BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Blue LLama - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Blue LLama X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bluellamaclub.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Blue LLama REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251219T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251219T220000 DTSTAMP:20251208T154750Z CREATED:20251001T161212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T154750Z UID:10000149-1766170800-1766181600@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Marcus Elliot DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/marcus-elliot/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marcus-elliot.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T213000 DTSTAMP:20251208T154418Z CREATED:20251001T160716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T154418Z UID:10000148-1766084400-1766093400@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:William Hill III Trio DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/william-hill-iii-trio/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/william-hill.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T213000 DTSTAMP:20251208T154022Z CREATED:20251105T213502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T154022Z UID:10000165-1765998000-1766007000@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Kevin Brewster & Black Renaissance DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/kevin-brewster-black-renaissance-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_6604_1.jpeg-sqLg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T213000 DTSTAMP:20251201T154720Z CREATED:20251014T204303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T154720Z UID:10000147-1765735200-1765747800@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Gustavo Casenave DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/gustavo-casenave/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/gustavo-casaneve.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T220000 DTSTAMP:20251201T154309Z CREATED:20251014T204054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T154309Z UID:10000146-1765566000-1765576800@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Robert Hurst & Black Currant Jam DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/robert-hurst-black-currant-jam/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/robert-hurst.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T180000 DTSTAMP:20251001T160623Z CREATED:20251001T160623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T160623Z UID:10000145-1765555200-1765562400@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:WEMU 5:01 Jazz Series: Ron Brooks Quartet DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/wemu-501-jazz-series-ron-brooks-quartet/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/RonBrooksBNW.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251210T213000 DTSTAMP:20251201T153418Z CREATED:20251001T155227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T153418Z UID:10000144-1765393200-1765402200@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Aguankó's Holiday Show DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/aguanko-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/aguanko.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251207T213000 DTSTAMP:20251128T221427Z CREATED:20251013T154600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T221427Z UID:10000139-1765130400-1765143000@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Christmas Dreaming with Stella Cole DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/stella-cole/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/stella-cole-new.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251206T223000 DTSTAMP:20251113T211447Z CREATED:20250929T164533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T211447Z UID:10000136-1765044000-1765060200@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Endea Owens & the Cookout DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/endea-owens-the-cookout/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/44.-Dacamera-square-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T223000 DTSTAMP:20251124T153452Z CREATED:20250908T150019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T153452Z UID:10000115-1764957600-1764973800@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Endea Owens & the Cookout DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/endea-owens/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/44.-Dacamera-square-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251203T213000 DTSTAMP:20251124T152446Z CREATED:20251001T154952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T152446Z UID:10000143-1764788400-1764797400@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:David Janeway Trio DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/david-janeway-trio/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/david-janeway-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251130T203000 DTSTAMP:20251124T202631Z CREATED:20250924T165651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T202631Z UID:10000138-1764525600-1764534600@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Organissmo ft. Ron Blake DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/organissmo-ft-ron-blake/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/organissmo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251129T221500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251129T231500 DTSTAMP:20251120T152655Z CREATED:20250924T164419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T152655Z UID:10000137-1764454500-1764458100@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Late Night: Blou Reed DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/late-night-blou-reed/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/blou-reed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251129T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251129T213000 DTSTAMP:20251128T221311Z CREATED:20250917T201440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T221311Z UID:10000134-1764441000-1764451800@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Demetrius Nabors DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/demetrius-nabors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DemetriusNaborsBW1.jpg-sqLg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251128T220000 DTSTAMP:20251121T204437Z CREATED:20250917T200649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T204437Z UID:10000133-1764356400-1764367200@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Don Hicks & Friends DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/don-hicks-and-friends/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/don-hicks.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251128T183000 DTSTAMP:20251120T151755Z CREATED:20251022T194532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T151755Z UID:10000162-1764349200-1764354600@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Happy Hour: Alex Belhaj's Crescent City Quintet DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/alex-belhaj/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/alex-belhaj.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251126T213000 DTSTAMP:20251120T151310Z CREATED:20250917T165729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T151310Z UID:10000132-1764183600-1764192600@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Nate Topo Quartet ft. Zania Alaké DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/nate-topo-quartet-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NateTopoBNW.png.jpg-sqLg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251123T203000 DTSTAMP:20251118T144917Z CREATED:20251016T140001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T144917Z UID:10000161-1763920800-1763929800@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:An Evening with Bob Mervak DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/bob-mervak/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bob-mervak.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T221500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T231500 DTSTAMP:20251105T213013Z CREATED:20251105T213013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T213013Z UID:10000164-1763849700-1763853300@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Late Night: Liquid Street DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/liquid-street/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/liquid-street.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T220000 DTSTAMP:20251110T155618Z CREATED:20250921T213552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T155618Z UID:10000131-1763836200-1763848800@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Alune Wade DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/alune-wade/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/alune-wade.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T220000 DTSTAMP:20251110T155210Z CREATED:20250917T163359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T155210Z UID:10000130-1763751600-1763762400@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Dave McMurray Quintet DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/dave-mcmurray/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ab6761610000e5eb7534bb6f9156e0fda52d54d4.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T213000 DTSTAMP:20251120T145144Z CREATED:20251008T163318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T145144Z UID:10000155-1763665200-1763674200@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Bob Sweet Quartet DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/bob-sweet-quartet/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bob-sweet.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T223000 DTSTAMP:20251031T164106Z CREATED:20250914T204833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T164106Z UID:10000118-1763575200-1763591400@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Cyrus Chestnut Trio DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/cyrus-chestnut/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cyrus-chestnut.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251116T203000 DTSTAMP:20251013T145413Z CREATED:20251013T145413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T145413Z UID:10000158-1763316000-1763325000@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:The NoW Trio DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/the-now-trio-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/image0.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251115T221500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251115T231500 DTSTAMP:20251016T135414Z CREATED:20251016T135414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T135414Z UID:10000160-1763244900-1763248500@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Late Night: No Man's Land DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/no-mans-land/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AnnieHayesBNW.JPG-sqLg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251115T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251115T213000 DTSTAMP:20251027T201517Z CREATED:20250917T160418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T201517Z UID:10000128-1763231400-1763242200@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Sean Dobbins All-Star Quintet DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/sean-dobbins/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SeanDobbinsBNW.jpg-sqLg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T220000 DTSTAMP:20251103T155815Z CREATED:20250917T155244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T155815Z UID:10000127-1763146800-1763157600@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Allen Dennard Quintet DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/allen-dennard/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/allen-dennard.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251112T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251112T213000 DTSTAMP:20251031T181537Z CREATED:20250917T153057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T181537Z UID:10000124-1762974000-1762983000@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Bobby Watson w/ the Kzoo Jazz Project DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/bobby-watson-group/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/bobby-watson.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251109T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251109T203000 DTSTAMP:20251013T162941Z CREATED:20250916T204736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T162941Z UID:10000123-1762711200-1762720200@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Naima Shambourger Trio DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/naima-shambourger/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/naima-sham.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251108T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251108T213000 DTSTAMP:20251031T163722Z CREATED:20250902T204842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T163722Z UID:10000114-1762626600-1762637400@bluellamaclub.com SUMMARY:Brandon Woody's Upendo DESCRIPTION:Sun | Jul 27 \n\n \n \n GSL Trio ft. Gayelynn McKinney\, Laura-Simone & Redwood\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Music From 6:00pm - 8:30pm—With Breaks | $25 Cover \n\n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \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 ABOUT GAYELYNN MCKINNEY\nGayelynn has played drums for renowned international music artists like Aretha Franklin\, Freda Payne\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, Roy Hargrave\, Larry Coryell\, Marcus Belgrave\, Ralphe Armstrong\, Roy Ayers\, and Geri Allen. She is the recipient of a Kresge Arts Fellowship\, a Motor City Music Award and a Detroit Black Music Award. and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and at the prestigious Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. \nABOUT REDWOOD\nEmerging from Washington D.C.\, REDWOOD is a musician\, composer\, producer\, and recording artist who blends the contemporary vibes of jazz\, R&B\, soul\, and hip-hop in a brand new way.\n"Thoughtful and fearless playing..." - All About Jazz\n"She's got her finger on the pulse of something else\, her generation." - Jason Moran \nABOUT LAURA-SIMONE\nLaura-Simone Martin is a 20-year-old bassist who has performed at nationally acclaimed venues like the BBC Proms\, Carnegie Hall\, Blue Note at Sea\, the Kennedy Center\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, and more. This past summer\, she was a part of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra\, where she toured Europe with Sean Jones and 2x Grammy winning vocalist\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has also been in Princeton University's Creative Large Ensemble and Jazz At Lincoln Center's Youth Orchestra. In her junior year of high school\, she combined her passions for music and activism by founding the Queen Amina Music Program to help push the “women in jazz” music movement. This program is for 4th-8th grade instrumentalists at the Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School\, where she teaches songs\, the history of women in jazz\, improvisational skills\, and how to navigate modal progressions. This past year she received a grant to invite guest artists and hold a day of masterclasses for the Queen Amina students and the Lawrence High School music department\, ending with a public concert on March 15\, 2023\, featuring Oscar winner and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. Currently she is freshman at Michigan State University studying under renowned bassist\, Rodney Whitaker. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n RESERVE TABLE(opens in new tab) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://bluellamaclub.com/event/brandon-woody/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://bluellamaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/download.avif END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR