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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:20260421T205105
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T190000
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SUMMARY:Immanuel Wilkins 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/immanuel-wilkins/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T180000
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SUMMARY:Rick Roe 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/rick-roe-trio-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251217T181619Z
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SUMMARY:Lisa Sung 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/lisa-sung-quartet/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000
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SUMMARY:Randy Napoleon
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/randy-napoleon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251226T170628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T134736Z
UID:10000208-1774033200-1774044000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Linda May Han Oh
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/linda-may-han-oh/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251217T182455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T134058Z
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SUMMARY:Laura Simone 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/laura-simone-quintet/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251217T182633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T173430Z
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SUMMARY:Sunny Wilkinson 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/sunny-wilkinson-trio/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251217T183533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T174023Z
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SUMMARY:Gwenyth Hayes 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/gwenyth-hayes-trio/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251217T183857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T174214Z
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SUMMARY:Sean Dobbins Organ Trio ft. Dana Badcock
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-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260328T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260328T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251217T184748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T174826Z
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SUMMARY:Joan Belgrave
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/joan-belgrave/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260329T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260329T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20251217T203525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T174453Z
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SUMMARY:Paul Vornhagen 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/paul-vornhagen-quartet-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260226T151621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T184917Z
UID:10000287-1775070000-1775079000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Big Tent ft. Wayne Gerard
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/big-tent-ft-wayne-gerard/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260203T180927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T180927Z
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SUMMARY:Ari and Cecil Alexander 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/ari-cecil-alexander-quartet/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260403T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260403T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260203T181338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T181338Z
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SUMMARY:WEMU 5:01 Jazz Series: Dave Sharp Worlds 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/501-dave-sharp-worlds-quartet/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260403T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260403T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260129T153042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T183235Z
UID:10000249-1775242800-1775253600@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Rodney Whitaker 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/rodney-whitaker-group-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260404T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260404T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260212T163849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T165340Z
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SUMMARY:Tierney Sutton & Tamir Hendelman
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/tierney-sutton-tamir-hendelman/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260405T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260405T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260211T152917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T152917Z
UID:10000263-1775412000-1775421000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:The Triumvirate
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/the-triumvirate-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260202T192101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T192101Z
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SUMMARY:Aya Sekine 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/aya-sekine-trio-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260129T153159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T213704Z
UID:10000237-1775761200-1775770200@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:REDWOOD
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/redwood-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T183000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260129T153444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T202849Z
UID:10000230-1775836800-1775845800@bluellamaclub.com
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-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260129T153705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T211821Z
UID:10000250-1775847600-1775858400@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Wendell Harrison Pharaoh Sanders Tribute
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/wendell-harrison/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260129T153803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T172339Z
UID:10000231-1775934000-1775943000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Demetrius Nabors
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/demetrius-nabors-1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260223T172733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T172733Z
UID:10000275-1776016800-1776025800@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Howard Alden 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/howard-alden/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260211T153247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T153247Z
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Barahal Taylor 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/jonathan-barahal-taylor-quartet-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260216T181013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T181013Z
UID:10000265-1776360600-1776366000@bluellamaclub.com
SUMMARY:Max Bowen
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/max-bowen/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
CREATED:20260209T173902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T151415Z
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SUMMARY:El Khat
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T205105
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SUMMARY:Tiffany Gridiron 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/tiffany-gridiron-quintet/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T213000
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SUMMARY:Walter Smith III 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/walter-smith-trio/
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