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Inside ... 3. End of Summer and New Fall Jazz 4. Shield’s Concert Schedule 5. Miscellaneous Events6-7. Where’s The Jazz? 8. Join the GDJS

THE JAZZ SCENEVolume 16, Number 5

September/October 2012

Leading up to Labor Day, also his 72nd birth-day, pianist James Dapogny played at the Dirty Dog and Detroit Jazz festival, both times as a member of Jon-Erik Kellso’s Earregulars, and at the festival as a member of the Mike Karoub Trio. GDJS members might have heard him too with the group he leads with Chris Smith, Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings—in Ann Arbor, for GDJS at Shields or at Cliff Bell’s--or in Ann Arbor or for GDJS with Paul Klinger’s Easy Street Jazz Band.

Growing up in Chicago’s suburb Downers Grove sparked a lifetime love of classic jazz for pianist, arranger and bandleader James Dapogny. It was in Chicago, while still a teenager, that he first

heard, met or played with some of the city’s older jazz pioneers, such as Little Brother Montgomery, Junie Cobb, Mike McKendrick, Ikey Robinson, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, and Baby Dodds. Later, with his own and other groups, he performed with Bud Freeman, Vic Dickenson, Franz Jackson, Cozy Cole and other jazz greats.

“I started studying piano at the age of nine. As a teenager I discovered jazz, and became interested in all sorts of jazz. Then, there was much more jazz in the air, still near-hit records by the likes of Ahmad Jamal, Dave Brubeck, and Errol Garner, Basie, the Four Freshmen, and the Dorsey Brothers’ tv show. But meeting those earlier jazz masters, players who had helped to make the music’s history during Chicago’s jazz heyday in the 1920s, made a powerful musical and personal impression on me. My involvement in classic jazz in turn deepened my interest in other music, including the classical music I’d played, and I became particularly interested in music theory and composition.”

In 1962, majoring in music composition, Dapogny graduated with highest honors from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, then received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree there in 1971. While in school, he continued to play, principally around Chicago, as a jazz pianist and trombonist.

Between graduations, Dapogny began his teaching career at the University of Michigan. “I absolutely lucked out being hired at Michigan,” he says. “It’s been great in all sorts of ways, but especially in letting me rub shoulders with the great colleagues I’ve had over forty years. One of par-ticular interest to jazz fans was Larry Teal, who was the first professor of saxophone at an American uni-versity. We were having lunch one day and Larry, a Detroiter, was telling me about having subbed in the 1920s for Doc Ryker, Jean Goldkette’s lead saxophonist, while Ryker was having oral surgery. I asked Larry who was in the band then and he said, ‘Oh, Bix..and the Dorseys.’”

At Michigan Dapogny taught music theory, “I guess you could say that this is the study of the structure of music, how musical meaning is created

The date was August 12, 2012 at Nancy Blake’s home. If you missed it, you missed our best jazz picnic ever! We were trying to think of all of the names of the many, many musicians, great cooks and volunteers when Nancy came up with her own. We could not have said it better.

And most of all, thanks to YOU Nancy, for making this all possible.

Here’s a special note from Nancy:“Wasn’t that a party?! I want to personally

thank everyone who attended the annual GDJS Jazz Picnic this year at my house. Once again we were blessed with perfect weather. We have clout!

I want to especially thank all the musicians for taking time from your busy schedules to play for our group. You are the greatest. Where else can we see so much talent in a single day?

You are all very near and dear to me and es-sential to the success of our picnic. We sure have a wonderful extended family with our members. Without all your help and participation, your dona-tions, and all the fabulous food that was brought, this could never have been so spectacular. Let’s do it again next year! ;-)

Nancy Blake

GDJS 4th Annual Member PicnicLiving

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James Dapogny, during an “Afterglow” follow-ing performance with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Photo courtesy of Ron Bermingham.

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Grugelfest Next weekend, 9-14 through 9-16, the first annual Grugelfest Jazz Festival will be held at the Park Inn by Radisson Ho-tel, 101 N Summit Street in downtown Toledo. The GDJS is a sponsor of this event. Please see page 5 for the details!

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by systems—of melody, harmony, rhythm, etc. The core of this has been musical analysis. Except for a few courses, my teaching has been almost entirely in classi-cal music, though in 1968 I first taught my course jazz theory and history linked together. Nothing I’ve ever learned about great western art music has made me respect any less the music of my great jazz idols, and particularly composers Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington.”

Dapogny is now Professor of Music Emeritus and Arthur F. Thurnau Profes-sor at the University of Michigan and has twice been recognized for his teaching--all the while performing as jazz pianist, playing solo and with his band. Since retiring he has returned to teach—arranging and jazz theory/history—several times, most recently in the first term of 2012.

In 1976 he founded James Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band, with the help of drummer and long-time friend Wayne Jones. “I consider Wayne one of my teachers, particularly about musical thinking and listening,” says Dapogny. (The group played for GDJS at Callahan’s in October, 2010, with Kim Cusack-clarinet and alto sax, Russ Whitman-tenor and baritone saxes and clarinet, Jon-Erik Kellso-trumpet, Chris Smith-trombone, Kurt Krahnke-bass, Rod McDonald-guitar and banjo, and Pete Siers-drums.) Their ideal was a band that could range through the great variety of the first fifty years of jazz repertoire and style, and play Dapogny’s own arrangements as well. That music--from ragtime to New Orleans and Chicago jazz to swing--is what they still play. About midway through its fourth decade, the band still contains three of the original members Dapogny asked to join the band in 1976, and one, Chris Smith, who replaced his own father in the band. “These are wonderful players,” Dapogny says, “who can perform this range of music with a combination of both authenticity and fire, something several reviewers have mentioned.”

The band has recorded nine albums, though none for the last three years. Four of them--much praised in American and foreign jazz press--are on Time Warner’s Discovery Records, Laughing At Life (1992), Original Jelly Roll Blues (1993), Hot Club Stomp (1995) and, on Schoolkids’ Records, their twentieth-anniversary album, On The Road (1997), a celebration of their twenty years of touring and playing in forty-four states. And they made an album with Maria Muldaur, Naughty, Bawdy and Blue (issued 2008 by Stony Plain), of early blues material. This seems a logical follow-up on their years of work with 1920s blues star Sippie Wallace.

For years, JDCJB accompanied blues singer, and long-time Detroit resident, Sippie Wallace onstage and, with a special guest appearance by Bonnie Raitt, recorded the Grammy-nominated Atlantic album, Sippie. “In performance it was often just Sippie and me--voice and piano--but Sippie really loved the band and I think it shows on the album,” says Dapogny.

“Once, after a performance at the Bottom Line in Manhattan, Sippie, Ron Harwood, her manager and I, went to Cafe Society to hear Alberta Hunter, the only other 1920s blues star who was still performing then. Alberta, a legend-arily...uh...complex woman, refused to come out and talk with Sippie between sets. I was fuming angry over this, but Sippie said, on the cab ride back to the hotel, ‘Well, Jim, some people just don’t have it in them to...’ I forget how she finished the sentence but I remember that this calmed me down and was one of the moments where Sippie showed me a kind of judgment and wisdom that oth-ers might not have had the opportunity to see.”

James Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band has opened for humorists Bob Newhart, Phyllis Diller, and Rich Little. “On a show in Wisconsin, Newhart came out after we’d opened and said ‘How about that band from Chicago! I’m from Chicago and that’s my kind of music. Of course I know some people like country and western music and I don’t mean to denigrate it. And for those of you who do like country and western music, “denigrate” means to make fun of or to belittle.’” They opened too for Benny Goodman’s revived swing band. “Goodman phoned my manager and asked about our doing other shows he had

scheduled, but he died before this could happen. A couple of years later our drummer Wayne Jones was talking with Louis Bellson, who’d played drums with Goodman on that show, and Bellson said, ‘The old man really liked your band.’ Nice to know. ” Since 1986, JDCJB has made joint appearances with the dynamic and popular vocal trio, the Chenille Sisters, doing programs of Dapogny’s arrangements of 1920s, 30s and 40s jazz and pop tunes. In 1992, the two groups together recorded the Red House Records release Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?

Since 2010, Dapogny has recorded, for Arbors Records, two albums with guitarist Marty Grosz as arranger and leader. “I was honored to do these—both with Jon-Erik Kellso, incidentally. Marty’s a good friend and one of my favorite living musicians—and I like him better than many of the dead ones too. In 1957, I was working my first steady job in Chicago, in a band with the wonder-ful clarinetist Frank Chace, Frank was recording Marty’s album Hooray for Bix. That made a huge impression on me in all sorts of ways, including being a ringing endorsement of the four-horn front line and an encyclopedia of what can be done with it. I consider Marty one of my teachers too.”

Keeping up a life as a scholar as well as a performer, Dapogny produced Jelly Roll Morton: The Collected Piano Music, published jointly by the Smithsonian Institution Press and G. Schirmer, Inc. and distributed by Hal Leonard Publish-ing Corp. This is a first-of-its-kind collected edition of a jazz musician’s work. “My friend the critic Martin Williams, then acquisitions editor at the Smithson-ian Institution Press, recruited me to do this monster project,” Dapogny says. “Basically transcribing complete and partial solo-piano performances by Jelly Roll Morton—whom I consider to be the first great artist of jazz—took years, and there’s probably no other musician whose music I’d have worked on at this depth. Except maybe Ellington. Or Teddy Wilson, or perhaps Jess Stacy or maybe Joe Sullivan, or...”

Recent big projects for Dapogny have been the restoration--from the remaining incomplete fragments--and performance and recording at the Uni-versity of Michigan--of James P. Johnson’s legendary “lost”operas, De Organizer, with libretto by Langston Hughes, and The Dreamy Kid, with libretto by Eugene O’Neill. Recordings of these works, with University of Michigan soloists, chorus and orchestra under the direction of conductor Kenneth Kiesler, and with Da-pogny playing piano, are being prepared for issue and plans are being made for the publication of the music. “Here again, the university has been of indispens-able help: as Fellow of the UM’s Humanities Institute and therefore with a year off from teaching duties, I was able to get a lot of this work done. And crucial support for many aspects of the project came from the university’s Office of the Vice President for Research. And then too there was to possibility of wonderful performers and a conductor who’s one of the most accomplished musicians I know.”

Now retired from full-time teaching, Dapogny’s most recent big project has been editing for publication by C. F. Peters, the 1939, nearly unknown, five big-band arrangements by Jelly Roll Morton. The first of these, GANJAM, appeared in print in July, 2010, “and now,” Dapogny says, “we’re looking at another one as a candidate for putting into print.”

Jim or James? “Well, on posters, programs, album covers or contracts, it’s “James.”

Other times, “Jim,” says Jim.Jim says, “As I read the draft of this, I see a litany of names. It’s not so

much that I want/need to drop names as to express my gratitude to so many performers who’ve helped and inspired me. So let’s add to the list bassist/ar-ranger/bandleader Paul Keller, singer/club-owner Susan Chastain, and – GDJS’s own--trombonist Chuck Moss.” n

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Greater Detroit Jazz Society

Emily Laura – Public RelationsChuck Moss – Concert Booking Manager

Ricki Atkinson / Cathy Lee – Newsletter DistributionBill Bolle – Treasurer / Legal

Nancy Blake / Picnic Chairperson, Ticket Sales Membership Cards

Ambassador Chairperson – TBDConcert Support: Pat Elliott, Suzanna Kain, Lee Lindsay,

Ricki Atkinson, Jay Cornett , Cathy Lee, Brian Pelton, and Nancy Blake

Sally Bolle – Newsletter Design / Editor /Promotion(sally@greatdesignsolutions.com)

Bill Knowles – Director Emeritus

We’re grateful to the friends and musicians who contribute articles, artwork and photos for our newsletter. We thank you

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 248-813-0328 or e-mail me at: sally@greatdesignsolutions.com.

All photos by Sally Bolle unless otherwise noted.

Dues and E-mail UpdateWe would again like to thank those members who have

paid their dues for 2012, which were payable in January. We would especially like to welcome our many new members and patrons who have joined and are bringing new life and enthusiasm to our concerts. We are experiencing outstand-ing attendance and support, and we’re very grateful.

If you are a member who currently receives a hard copy in the mail and would prefer to receive your newsletter digi-tally (and earlier!) – please call Sally Bolle on 248-813-0328 to advise. This assumes that you have a viable e-mail address, and please remember that it is your respon-sibility to notify us if that address changes. I still have many e-mails bouncing back, either because you’ve changed your address or your mailbox is full. We really do want you to receive your e-mails! n

END OF SUMMER aND NEw Fall jazz ... Rec Bowl – “Jazzin’ With Some Barbeque” Every Tuesday night, some Thursday’s and a few Sunday’s will finish out the Rec Bowl’s summer schedule of events. We will also be doing it again next year, per Fred and Patti Fox, owners and new patrons of the GDJS. Join the jazz lovers and dancers in this beautiful outdoor covered area with a dance floor. Barbeque chicken and ribs on Tuesday and Thursday, casual menu and cash bar from 5-10 p.m., Music and dancing from 6:30-9:30 p.m., no cover charge. Please note! On Sunday, the music plays from 5-8 p.m. with the same casual menu, cash bar and no cover! 40 Crocker Boulevard at First Street, Mt. Clemens, 48043. Phone 586-468-7746. www.RecBowl.com9-6, Thursday – Dave Bennett Quartet with Dave on

clarinet, Cliff Monear on piano, Kurt Krahnke on bass and Doug Cobb on drums

9-9, Sunday – Gary Greenfelder Orchestra (GGO) featuring vocalists Jennifer Jones, Pete Tocco and Ashley Morisette

9-11, Tuesday – R.J. Spangler and “Planet D Nonet”9-16, Sunday – The Millionaires featuring vocalist Garfield

Angove9-18, Tuesday – Jerry McKenzie and “Just Jazz” featuring

Dave Bennett on clarinet, Terry Lower (from Grand Rapids) on piano and Ray Tini on bass

9-20, Thursday – Dave Bennett Quartet with Dave on clari-net, Cliff Monear on piano, Kurt Krahnke on bass and Doug Cobb on drums

9-23, Sunday – Dave Bennett Quartet with Dave on clarinet, Jeff Kressler on piano, Kurt Krahnke on bass and Doug Cobb on drums

Kerry Price and Friends Open B’Jazz Vespers Series On Sunday, September 16, Sunday, Kerry Price will open the 17th year of free monthly jazz concerts of B’Jazz Vespers. Her program theme is “From HER Point of View” and will include early ragtime and pop songs about women. She’ll open the evening with a solo set, then a short non-denominational meditation, and the second set will introduce ‘Kerry and Friends,’ a traditional/New Orleans style jazz ensemble made up of some of the best instrumentalists in the area. There is a free-will offering (which helps pay the musicians, and a recep-tion following the concert. Featuring Kerry on piano and vocals, Chuck Moss on trombone, Paul Klinger on cornet, Tom Bogardus on clarinet, Rod McDonald on guitar, and Bill Bolle on bass, kick off the 2012-2013 series at B’Jazz at the First Baptist Church of Birmingham, 300 Willits Street, Birming-ham, MI 48009. Phone 248-644-0550. 5-7 p.m. www.firstbaptistbirmingham.org/

Craig Strain’s Big Band at “Jazz at the Joy” 9-16, Sunday, Craig Strain’s Big Band, CSO, with special guest vocalists Sarah D’Angelo and Gary Sacco will be at “Jazz at the Joy.” 4-7:30 p.m., $10 gets you great music and food. 48999 Joy Rd., Westland, east of Middlebelt behind the Token Lounge. Call Craig for more info on 586-924-6866. Jazz and more!

The Gandy Dancer “Courtyard Jazz” Series 9-12 – James Dapogny; 9-19 – Ben Rolston, 401 Depot Street, in Ann Arbor presents the Courtyard Jazz Series every Wednesday at 6 p.m. 401 Depot Street (in the old train station). For more information, please contact Ingrid Racine, 734-218-1477 or e-mail ingridracine@gmail.com

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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!

Saturday, October 6, 2012

WE LOVE OUR MEMBERS AND PATRONS WHO MAKE THESE CONCERTS POSSIBLE! SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2012 PATRONS: ROBERT AND DOROTHY AMIS, CHUCK AND MARY BONTEN,

DR. CHESTER COCCIA, ROGER DeME YERE, DIXIEBELLE, JUNE EVERET T, DAVE FALVAY, C AROL FOSSEE, FRED AND PAT TI FOX – THE REC’ BOWL,JUDITH FULKERSON (FULKERSON SPEAKER REBUILDERS), LINDA GATES, DON GOSS, ROD GOODYEAR, GARY GREENFELDER AND ALEKSANDRA MIZIOLEK ,

BOB HILTON, SUE SHEPANEK , KERRY TOWN CONCERT HOUSE, MARCO KNAPP AND JIM STERN, WALLY AND ROSEMARY LUBZIK , PAT MacC ARROLL, MARGE’S BAR, LINDA MARSHALL, JACK MOLLOY, JEFF MYERS, CLIFF AND AILEEN MORRIS, BRIAN NEWSOM, ELLIE AND GEORGE NOSKY,

GARY AND JOYCE OWEN, BRIAN AND LISA PELTON, BOB AND JEAN PET TIGREW, KERRY PRICE, TOM RODGERS, NANC Y SALDEN, GEORGE SINNOT T, JOHN SOTIR, ARTHUR STONE, C ATHY AND DAVE TATROW, PEGGY AND SAM TUNDO,

AL AND BARBARA VIRZI, CHRISTINE WHIT TEMORE and CLEM WALDMANN.In loving memor y of Pa trons Doug Jacobs and Tom S aunders.

SEPTEMBER 15 – NO GDJS CONCERT GRUEGELFEST – TOLEDO, OHIO

OCTOBER 6CARL CAFAGNA AND CREOLE KITCHEN

OCTOBER 20RAY HEITGER AND CAKEWALKIN’ JASS BAND

NOVEMBER 3 MARGE’S BAR BAND

SHIELD’S OF SOUTHFIELD1-4 P.M. – GREAT FOOD, CASH BAR

2012 Schedule – Jazz at Shield’s

Carl Cafagna and“Creole Kitchen”

NOVEMBER 17R.J. SPANGLER AND

PLANET D NONETDECEMBER 1

DAVE BENNETT QUARTETDECEMBER 15

DAVE TATROW AND FRIENDS

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GjDS aNNUal jazz PICNIC – jUlY 12, 2012Many thanks to Lisa Pelton and George Nosky for photos ...

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GjDS aNNUal jazz PICNIC – jUlY 12, 2012Many thanks to Lisa Pelton and George Nosky for photos ...

Thanks to you, Nancy!You made it all happen.And here’s to you, Emily – our inspiration.

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Grugelfest Festival9-14 through 9-16, Grugelfest Festival at the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel, 101 N Summit Street in downtown Toledo. There will be five great bands in two venues (Ballroom and Lounge), with an additional stage for piano players and smaller groups. The featured bands include Cakewalkin’ Jass Band from Toledo, Ohio with Duke Heitger on trumpet, Rosie O’Grady’s Good Time Jazz Band from Orlando, Florida, The Sunset Stomp Jazz Band from Indianapolis, Indiana featuring Robin Hopkins and Kathleen Miller, Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band from Cincinnati, Ohio, Paul Klinger’s Easy Street Jazz Band from Ann Arbor with Nicole Heitger on vocals and solo pianists Jim Dapogny, Bob Milne, and Sister Jean “The Ragtime Queen.”

Tickets are on sale for each session (Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, and Sunday); also “All-Event” tickets are available, for those who wish to wander in and out over the entire weekend. For those who prefer jazz in an outdoor setting, nearby Perrysburg, Ohio will celebrate their annual “Harrison Rally for the Arts” day on Saturday, featuring music by the Swingmania Big Band and Rosie O’Grady’s Good Time Jazz Band.

On Sunday morning, a Dixieland Worship Service featuring The Sunset Stomp Jazz Band will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church, 1853 South Avenue (just 3.5 miles from the Park Inn). Everyone from the GRUGELFEST will be encouraged to attend. A chicken barbeque dinner will also be held after the service, with music provided by Ragtimist Bob Milne. This will be a rare opportunity for a full weekend of out-standing hot jazz east of the Mississippi. Tickets are available through the Seagate Centre Box Office at 419 321-5007, or at ticketmaster.com (also on sale at the door).

JAZZ FORUM SeriesThe JAZZ FORUM 2012 Concert Series presented by Jim and Trenna Ruffner at Gross Pointe Unitarian Church, 17150 Maumee (at St. Clair, two blocks east of Cadieux between Jefferson and Kercheval). All concerts are at 8 p.m. Individual concerts $13 paid in advance by mail, $15 at the door, series of three is $35. For information call (313) 885-0232. Mail orders to Jazz Forum, 1347 Bedford, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230-1117. 10-3, Wednesday, George Benson Quartet with Detroit’s Sax Master George on sax, Charles Boles on piano, John Baron on bass, Tom Brown on drums and Ramona Collins, the great song stylist from Toledo. Classic jazz, down home blues, and great American songbook standards. 11-7, Wednesday, Taslimah Beh Quartet with Dwight Adams on trumpet, Marion Hayden on bass and Djallo Djakate on drums. Taslimah is at home with the soul of rag-time with its rolling bass and syncopated rhythms. Includes a touch of Harlem stride and a special feature on the music of Lil Hardin Armstrong. 12-5, Wednesday, The Dave Bennett Quartet with special guest Dave Tatrow in an all-star rhythm section. Tad Weed on piano, Kurt Krahnke on bass and Doug Cobb on drums. Bennett channels the real deal in clarinet styles when swing was king. Reknowned trumpet star Tatrow, steeped in traditional and swing traditions provides the perfect foil.

Sugar HouseAlex Beljah on guitar and Dave Kosmyna on cornet.

Every Wednesday from 7-10 p.m., 2130 Michigan Avenue, Detroit. 313-962-0123 – www.sugarhouse.com

Northern Lights LoungeEvery Tuesday, 8 p.m., Dennis Coffey Jazz Trio,

660 W. Baltimore, Detroit. 313-873-1739. Dennis Coffey on guitar, Nate Winn on drums, and Damon Warmack on bass.

Great jazz, great food, no cover, and free lighted parking.

Howell Eagles Aerie #3607 8-19, Sunday, and third Sunday of every month,The Blue

Notes, under the direction of Thomas Halm, playing music of the 40s and 50s big band era and later. 3-7 p.m., $5 cover, open

to the public, dinner and sandwich specials available. Howell Eagles Aerie #3607, 141 Schroeder Park Drive, Howell, MI

48843. 517-548-1630 or 517-548-4313.

Marcus and Joan Belgrave at the Roberts9-12, 9-26, Wednesday, (2nd and 4th) Marcus and Joan Belgrave at Roberts Hotel featuring “Jazz at the Roberts,”

1000 River Place, Detroit, 48207, 313-259-9500. Come after work for great food, spirits and “Belgrave Jazz” on the

waterfront. $10 singles, $15 couples.

Terrace Inn Jazz Weekends 2012-2013 Schedule

TWO ROOMS LEFT FOR THIS WEEKEND! Call now to reserve your room for this event

co-sponsored by the Greater Detroit Jazz Society.Fall Weekend – September 7-9

features Ray Heitger’s Cakewalkin’ Jass Band (featuring Nicole Heitger on vocals) and

the Chuck Moss’ Paint Creek Jazz Band. Chuck’s band will feature Chuck on trombone, Dave Tatrow on trumpet, Tom Bogardus on clarinet, “Ragtime” Rick” Grafing on piano, Bill Bolle on bass and

Doug Cobb on drums.Spring 2013 Mother’s Day Weekend booking now! – May 10-12,

2013 features Dave Tatrow and Friends with Dave Tatrow on trumpet, Dave Bennett on clarinet, Cody Henry on trombone,

Doug Cobb on drums, Frank Steed on bass and Jeff Kressler on piano.

The Historic Terrace Inn, Bay View, Michigan (near Traverse City) 1-800-530-9898 www.TerraceInn.com

Jazz Radio Radio: Don’t forget while you’re home to listen to WRCJ –

Classical radio by day, jazz by night. 90.9 WRCJ-FM is Detroit’s premier public radio source for classical and jazz music.

Visit www.wrcj909fm.org for programming.

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WhERE’S ThE JAZZ? Some weekly events often change dates, please give the venue a call before driving a long distance! For more extensive schedules including out-of-town concerts, please visit the musicians’ respective web sites. Don’t forget to check the Jazz at Shield’s schedule on another page of this newsletter to see many of these fine musicians playing for our GDJS concerts. If you would like to be included in our daily e-mail jazz blasts, call Sally at (248) 813-0328.

Radio Jazz Don’t forget while you’re home to listen to WRCJ – Classical radio by day, jazz by night. 90.9 WRCJ-FM is Detroit’s premier public radio source for classi-cal and jazz music. Visit www.wrcj909fm.org for programming.

Blue Pointe Restaurant Every Saturday, Hans Muer Jazz Trio at the Blue Pointe, Hans Muer on drums, various other musicians every Saturday. 17131 E. Warren Avenue at Cadieux, De-troit 48224-2228. 7-10 p.m., great food, no cover, complimentary parking attendant. Dinner for two special: $40 two dinners and bottle of wine or two drinks. Call for reservations: 313-882-3653. Also can e-mail: hmuer@chartet.net

Cliff Bell’s 2030 Park Avenue at W. Adams, Detroit, Phone 313-961-6422. Various jazz groups in a beautifully-restored martini bar. For more information visit www.CliffBells.com

Dirty Dog Jazz Café Every Wednesday-Saturday, 97 Kerchival, Grosse Pointe Farms, 313-882-JAZZ (5299). $10 cover charge, per show, on some nights. Live piano bar and top jazz groups. Please call the venue for exact schedules or visit www.DirtyDogJazz.com. Great food – American and small-plate Tapas style.

Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, 734-659-2999, www.kerrytownconcert-house.com. Tickets $5-$25; call 734-769-2999 or reserve online. http://www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Marge’s Bar and Grill 2nd and 4th Thursday, starting up again after hockey season ends, please check with the venue. 7-10 p.m., the jazz tradition continues with The Marge’s Bar Band. Jim Wyse, leader and clarinet, John Trudell on brass, Chuck Moss on trombone, John Hammer on piano, Bill Bolle on bass, Bob Pinterich on drums. Dixieland and jazz standards “done right!” Great food in a legendary, casual hockey-bar envi-ronment. Second and fourth Thursday’s, 7-10 p.m., 15300 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230. Mack at Beaconsfield. Phone 313-881-8895, www.MargesBar.com

Plymouth Elks Lodge, Jazz At The Elks The Plymouth Elks Lodge #1780 in Plymouth has Jazz @ The Elks in a beautiful club setting on the 4th Tuesday of every month from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. There is a $10 donation at the door which includes hors d’oeuvres. For more information, please call 734-453-1780 or email: plymouthelks1780@yahoo.com. The Lodge is located at 41700 Ann Arbor Rd., Plymouth.

9-25, Tuesday, The Paul VornHagen Quartet with Paul on sax and flute, Chuck Shermatero on Keyboard, Kurt Krahnke on bass and Pete Siers on drums. 10-30, Tuesday, the Latin Jazz with Nuevo Jazz Detroit. Duncan Jones on key-board, Don lewandowski on bass, Patrick Fitzgibbon on vibes, Chuck Golemba on drums and Jerry LeDuff on congas. The Plymouth Elks Lodge was recently featured on www.DetroitPerforms.org for the history of Jazz @ The Elks and how the proceeds are used to help needy children Visit the WRCJ web site (90.9) for other good news about jazz in our area.

Musicians and BandsDAVE BENNETT Dave is listed at various other venues in this newsletter. For complete schedule visit www.DaveBennett.com

CARL CAFAGNA 9-7, Friday, Detroit Tenors (Cafl Cafagna and Steve Wood with rhythm section) at Brighton Smokin’ Blues & Jazz Festival, 9 p.m., Downtown Brighton, $3, 21+ only, http://www.brightoncoc.org/General/smokin-jazz-and-barbeque.html

9-19 and 9-20, Weds and Thurs., with ‘Bayou River Band’ on the DETROIT PRINCESS Riverboat for public Lunch cruises, which board at 11:15 a.m., on the Detroit River, near Hart Plaza. Tickets are $40., $36. Seniors, $20. children. Buffet lunch, a great

view of Detroit and Windsor, and our great New Orleans-style jazz. Order tickets in advance at www.detroitprincess.com

DENNIS COFFEY Every Tuesday, 8 pm, Dennis Coffey Jazz Trio at the Northern Lights Lounge 660 W. Baltimore, Detroit. 313-873-1739. Dennis Coffey on guitar, Nate Winn on drums, and Damon Warmack on bass. Great jazz, great food, no cover, and free lighted parking.

9-7, Friday, Dennis Coffee Jazz at the DIA, 7 p.m.

9-20, Sunday, Dennis Coffee Jazz at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, 8 p.m.

JAMES DAPOGNY – PhIL OGILVIE’S RhYThM KINGS (P.O.R.K.) Every Sunday, James Dapogny and Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings play at Zal Gaz Grotto. 5-8 p.m., admission $7, $5 for students and seniors. A great place for dancers! Zal Gaz Grotto located at 2070 Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor (between Liberty and Pauline and across from the Ann Arbor wide side Post Office). Phone (734) 663-1202, great food, reasonable drink prices, safe, free parking, no steps. Every Sunday except-Sept. 16

GARY GREENFELDER ORChESTRA Wednesday, 2nd and 4th of each month, Gary Greenfelder Orchestra at a Club 54, with Jennifer Jones and Pete Tocco on vocals, and other special guests. 7-10 p.m. Third Wednesday of each month, GQ Jazz Ensemble with Jennifer Jones at Club 54. Located on Van Dyke Road just north of 16 Mile Road on the east side of the street. Call 586-795-0054

JOhN hAMMER TRIO The John Hammer Trio frequently at Peabody’s Restaurant, 34965 Wood-ward, Birmingham. 8-11 p.m. with great old standards from the Great American Songbook. Featuring Bill Fierst on drums and vocals, Danny Pliskow on string bass, John Hammer on piano.

NICOLE hEITGER 8-28, 9-25, 10-30 with the Easy Street Jazz Band, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Zal Gaz Grotto, Ann Arbor, 20707 Stadium Boulevard, 734-663-1202.

RAY hEITGER / CAKEWALKIN’ JASS BAND

Every Friday, Ragtime Rick and Betsy Grafing, with Ray Heitger will be host-ing a New Orleans Jazz and Jam Session, 9-1 p.m. at a new place called Scrubs Pub and Grub, 3312 Glendale Avenue (near Byrne Road) in Toledo. Full menu of classic pub food, complete bar service, quality beer on tap. 419-382-3007. 10-20, Saturday, Jazz at Shield’s for the GDJS, 1-4 p.m. 11-18, Sunday, Hilliard, OH, Makoy Center; 1-7pm. The Central Ohio Hot Jazz Soci-ety’s annual Fall Harvest of Bands. Three bands will play. Call 614-451-1761 for info. For complete schedule visit www.RayHeitger.com

PAUL KELLER 9-10, Every Monday, PKO IS BACK! After a 6-week summer vacation, the 15-piece Paul Keller Orchestra returns to EVERY MONDAY NIGHT big band action at Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 W. Stadium Boulevard (between Liberty and Pauline) Ann Arbor. Showtime is 7:30 till 10:15. Zal Gaz Grotto offers good food and drinks at reasonable prices. Lots of safe, free parking. This Monday’s performance marks the beginning of the PKO’s 24th season! AMAZING! 9-13, Thursday, Paul Keller, Duncan McMillan and Sarah D’Angelo will play at the London Chop House from 7:30 till 11:30 PM. The London Chop House is located at 155 W. Congress in downtown Detroit. Call 313/962-0277. Check out the Free Press Article. 9-15, Saturday, The Paul Keller Trio (featuring pianist Glenn Tucker and gui-tarist Ralph Tope) perform A Toast To The Nat King Cole Trio show at the Sarnia Jazz And Blues In The Village Festival from 1-2:30 PM at MiGibbon Park. Proceeds from this event are donated to Organ Donor Awareness Group. Check outhttp://www.jazzinthevillage.com/ andwww.facebook.com/jazzandbluesinthevillage.sarnia. 9-16, Sunday, The new season of the Ellen Rowe Trio’s Kerrytown Concert

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WhERE’S ThE JAZZ? House jazz series called ALL ABOUT THE TRIO begins today at 2 PM. The Ellen Rowe Trio is pianist/composer/educator Ellen Rowe, string bassist Paul Keller and drummer Pete Siers. Kerrytown Concert House is located at 415 N. Fourth Ave. For reservations call 734/834-2133. www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com. 9-19, Wednesday, The Paul Keller Quartet with string bassist Paul Keller, pianist Duncan McMillan, saxophonist Ben Jansson and drummer Stephen Boegehold play great jazz from 7 till 10 PM at Passport Restaurant and Lounge, 3776 South State Street (just south of I-94) in Ann Arbor. he PK4 will play at Pass-port Lounge the 4th Thursday of EVERY month. Next gig is October 18, 2012. 9-22, Saturday, The Paul Keller Quintet celebrates the release of their new CD AT SUNDOWN with a special gig at Cliff Bell’s Jazz Club, 2030 Park Ave. Shows at 9:30 PM, 11 PM and 12:30 AM. $10 cover charge. Great food and drinks at Cliff Bell’s. Call Cliff Bell’s at 313/961-2443 for reservations. Check out: www.cliffbells.com. For more info about AT SUNDOWN, visit www.pkorecords.com. 9-23, Sunday, Paul Keller Quintet presents Swingin’ The Praise Jazz/Gospel show at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 574 S. Sheldon Road (south of M-14 between Ann Arbor Trail and Ann Arbor Road). Performing with Keller will be pianist Duncan McMillan, saxophonist Ben Jansson, drummer Sean Dobbins and vocalist/clarinetist Sarah D’Angelo. Showtime is 4 till 6:30 PM. $10 per person or $25 per family. There will a reception for the musicians after the concert with refreshments. 10-18, Thursday, Paul Keller, Duncan McMillan and Sarah D’Angelo will play at the London Chop House from 7:30 till 11:30 PM. 55 W. Congress in downtown Detroit. Call 313/962-0277. Check out the Free Press Article. 10-19, Friday, The Paul Keller Quartet celebrates the release of their new CD AT SUNDOWN with a special performance at 8 PM at Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Call Kerrytown Concert House at 734/769-2999 for reservations. Check out:www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com. For more info about AT SUNDOWN, visit www.pkorecords.com. See Paul’s extensive schedule listed at venues throughout this newsletter. For complete local schedule of Paul’s extensive schedule visit www.pkorecords.com

RON KISChUK / TARTARSAUCE TRADITIONAL JAZZ BAND First Wednesday of each month, Ron Kischuk’s Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band with Ron on trombone; Johnny Trudell on trumpet, Judie Cochill on vocals, Marion Hayden on bass and Bill Cairo on drums. 6:30-9:30 p.m., reservations recom-mended. $5 cover, food and drink specials. TV’s Grand Event, 2651 W. Jefferson Avenue, Trenton, MI 48183, 34-671-5676, tvsgrandevent@yahoo.com. To order Ron’s new CD “Smile” featuring the Masters of Music big band featuring arrangements by Russ Miller, vocals by Judie Cochill, visit www.themastersofmusic.com or e-mail ron@the mastersofmusic.com See Ron’s extensive schedule listed at venues throughout this newsletter.

PAUL KLINGER / EASY STREET JAZZ BAND Every Tuesday, Paul Klinger’s Easy Street Jazz Band plays dixieland and tradi-tional jazz with special guest artists 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 wonderful, obscure tunes!

JERRY MCKENZIE / NIKOLA’S Jerry McKenzie and “Just Jazz” appear at Nikola’s, 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! Don Swindell Quartet on the second Thursday,

July 26 – April Tini on vocals August 2 – Marcie Allen on vocals August 16 – Sarah D’Angelo on vocals August 23 – Vibraphonist Jim Cooper from Saugatuck August 30 – Meri Slaven on vocals, with Paul VornHagen on sax and flute September 6 – Eydie Evans-Hyde on vocals, with husband on guitar.

BILL MEYER Thursdays, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.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 Gayelynn McKinney and Bill Meyer on piano. Cover $3, free parking, great food. 2727 Russell in the Eastern Market, (313) 567-2030. www.BertsEntertainment.com.

GENE PARKER Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Mutts at the Oliver House, Gene Parker Jazz Trio with Jeff Halsey, bass and Damen Cook, vocals/drums, http://www.theoliver-housetoledo.com Wednesdays 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Degage Jazz Café – Gene Parker Jazz Jam, Gene Parker and Friends, www.historiccommercialbuilding.com/degage.html Thursdays 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Stella Blue, Archbold, OH, Gene Parker Jazz Quartet with George Chumura, guitar, Jeff Halsey, bass and Damen Cook, Drums/vocal, www.stellabluearchbold.com The Inn, Ada Oh, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., On the campus of Ohio Northern University, Alternating between trio and single every other Friday during the summer. Call Gene for the schedule. 419-345-4480 cell, www.innatonu.com Holiday Inn, Perrysburg, Oh, Jackson Square Atrium, Exit 193 off route 75Sunday’s, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (brunch), duo, www.hifq.com

PLANET D NONET/R.J. SPANGLER (9-piece swing band) Wednesday, Cliff Bell’s, open organ jam with R.J. Spangler (not with band), no cover, 8:30 p.m., various great jazz on on other days, 2030 Park Avenue, Detroit, MI. (313) 961-2543, visit www.cliffbells.com for complete schedule. For a list of their extensive playing schedule, 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.

MIChELE RAMO ON 8-STRING GUITAR AND hEIDI hEPLER ON VOCALS Every Thursday, Michele Ramo on 8-string guitar at the Jenuwine Cigar Fac-tory, 7-10 p.m., 44791 Schoenherr Rd., Sterling Heights, MI. 586-997-1731. Friday’s, Heidi Hepler and Michele Ramo Duo at Tre Monti Restaurant, “Jazz in the Patio,” 2695 East Big Beaver Rd., Troy, 8-11 p.m., 248-680-1100.

KERRY PRICE Third Thursday of every month, “Anything Goes” at the Dakota Inn on 3rd Thursdays, great sing-along with Kerry, Dakota Inn on John R. just north of McNich-ols (6 Mile) Detroit. Good German food and drink, Lighted, guarded parking lot, reservations recommended, 313-856-9722. Kerry Price at the Royal Oak Senior Center Third Friday Series, 12:30- 1:15 p.m., $2 at the door, program and sing-along. Kerry performs every 3rd Friday at the Mahany-Meininger Center located on Marais, off 13 Mile Road near Royal Oak High School. Call Kerry for questions on 248-549-2057 or e-mail: catch kerrybug@sbcglobal.net.

RAGTIME RICK AND ThE ChEFS OF DIXIELAND First and third Wednesday of each month, Ragtime Rick and the Chefs of Dixie-land will perform at Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo, OH 43614, 419-381-2079. 8-10:30 p.m. Located just off Exit 59 of the Ohio Turnpike, Trotter’s Tavern features a menu of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, and dinners, with full bar service and an ample selection of draft beers. For more information, call 419-381-2079. http://chefsofdixieland.com Every Friday, Ragtime Rick and Betsy Grafing, with Ray Heitger will be hosting a New Orleans Jazz and Jam Session, 9-1 p.m. at Scrubs Pub and Grub, 3312 Glendale Avenue (near Byrne Road) in Toledo. Full menu of classic pub food, complete bar service, quality beer on tap. 419-382-3007. For their playing schedule, please visit their web site: www.chefsofdixieland.com

PETE SIERS AND LOS GATOS Salsa Wednesday (last Wednesday of every month) 9:30 p.m., Salsa lessons avail-able earlier in the evening, $10 cover, full kitchen, 1/2 off select wines. Vinology, 110 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Call 734-222-9841 to verify gig is on.

DAVE TATROW / WALLY’S WAREhOUSE WAIFS Dave is playing at several venues listed throughout this newsletter. For a complete schedule, visit www.WallysJazz.com

JOhNNY TRUDELL 9-12, 9-26, Wednesdays (2nd and 4th), new gig beginning for the Johnny Trudell Quartet plus guest artists. September 12 is Carl Cafagna. New Italian restaurant, Il Pomo d’oro Restaurante, 51195 Schoenherr Rd., Shelby Township, MI 48315. Phone 586-731-6161. Formerly the Tirami Su Ristorante. Italian dining in a casual and affordable setting.

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