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Inside ...2. Paul Keller Remembers Don

Mayberry and Eddie Nuccilli 3. Detroit Piano Sales in 19164. Annual Pig and Corn Roast /

Terrace Inn Fall Jazz Weekend / Meet the Organization / GDJS Patrons

5. Shield’s Concert Schedule6. May/June 2011 Happenings7. Where’s The Jazz?

THE JAZZ SCENEVolume 14, Number 3

May/June 2011

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The Michigan Jazz Festival

If you’ve not had the opportunity to attend the Michigan Jazz Festival, mark this one ‘to do’ event on your calendar for 20��. This year, the first-class, one-day, free festival takes place on Sunday, July �7, 20��. Held annually at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, this legendary jazz festival is a jewel for jazz lovers and musicians alike.

Like all festivals around the coun-try, the Michigan Jazz Festival has gone through some funding changes. Nearly 85% of funding for the event comes from “Friends of the Michigan Jazz Festival” or people like you and me who enthusiastically embrace good jazz. Also, Johnny Trudell’s Quintet recently played a fundraiser for the event in April.

The festival was started in �995 when Emil Moro (Austin-Moro Big Band) and Johnny Trudell who at-tended the Elkhart Jazz Festival and ran into Tom Saunders (Midwest All-Stars, Surfside Six, Marge’s Bar). These three legends of music sat down together and said “we should do this in Michigan.” Deter-mined to try, back home they organized a festi-val at Freedom Hill (before it was developed as a venue). At that time, the location was a county park. The musicians were hired and organized (about 80 or so) and the first festival was held. As Johnny Trudell says, “there were more people on the stage than in the audience.” Before the second year, Emil Moro passed away. They moved the concert to the Botsford Inn where an ongoing jazz series was being held every Thurs-day (it was Jack Brokensha’s Quartet with Jerry McKenzie and Matt Michaels, then organized by Midge Ellis). The Innkeeper indicated an interest in hosting a festival there. Midge, along with Eileen Standley were discussing funding with the organizers and a local builder extraor-dinaire and jazz lover, Morry Cohen offered to

Think The Best Local Musicians, Think Freepay for all of the musicians. Morry, otherwise known as the builder/contractor for Somerset North and other prestigious malls, funded the musicians until his death a few years later. Following his death, his family continued to make sizeable donations throughout the years

until very recently. That first festival drew 2,000 people. During those years when the festival was at the Inn, they used every venue on the property for various bands. During that first year, the Austin-Moro Band dedicated the festival to Emil.

In �999 (after the Botsford Inn was sold) the festival moved to Schoolcraft College and has grown significantly. The Schoolcraft College Music Department is now a co-sponsor. The emphasis has been, and remains today, on area musicians – only locals are invited.

Midge Ellis, (affectionately known as “Ma Jazz”) is Vice President and Treasurer, hires the talent, holds fundraisers and sells tickets. She is the driving force behind this festival. She has an abundance of outstanding assistants. Eileen Standley, Secretary is also Midge’s

best friend and right-hand woman handling correspondence and day-to-day details of a secretarial nature. Other Board Members are John Trudell, President, Mary Sen, Recording Secretary, Marcell Niemic (Midge says he “does anything”) and Curt Newman who is adept at

finding sponsors. This year’s lineup is formidable: five

big bands include Johnny Trudell Big Band, Ron Kischuk’s Masters of Music, Crag Strain Orchestra, Eddie Nuccilli’s Big Band, and the Schoolcraft College Jazz Band. Other groups and performers include the Dave Bennett Quartet, Cliff Monear, George Benson, the World’s Oldest Saxophone Section, Terry Lower Quartet, Sandra Bomar Trio, Paul Keller, Sean Dobbins Trio, Barbara Ware, and a new addition this year, the Detroit Reed Collection. The Steinway piano room will feature six of the top pianists in the area: Bob Seeley, Gary Schunk, Charles Boles, Terry Lower, Taslimah Bey and Ellen Rowe.

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laugh could shake an entire room with its deep resonance. Next to his extraordinary musicianship, his wonderful, lovable laugh is the thing I’ll remember most about Don.

Eddie Nuccilli and I were good friends and we shared the same birth-day. Whenever he saw me, he would greet me by shouting, “Hey March ��. What’s goin’ on?!”

As a trumpeter, I loved his beautiful, warm sound and his modern jazz sensibilities. I first became aware of Eddie when I heard his LP recording (from the �970s) of a quintet version of his band Plural Circle

featuring saxophonist Larry Nozero. What great playing and writing!As an arranger, I admired Eddie burning passion for and dedication

to his craft. His loved writing music! He was a master of assembling the components of big band arranging in fresh, new ways. He was

incredibly prolific. God only knows how many original ar-rangements he created for small and big bands but I’ll bet it was in the many thousands.

As a bandleader, I respected Eddie for always getting the best out of his players and for teach-ing them new ways of thinking about the music. He insisted on excellence from his musicians. One of Eddie’s famous quotes was, “I want instant conception!” That statement was difficult for a young player to understand.

But now I realize what he meant: He meant that even as brilliant as his written arrangements where, it took intelligent human beings to bring them to life. He wanted you to use your head and your common sense; think fast on your feet; stay aware; look around the corner for whatever surprises might be coming up in the music; know the language of jazz and speak it not only in your solos but throughout all aspects of the chart, rehearsal and performance.

Eddie was always searching for and creating new gigs for his band. Over the past 35 years, Eddie Nuccilli’s Plural Circle turned up at many unexpected venues. Of course Plural Circle was a mainstay also at the most prestigious events including The Detroit Jazz Festival and The Michigan Jazz Festival.

Eddie touched the lives of many musicians in our area. A lot of them worked with him for over 30 years including Walt Szymanski, Mike Pashnee, Ernie Rogers, Steve Wood, Bill Barbour, and Johnny Trudell. Fortunately for us, Eddie’s music will live on through his amazing arrangements. I hope that someone will organize an Eddie Nuccilli Me-morial Concert that features Eddie’s music. That would be a very fitting tribute to a man that created so much brilliant music.

Coincidentally, both Don and Eddie were laid out at the same funeral home, McCabe Funeral Home, only one week apart. These two giants of jazz are now gone but they will never be forgotten. Their work was too important and they delivered it with such enthusiasm, gusto and personality! They made a lot of people happy through their music and taught a lot of musicians how to be better players and people! RIP, my friends. n

Editor’s Note: Heartfelt appreciation to Paul Keller who always takes the time out of his hectic schedule to share thoughts with us. Here he remembers Don Mayberry and Eddie Nuccilli who recently left us for the great jazz band in the sky.

This month our Detroit jazz family lost two of its most prominent and important members, string bassist Don Mayberry and trumpeter. arranger, big band leader Eddie Nuccilli. Don Mayberry died of a heart attack at his home on April �2 at the age of 60. Eddie Nuccilli died April 22 at the age of 86 after a long illness. Here are a few personal remembrances of these fine gentlemen who brought so much joy to so many mu-sic lovers for many years.

Don Mayberry was probably the busiest string bassist in the Detroit area for the past four decades. He seemed to be every-where at the same time. He worked with Johnny Trudell at the Fox Theatre. He was on stage with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He loved leading his weekly jam session at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge and staying in touch with the younger generation of jazz musicians. He played dixieland with Tom Saunders and Jim Wyse at Marge’s Bar (where a beautiful photo of Don hangs on the musician’s Hall of Fame wall). He played modern jazz with Teddy Har-ris, Vaughn Klugh, Tad Weed, Renell Gonsalves, Sean Dobbins, George Davidson, George Benson, Chuck Shermatero, Tom Brown and many, many more. He even dabbled in more edgy avant-garde music with his life-long friend, guitarist A. Spencer Barefield. He loved accompanying singers like Ange Smith, Naima Shambourger, Thornetta Davis and Sha-hida Nurullah. Don played in duos, trios, quartets, big bands, Broadway shows, symphonies. He did it all! And he did it well!

Don was a graduate of Cass Tech High School. Before he even graduated he was performing on stage with the Dorothy Ashby Trio. I first heard Don playing in the big band of the great Detroit drummer J. C. Heard along with trumpeters Marcus Belgrave, Walt Szymanski, Bob Fazecash, pianist Earl Van Riper and saxophonist Scott Petersen and Marvin “Doc” Holliday. What an awesome band!

Don Mayberry was not only well known in Detroit but very much in-demand internationally as he toured with the likes of Lena Horne, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Diane Schur, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Mel Torme, Johnny Mathis and most recently with pianist/singer Michael Feinstein. He had a magnificent career working with so many different musicians and bands. I loved to kid Don that he “just couldn’t hold down a steady job!”

Don was an intelligent, generous and caring person who loved peo-ple. He was a great listener. He always made time to spend talking with and listen to anyone who wanted to chat with him. His great, booming

A PERSONAL REMEMBRANCEDON MAYBERRY AND EDDIE NUCCILLI

Photos courtesy of Paul Keller. At left, bassist Don Mayberry. Have you ever seen a photo that more accurately depicted Don’s personality? Above, trumpeter and big band leader Eddie Nuccilli.

By Paul Keller

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Editor’s Note: Visitors to some of the tremendous jazz concerts at the beautiful, neoclassical Steinway Piano Gallery in Commerce Township are greeted with a dizzying array of over 100 pianos in a 30,000 sq. ft. showroom. Tim Hoy, president of the Gallery, wrote this article (as a ghostwriter for the Detroit Post in the early 1900s) about the piano business in Detroit in the year 1916. We share it here with Tim’s permis-sion. Contrast the pricing of pianos in 1916 to one played last week by Cliff Monear with a price tag of over $130,000 – now there’s inflation! Their next concert will be Wednesday, May 25 featuring Cliff Monear on piano and Dave Bennett on clarinet (please see page 6 for details).

DATELINE: DetroitBy Tim Hoy, staff writer for The Detroit Post

There is a changing landscape on the Woodward Avenue shop-ping corridor. Hudson’s enormous piano department has some new competition. Piano manufacturers from across the country want to be part of the growing Detroit market. New piano stores have sprung up on both sides of the street, and Detroiter’s are now calling it “Piano Row.” Asked what is fueling the demand, Mr. Grinnell of the Grinnell Brothers Music Co. at �5�5 Woodward Ave. stated that “Families build a home, in the home is a parlor and in the parlor goes the piano. It is the center for family entertainment as families everywhere surround the piano and sing their favorite songs and hymns. There is no question that participating in music making is the favorite past time for much of America.”

Mr. Grinnell started his business in �882 and is now one of the largest retailers and manufacturers in the country He opened his piano factory in Detroit in �902, and in just �4 years he is now operating at full capacity and is making �800 handcrafted pianos this year. Currently there are approximately 400,000 pianos being manufactured in the U.S. and choices abound for the player, from the world renowned Steinway and Sons in New York to small regional companies building several hundred pianos annually. And for those that have never had lessons, you can pump your way to fame with the new player pianos that can reproduce the sounds of world famous artists. And how much does a piano cost today? A

quick stroll down “Piano Row” and we found quality used uprights selling for as low as $90 and new grand pianos for around $375. At the Grinnell Brothers showroom we witnessed the sale of a magnificent grand piano from the New York manufacturer Steinway and Sons. The purchase price, just $875. And who is buying new Steinway’s? Mrs. Helen Lawrence who is employed as a piano consultant at Grinnell’s says that it would surprise you. “In addition to the lumber barons, bankers and auto executives, many people of lesser means are also buying Steinway Pianos. If a fine piano is an important value they will use Grinnell’s payment plans to secure their new Steinway.” We spoke with the buyer Mrs. Virginia Wright, a music teacher who traveled to Detroit from Ann Arbor MI. “I want to purchase the finest to insure that this piano would become a treasured family heirloom in the years to come, and be passed from generation to generation.” And a Steinway in a rich mahogany finish, serial number #�76455 was her choice. It is a fact that a piano from Steinway is an appreciable asset that grows in value with each passing year. “The first Steinway we sold at Grinnell’s in �895 costs only $345 and it will sell for over $650 in the used market. I can’t think of another product that you can purchase, use it as much as you like, offer enjoyment and personal satisfaction and double your money at the same time.” Most of Society will agree that a fine piano for the home is not only a beautiful piece of art but a symbol of culture and education. It defines who you are. A piano is an in-credibly noble purchase and should be considered by all, regardless of means. Happy playing. n

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Thinking of you, Mary Panicacci Mary Panicacci (Mrs. Nate), long-time member and jazz friend has been seriously under the weather and in the hospital. Home now, she’d love a card from friends. Her address is 5�65 Canyon Oaks Drive, Brighton, 48��4.

Important Membership/E-mail ReminderWe would again like to take this opportunity to welcome all

of our new members and Patrons, and thank you for joining. Thanks also to all existing members who have chosen to stay with us by renewing your memberships. Supporting live jazz and the multitude of outstanding musicians who play for us is our mis-sion. Unless you paid your dues in October-December 2010, and if you have not paid your 2011 dues, you will be deleted from our roster this month.

One additional note about e-mail addresses. I still have many e-mails that are bouncing back, which means you have given us the wrong address, it was not legible, or your mailbox is full. If you believe you should be receiving e-mail jazz information (par-ticularly if you should be receiving a digital version of the news-letter) and you’re not, please call me at (248) 8�3-0328 to verify your e-mail address. Your e-mail subject line from us should read “Greater Detroit Jazz Society Jazz-o-Gram.” If you obtain a new e-mail address, it is your responsibility to notify us. Please help us keep you in the live jazz loop. Many thanks! Sally

Greater Detroit Jazz SocietyEmily Laura – Public Relations

Chuck Moss – Concert Booking ManagerArt Stone – Membership – Canada

Ricki Atkinson / Jay Cornett – Newsletter DistributionBill Bolle – Treasurer / Legal

Nancy Blake / Picnic Chairperson, Ticket Sales Membership Cards

Ambassador Chairperson – TBDConcert Support: Pat Elliott, Suzanna Kain, Lee Lindsay, Mary Ann Garback, Ricki Atkinson, Jay Cornett , Kathy

Lee, Brian Pelton, Nancy BlakeSally Bolle – Newsletter Design / Editor /Promotion

(sally@greatdesignsolutions.com)Bill Knowles – Director Emeritus

Many thanks to the friends and musicians who contribute articles, artwork and photos for our newsletter. We’re very grateful for your time and expertise. If you’re interested in providing an article or have questions regarding the club,

please give me a call at 248-8130328 or e-mail me at: sally@greatdesignsolutions.com.

All photos by Sally Bolle unless otherwise noted.

WE LovE ouR MEMBERS AND PATRoNS Who MAKE ThiS JAzz SoCiETy PoSSiBLE. SPECiAL ThANKS To SoCiETy PATRoNS: RoBERT AND DoRoThy AMiS, PETER AND BARBARA BECKER, ChuCK AND MARy BoNTEN, RoGER DeMEyERE, DixiEBELLE, FuLK-ERSoN SPEAKER REBuiLDERS (JuDy FuLKERSoN), LiNDA GATES, DoN GoSS, GARy GREENFELDER AND ALEKSANDRA MizioLEK, DouG JACoBS AND SuE ShEPANEK, MARCo KNAPP AND JiM STERN, huGh AND KAThy LEAL, WALLy AND RoSEMARy LuBziK, MARGE’S BAR, JACK MoLLoy, CLiFF AND AiLEEN MoRRiS, BRiAN AND LiSA PELToN, BoB AND JEAN PETTiGREW, KERRy PRiCE, NANCy SALDEN, ToM RoD-GERS, ToM SAuNDERS, JohN SoTiR, ARThuR SToNE, CAThy AND DAvE TATRoW, PEGGy AND SAM TuNDo, AL AND BARBARA viRzi, AND CLEM WALDMANN.

2011 GDJS Pig and Corn Roast Set for July 31, 2011

The third annual GDJS Pig and Corn Roast is scheduled! We’ve lined up Nick Mazich and his amazing pig and corn roast for the last Sunday in July, at 1 p.m. at Nancy Blake’s house. Nancy has again graciously offered her home (which is the perfect venue) to the jazz society. As always, we’ll provide the pig, corn, plates, cups, silverware, beer, pop and water (B.Y.O.B.). You may bring a dish if you’d like, that home cooking is much appreciated. More details to come in the form of a flier soon.

Terrace Inn Fall Jazz WeekendMany of us are enjoying our spring jazz weekend with Wally’s

Warehouse Waifs at the The Terrace Inn, an historic bed and breakfast Inn in Petoskey (Bay View) as you read this newsletter. If you didn’t make it up this spring, we are booking for their fall jazz weekend right now. Almost twenty rooms are already booked!

Join us in the fall for a jazzy weekend getaway packed with the music of the Dave Bennett Quartet and Ray Heitger’s Cakewalkin’ Jass Band featuring Nicole Heitger on vocals. Check in on Friday afternoon to your favorite room and join the crowd in the elegant, chandelier-clad dining room for a spectacular kick-off jam session. The weekend pricing includes all food and lodging. The date of the fall jazz weekend is Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 2.

For more information, please call the Terrace Inn at �-800-530-9898 or call Sally Bolle on (248) 8�3-0328. There’s more info about the hotel at: www.TheTerraceInn.com n

Another special event, “Playing with the Pros” features the Dennis Tini Trio playing with three music students who have been recommend-ed by private instructors. Also back this year is the “Future of Jazz Stage” featuring five college and high school bands playing in the cafeteria.

There’s another Michigan Jazz Festival concert you should not miss. On Sunday, June �9, the MJF will present their annual Father’s Day Brunch featuring the Pete Siers’ Quartet. The time is Noon-3 p.m. at Schoolcraft College in the DiPonio Room and always, the food at Schoolcraft will be gourmet all the way. Make reservations by sending a check, payable to MJF, (include a SASE) to Midge Ellis at 20457 Maplewood Street, Livonia, MI 48�52-2022. The price is $27.50 per person.

For more information, call Midge Ellis (otherwise affectionately called “Ma Jazz” on 248-474-2720. Their web site is http:michiganjazz-festival.homestead.com n

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25101 TELEGRAPH ROAD (AT 10 MILE), SOUTHFIELD, 48033, 248-356-2720$10 COVER • FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT EMILY LAURA AT 248-855-1342 OR SALLY BOLLE 248-813-0328

Mark Your Calendar come and enjoy an

afternoon of the Detroit area’s finest classic jazz, dixieland and swing musicians!

Jazz at Shield’sSaturday, May 21, 2011

WE LOVE OUR MEMBERS AND PATRONS WHO MAKE THESE CONCERTS POSSIBLE! SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2011 PATRONS: ROBERT AND DOROTHY AMIS, PETER AND BARBARA BECKER, CHUCK AND

MARY BONTEN, ROGER DeME YERE, DIXIEBELLE, JUDY FULKERSON (FULKERSON SPEAKER REBUILDERS), LINDA GATES, DON GOSS, GARY GREENFELDER AND ALEKSANDRA MIZIOLEK , BOB HILTON, DOUG JACOBS AND SUE SHEPANEK , MARCO KNAPP AND

JIM STERN, KATHY AND HUGH LEAL, WALLY AND ROSEMARY LUBZIK , MARGE’S BAR, JACK MOLLOY, CLIFF AND AILEEN MORRIS, BRIAN AND LISA PELTON, BOB AND JEAN PET TIGREW, KERRY PRICE, TOM RODGERS, NANC Y SALDEN, JOHN SOTIR, ARTHUR STONE,

C ATHY AND DAVE TATROW, PEGGY AND SAM TUNDO, TOM SAUNDERS, AL AND BARBARA VIRZI, and CLEM WALDMANN.

JUNE 4RON KISCHUK’S

“TARTARSAUCE TRADITIONAL JAZZ BAND”

featuring Judie Cochill on VocalsJUNE 18

BUDDY BUDSON QUARTETfeaturing Ursula Walker

on Vocals

JULY 2BILL MEYER

JULY 16CHUCK MOSS

“PAINT CREEK JAZZ BAND”AUGUST 6

PAUL KLINGER“EASY STREET JAZZ BAND”

AUGUST 20JAMES DAPOGNY“PHIL OGILVIE’SRHYTHM KINGS”

Jim Wyse, reeds and leaderJohnny Trudell, trumpetChuck Moss, trombone

Future 2011 ‘Jazz at Shield’s’ ConcertsSEPTEMBER 3NO CONCERT

DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVALAUGUST 20

RAGTIME RICK“THE CHEFS OF DIXIELAND”

OCTOBER 1KERRY PRICE AND FRIENDS

OCTOBER 15CARL CAFAGNA AND“CREOLE KITCHEN”

NOVEMBER 5JAMES DAPOGNY’S

JAZZ BANDNOVEMBER 19

MILLIONAIRES BIG BANDfeaturing Gar�eld

on VocalsDECEMBER 3

DAVE BENNETT QUARTETDECEMBER 17

TBD

John Hammer, pianoBill Bolle, bass

Bob Pinterich, drums

Marge’s Bar BandFeaturing:

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Steinway Jazz Café – FarmingtonWednesday, March 23, 7 p.m.

Paul Keller and Friends present Remembering Mr. and Mrs. Swing: xylophonist/marimbist/vibraphonist Red Norvo and vocalist Mildred Bailey. 2700 E. West Maple Road in Commerce Charter Township (at the SE corner of the intersection of M-5 and Maple Road). Call the

Steinway Jazz Café at (248) 560-9200. Admission is $�0. In addition to string bassist and leader Paul Keller, vibraphonist Cary Kocher will play the role of Red Norvo and vocalist Judie Cochill will sing the part of Mildred Bailey. The band will also include trumpeter Mark Byerly, trombonist Terry Kimura, saxophonist Keith Kaminski, pianist Cliff

Monear and drummer Scott Kretzer.

Jazz At The Elks – PlymouthFourth Tuesday of Every Month

Tuesday, March 22nd will be the John Trudell Quartet with Ray Tini on bass, Bill Cairo on drums, and Chuch Shermatero on keyboard.

Tuesday, April 26th will be vocalist Naima Shambourger with Sven Anderson on keyboard, Marion Hayden on bass and George Davidson

on drums.

Plymouth Elks Lodge #�780, 4�700 Ann Arbor Rd., just west of Haggerty Rd. Plymouth. Limited seating in a beautiful club setting, $5

donation suggested. Hors d’oeuvres. 734-453-�780 for more info.

Detroit Opera House – DetroitSaturday, March 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

“A Gershwin Rhapsody,” featuring Alvin Waddles and choir with soloists in a concert version of “Porgy and Bess.” Rackham Symphony

Choir conducted by Suzanne Mallaire Acton. Tickets (3�3) 237-SING. www.motopera.org

Music Hall Jazz Café – DetroitMarch 20, 2011, 2 p.m.

“Ain’t Misbehavin,” 350 Madison, Detroit, Tickets (3�3) 887-8500. www. musichall.org

Orchestra Hall – DetroitThursday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m.

The Hot Club of Detroit with the Anat Cohen Trio (3�3) 576-5���

Ron KischukWednesday, March 2/Wednesday April 6

First Wednesday of every month celebrates Mardi Gras every month with the Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band. 6-9 p.m., $5 cover, good

food and drink specials. 265� West Jefferson Avenue, Trenton 48�83, Phone (734) 67�-5676, www.tvsgrandevent.com

Sunday, March 6

First Presbyterian Church of Farmington, Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band Mardi Gras. (26�65 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills, MI

48334) 4-6 p.m. This one features Johnny Trudell on trumpet, Gene Parker on clarinet, Chuck Shermetaro on piano, Marion Hayden on

bass, Bill Cairo on drums and Judie Cochill on vocals. (248) 474-6�70, or check the website www.farmington-pres.org.

Saturday April 16, Valentine Theatre Toledo, Ohio - Toledo Jazz Orchestra with featured

soloists Johnny Trudell and Gene Parker.

Carl CafagnaSunday, March 6

Carl Cafagna and the Creole Kitchen host a ‘Jazz Concert & Jam Ses-sion,’ 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Club Bart, 22728 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. Mardi Gras-themed event, with Bart’s great food/drink, and as always, under-agers are welcome! Everybody, come and bring your instruments to jam! $5 general admission, all musicians who play are FREE. Please

call (248)457-9575 for more info.

Tuesday, March 8 (Fat Tuesday) Metro Jazz Voices, ‘Taste of Ferndale,’ 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Via Nove,

344 W. 9-Mile Rd., Ferndale. Great food from many different Ferndale restaurants, street-fair style, lots of beads, and our great vocal jazz music! Tickets are $30., and proceeds benefit the Ferndale Community Foun-

dation; please call (248)672-4067 for more info.

Bob MojicaThursday, March 10

Orchestra La Inspiracion at Focus Hope, �400 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit, 6:45-8 p.m., www.lainspiracion.com

Friday, March 11 Tumbao Bravo, Bloomfield Twp Library, �099 Lone Pine Rd.,

Bloomfield Twp. 7:30-8:30 p.m. www.tumbaobravo.com

Sunday, March 13, Sunday, April 10 Tumbao Salsa, Sangria Tapas Café, 40� S. Lafayette, Royal Oak,

9:30 p.m.-�2:30 a.m. $5.

Friday, April 22 Tumbao Bravo, Kerrytown Concert House, 4�5 N. 4th Avenue,

Ann Arbor, 8-�0:30 p.m., www.tumbaobravo.com

Baker’s Keyboard LoungeOpen Again! Various Acts!

205�0 Livernois, Detroit, (3�3) 345-6300, www.bakerskeyboardlounge.com

Terrace Inn Fall Jazz Weekend 2011September 30-October 2

Cakewalkin’ Jass Band and Dave Bennett Quartet

Terrace Inn, Bay View, Michigan (near Petoskey) �-800-530-9898 www.TerraceInn.com

The Millionaires Detroit’s Premier Jump Blues and Swing Band

Wednesday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m., $5 cover (Special Guest: Mack Avenue Records recording artist and Detroit’s

Gentleman of the Blues,” Johnnie Bassett)

Thursday, December 30, 7 p.m., $5 cover (Holiday Jam Session and Party featuring ALL of our musician friends!)

Callahan’s Music Hall, 2�05 South Boulevard Auburn Hills, MI 48326 • 248-858-9508

www.AtCallahans.com www.MillionairesPlay.com

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Jerry McKenzie Trio with Matt Michaels on piano and Dan Jordan on bass, special guests on most Thursdays. Don Swindell Quartet, on 2nd Thursday.

KERRY PRICE Tuesday, March 15, 1 -.m., Royal Oak Musicale presents a free concert: “Ev’rybody’s Irish On St. Patrick’s Day” with Kerry presenting a program full of the ‘blarney!’ Good Shepard Lutheran Church on Campbell Road just south of Gardenia/Catalpa in Royal Oak. Royal Oak Senior Center, 3rd Friday Programs, 12:30-1:15 p.m., $2 at the door, Ma-hany-Meininger Center, Mairais, off 13 Mile Road near Royal Oak High School. Friday, March 18, “Welcome, Sweet Springtime” music program with sing-along. No April program. “Anything Goes” at the Dakota Inn on 3rd Thursdays, 3 hours of great sing-along with Mike Montgomery and Kerry Price, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day at the Dakota Inn; it’s worth the trip just for the corned beef and cabbage! Also, Thursday, April 14. Dakota Inn on John R. just north of McNichols (6 MIle) Detroit. Good German food and drink, Lighted, guarded parking lot, reservations recommended, 313-856-9722. Kerry is ‘in the pit’ for the Bloomfield Players production of “Annie” - at Lahser H.S.; March 18-20, 25-27. Contact www.bloomfieldplayers.org for more info. See page 5 for “Kerry and Friends” Jazz at Shield’s concert for GDJS on April 2, 2011. Call Kerry for questions on 248-549-2057 or e-mail: catch kerrybug@sbcglobal.net.

PAUL KLINGER AND EASY STREET Every Tuesday, Paul Klinger’s Easy Street Jazz Band plays dixieland and traditional jazz from 6-9 p.m. at Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 Stadium Boulevard (between Liberty and Pauline) in Ann Arbor, MI. Call 734-663-1202. $10 cover. Guest appearances and a great lineup of Paul’s obscure tunes!

PETE SIERS AND LOS GATOS Los Gatos play Cuban and Latin Jazz for Salsa Dancers from 8-11 p.m. at LIVE at PJ’s, 102 S. First Street, Ann Arbor, MI. $7 cover.

PHIL OGILVIE’S RHYTHM KINGS (P.O.R.K.) Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings, led by James Dapogny and Chris Smith, ten-piece band playing music of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson and other inventors of the big band. Sundays, 5-8 p.m. at LIVE! at PJs, 102 S. First Street, Ann Arbor, MI. Dance floor, good menu. Free Sunday parking in the city lot across the street. $7 general admission, $5 students and seniors. Phone (734) 623-1443, www.liveatpjs.com

PLANET D NONET (9-piece swing band)/RJ Spangler Please visit their web site at www.myspace.com/planetdnonet and on Facebook. Authentic swing music from the 20s/30s, standards and blues from the 40s. March 20, 4 p.m., Blue Goose Inn, 28911 Jefferson between 11 & 12 Mile, St. Clair Shores, (586) 296-0950. Every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., Open Organ Jam with R.J. at Cliff Bells, no cover. 2030 Park, Detroit, 313-961-2543, www.cliffbells.com

RAGTIME RICK AND THE CHEFS OF DIXIELAND Every Wednesday night from 8 p.m.-Midnight, Main Street Bar and Grill (formerly the Sodbuster Saloon), Sylvania, Ohio. Please visit their web site: www.chefsofdixieland.com

ROYAL GARDEN TRIO The Royal Garden Trio will perform Sunday, March 20th, 4pm @ Elio Del Col Gallery, 256 Dalhousie Street, Amherstburg, Ontario, N9V1W7. It is always a wonderful time, not only a great day trip, but the warmest group of jazz fans you will ever encounter anywhere! Hope to see you there! Info: (519) 736-0067. Please visit their web site: www.theroyalgardentrio.com

BOB SEELEY Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, The Ark, 315 Main St., Ann Arbor, Mr. Bs Piano Gala, 8 p.m., $25. With Mr. B, Eric Reed, Stephanie Trick. April 15, Zehnder’s Ragtime Festival, Friday, 1 p.m., Bob Seeley, Bob Milne, Kerry Price, $30 including lunch at 11:30 a.m.; April 16, Saturday, 8 p.m., Bob Seeley, Bob Milne, $50, includes dinner at 6:30 p.m., call for details 1-800-863-7999.

WHERE’S THE JAZZ? For more extensive schedules including out-of-town concerts, please visit the respective musician’s web sites. Send information via e-mail information to Sally Bolle: sally@greatdesignsolutions.com Don’t forget to check the “Saturday at Shield’s” schedule on page 5 of this newsletter to see many of these fine musicians playing for our GDJS concerts.

DAVE BENNETTFor complete schedule visit www.DaveBennett.com April 20-23, Dave Bennett Quartet at the Dirty Dog Jazz Café, 9 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236, (313) 882-5299. www.DirtyDogJazz.com April 27, Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge Campus, 1 p.m.

BERT’S MARKET PLACE / BILL MEYER Thursdays, 8:30-12:30 p.m. – Bert’s Market Place, 8:30-12:30 p.m., Open jam session with the new RGB Trio featuring Ralphe Armstrong on bass, drummer Gay-elynn McKinney and Bill Meyer on piano. Cover $3, free parking, great food. 2727 Russell in the Eastern Market, (313) 567-2030. www.BertsEntertainment.com.

RICK BRYANT / PROFESSOR WRIGHT AND FRIENDSplay jazz, blues (and laughs) at the Players Inn, 3040 N. State Rd., Davison, MI 48423, Phone (810) 653-6408, 7-10 p.m.,

CAKEWAKIN’ JASS BAND / RAY HEITGER

Ray and the Cakewalkin’ Jass Band, featuring Nicole Heitger will play our March 13 Mardi Gras concert (see pg. 1) and a ‘Jazz at Shield’s’ concert on April 16 (see pg 5). www.RayHeitger.com

CADIEUX CAFE 300 Cadieux Rd. (between Mack and Warren), Detroit MI 48224 Phone: 313-882-8560, Various bands on Tuesday nights. Call for schedule.

BRIAN CLEARY QUARTET every Monday from 8-11 p.m., featuring Brian Cleary on piano/vocals, Kurt Beguhn on trumpet and vocals, Jeff Reynolds or Clarence Isabel on bass, and David Penny on drums. Dylan’s Raw Bar and Grille, 15402 Mack Avenue (1 block North of Marge’s Bar), Grosse Pointe Park, (313) 884-030.

CLIFF BELL’S

2030 Park Avenue at W. Adams, Detroit, Phone 313-961-6422. Various jazz groups. For more information visit www.CliffBells.com

DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFE 97 Kerchival, Grosse Pointe Farms, 313-882-JAZZ (5299). $10 cover charge. Live piano bar and great jazz groups. Wednesday-Saturday, please call the venue for exact schedules or visit www.DirtyDogJazz.com. Dining American and Tapas style. March 2-5 Jason Marsalis, March 9-12 Freda Payne, March 16-19 Johnny Bassett, March 23-26 Kimmie Horne.

JOHN HAMMER Playing with the Marge’s Bar Band, 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month (see Marge’s listing).

John Hammer Trio, featuring John on piano, Bill Fierst on drums and vocals, and Danny Pliskow on string bass. Peabody’s in Birmingham, 8:15-11:15 p.m., playing jazz and pop standards from the Great American Songbook. Come spend a relaxing evening listening to your favorite tunes, many as made popular by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and the other great singers of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.

PAUL KELLER Please see more Paul Keller information on page 3, 5, and 6. For complete local schedule of Paul’s extensive schedule visit www.pkorecords.com

MARGE’S BAR AND GRILL The jazz tradition continues with Jim Wyse, leader. John Trudell on trumpet, Chuck Moss on trombone, John Hammer on piano, Bill Bolle on bass, Bob Pinterich on drums. Dixieland and jazz standards “done right!” Second and fourth Thursday’s, 7-10 p.m., 15300 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230. Mack at Beacons-field. Phone 313-881-8895, www.MargesBar.com

NIKOLA’S – JERRY MCKENZIE’S “JUST JAZZ” 25225 Telegraph Road, Southfield, 48034, 248-355-4695. 7-10 p.m., Jerry ‘s group appears on the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Thursday of each month. Great food!

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The GREATER DETROIT JAZZ SOCIETY is a registered LLC (Limited Liability Company) under the laws of the State of Michigan. Our mission is to encourage the performance, preservation and perpetuation of Classic Jazz, Dixieland and Swing, and nurture this type of music as an American art form. Activities of the club include organizing and presenting jazz concerts and jazz-related activities throughout the year. One hundred percent of your dues money and profit from our concerts go to promote live jazz in this area! The JAZZ SCENE, a publication of the GREATER DETROIT JAZZ SOCIETY, is published six times a year. A hard copy is mailed to all members and, in addition, a PDF file of the newsletter mailed to those members with valid e-mail addresses. Members may opt out of receiving a hard copy by mail. Your membership dues cover this newsletter, expenses of the concerts, and notification of special events via e-mail blasts.