This trio's live performance features a unique combination of Jazz standards, original compositions, and lesser known arrangements by prolific composers of years past.

Laura-Simone is a 20-year-old bassist, vocalist, and composer who has performed at iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall, BBC Proms, and the Kennedy Center.

Evening Star is a Space Odyssey led by Detroit Drummer Tariq Gardner, traveling to different galaxies of music of the African Diaspora (jazz, neo-soul, Afro-Cuban, spirituals, hip-hop etc.)

Gene Dunlap is a diverse Grammy Award Nominated musician. He began his music career at age four when his father taught him to play the drums.

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

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

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