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John Clayton workshop at Warren Mott High involving the host school, Cousino High School, and Sterling Heights High School. |
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Open rehearsal with John Clayton and the WSU Big Band. 12PM. |
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John Clayton workshop at Wayne State University. 3PM. |
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American Jazz Master and the "Bob Marley" of Poetry. Collaboration between John Clayton and poet Saul Williams at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History. 8PM. |
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John Clayton workshop at Wayne State University. |
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John Clayton performs with the Wayne State University Big Band at The Music Box in the Max M. Fisher Music Center. 7:30PM. |
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Let’s Do Lunch at the Guardian Building, featuring Shahida Nurullah. Vocalist Shahida Nurullah is a Detroit native who comes from an artistic family and has trained with many of the Motor City’s leading jazz musicians, including Teddy Harris Jr., Marcus Belgrave, Kenn Cox, Marion Hayden and Yusef Lateef. She has a particular fondness for Brazilian tunes, but her repertoire includes a heavy dose of jazz and blues. 11:45AM–1:30PM. |
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Let’s Do Lunch at the Guardian Building, featuring Johnny O’Neal. Pianist Johnny O’Neal’s appearance in the 2004 blockbuster film Ray elevated his career to new levels. Performances on the festival circuits in Europe, Australia, Japan and a recent tour of South Africa have helped Johnny gain an international following. His playing evokes the influences imbued in him by his idols Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum, and he has reshaped these elements into his own very swinging and melodic approach. In live performances, he is apt to catch his audience off guard with his soulfully rendered, yet unpretentious, vocalizations. 11:45AM-1:30PM. |
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Workshop at Detroit School for the Arts featuring pianist Gerald Clayton – John Clayton’s son and one of the rising young stars of jazz. 3:45PM. |
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Bass workshop at Renaissance High School featuring John Clayton. 3:45PM. |
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A Conversation with Jazz Masters. Presented by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with DJF. The event will feature a conversation between John Clayton and DSO Jazz Chair Michel Camilo, moderated by Detroit Free Press writer and noted jazz critic Mark Stryker. As an added treat, the DSO Civic Jazz Orchestra will perform before the discussion. The event is free and open to the public, with no tickets or reservations required. For more information, please call the DSO Box Office at 313.576.5111. Starts at 7PM. |
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May |
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Let’s Do Lunch at the Guardian Building, featuring Ursula Walker & Buddy Budson. Buddy Budson has been playing jazz piano around the Detroit area for the past 48 years, beginning at local clubs at the age of fifteen. In 1973, Buddy married noted Detroit vocalist Ursula Walker, and together they perform at clubs and concerts throughout the metro Detroit area. They have also given many clinics at Detroit-area schools and universities. 11:45AM–1:30PM. |
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Let’s Do Lunch at the Guardian Building, featuring the WSU Jazz Combo. Wayne State University Jazz Combos are comprised of musicians pursuing a degree in Jazz Studies. Jazz combos explore creative improvisation, stylistic repertoire, and original composition/arranging projects within a small group setting. In addition to performing at concerts that take place throughout the semester at Wayne State University, most combos can be found performing in and around the city of Detroit. 11:45AM-1:30PM. |
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June |
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John Clayton conducts the Scott Gwinnell Orchestra at the Detroit Institute of Art. |
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Screening of A Great Day in Harlem as part of the Mid-Summer Nights in Mid-Town at Wayne State University. |
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July |
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Jazz Week @ Wayne State University. Jazz Week (July 20-24) is provided through a partnership between DJF and Wayne State University. This one-week workshop provides forty high school students with an intensive and rewarding jazz education. All participants, selected from surrounding high schools, are awarded full scholarships to attend the program, which culminates in two public performances. For more information, go to www.music.wayne.edu/jazz.php. |
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Jazz Week @ Wayne Ensemble. Jazz Week @ Wayne participants will perform in a concert at Campus Martius. Noon. |
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August |
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The Scott Gwinnell Orchestra, joined by the Clayton Brothers Quintet, will perform a commissioned “work in progress” by John Clayton at Cliff Bell’s. (Note: This date may change.) |
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Detroit Jazz Fest CD Release Party aboard the Ovation Yacht. Check back for details. |
