Events

Rodney T. Whitaker is an internationally renowned Mack Avenue recording artist, jazz bassist, professor of jazz double bass, director of Jazz Studies.

9-time Grammy nominee, Tierney Sutton has received a “Best Jazz Vocal Album” Grammy nod for every project she has released in the last decade.

The Triumvirate is an Ann Arbor based group featuring drummer Alex Sherk, bassist Desmond Lorenz, and pianist Zach Michalec.

With 3 decades of experience, Japanese Jazz Pianist Aya Sekine has solidified her position as one of Asia’s most illustrious Jazz figures.

REDWOOD is a musician, composer, producer, educator, DJ, and recording artist native to Washington D.C. REDWOOD has been mentored by jazz legends such as Rodney Whitaker and Dee Dee Bridgewater, and is a protege of the boundary-bursting artist Jason Moran.

Holding traditional jazz deep in their hearts, these musicians have a deep passion for the early formation of jazz in all of its aspects: culture, structure, improvisation, and virtuosity.

Wendell Harrison is an award winning jazz guru who is known all over the world as a world class jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, recording artist and a jazz entrepreneur.