Ponty’s 1977 landmark Enigmatic Ocean as well as the 1978 follow-up Live\, which Ralphe calls the “best example of my electric bass playing on record.” In the next few years\, Ralphe went on countless gigs\, tours and recording sessions with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa\, Carlos Santana\, Beatles producer George Martin\, Herbie Hancock\, Geri Allen\, Lenny White\, Narada Michael Walden\, Earl Klugh\, Eddie Harris\, Don Sebesky\, the London Symphony Orchestra and many\, many others. An innovator and originator of fusion fretless bass\, Ralphe’s unique and powerful style\, as well as his technical mastery\, would soon catch the attention of Gibson Guitar Corporation. He was chosen to endorse the company and serve as an advisor. He was instrumental in the development of Gibson basses known as the Ripper\, G-3\, RD Artist and Victory. Ralphe credits two bassists for giving him important early guidance. “Ron Carter was one of my biggest influences when I was a teenager. Whenever he came to Detroit\, he would give me pointers on the bass. He and Buster Williams would always call whenever they came to town. If it weren’t for them\, I might be a shoe salesman today.” \n\n	\n\n\n\n			\n	\n	\n		\n	\n				\n					\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n							RESERVE TABLE\n					\n\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	\n\nLEARN MORE
URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/pamela-wise/
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