Events

Grammy-nominated guitarist Wayne Gerard leads Big Tent, a groove-driven band rooted in funky, danceable jazz and open improvisation.

Ari and Cecil Alexander’s decade long musical collaboration has been brought to stages across the world such as the Lincoln Center and the Copenhagen jazz festival.

Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet present original composition and traditional tunes from around the world at one of Michigan's finest music venues.

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.

Pianist, composer, producer and arranger Demetrius “Krayon” Nabors is well known and in demand in the Detroit area and on the national contemporary jazz scene.

Howard Alden is widely considered by critics to be one of the premier jazz guitarists of his generation, recognized for his "astonishing virtuosity and originality".

Jonathan Barahal Taylor is a Percussionist, Composer, and Improviser based in Detroit.

Max Bowen is a jazz guitarist based in southeast Michigan.

A homemade junkyard band led by multi-instrumentalist Eyal El Wahab. Starting in 2019, El Khat began to hone their sound in garages and warehouses.

Tiffany Gridiron is jazz vocalist, composer and lyricist who has excited audiences in the United States, Japan, Finland and South Korea.

Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III entered a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable 2023 Blue Note debut return to casual.

Experience an unforgettable evening of quiet and sultry jazz with acclaimed pianist Cliff Monear and vocalist Sarah Barnes D'Angelo.

Aguanko is a Latin jazz septet from the Detroit area, led by percussionist and composer Alberto Nacif.

Sean Dobbins got his start as sought-after Detroit area jazz sideman at a young age, when he would regularly play with Blue Note artist Louis Smith.

Kris Johnson is a Detroit-based trumpeter, composer, arranger, film composer, and educator whose work spans orchestral commissions, musical theatre, film scoring, and contemporary jazz.

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.

Led by saxophonist and bandleader Mark Hershberger, The Detroit Jazz Project blends world-class musicianship with the city’s unmistakable groove.

Rick Roe is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer, performer, and educator in the southeastern Michigan music community.

Olivia Van Goor is an award-winning jazz vocalist based in Detroit, recently honored as a two-time winner at the 2025 Michigan Music Awards.

Noah Jackson is a bassist, cellist, composer, curator, and a member of the Recording Academy from Detroit, Michigan.

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.)

LESLIE VINCENT is a prolific jazz songwriter and vocalist singing the Great American Songbook, musical theater, and contemporary rock and pop.