Jazzcorner's Great Detroit Jazz Fest Giveaway

[Lois Gilbert]

Friday, September 1
CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
6:00 Regal Brass Band of New Orleans
7:00 The Funk Brothers
8:45 The Temptations Revue starring Dennis Edwards

SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
1:00 Nathaniel Mayer
2:30 John Brannen
4:15 CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band

Saturday, September 2
AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
12:15 Steelheads
2:15 Shahida Nurullah
4:30 Brasil Brazil featuring Ana Gazzola & Sonia Santos
6:45 Oscar Castro-Neves
9:00 DJF Fireworks Display
9:30 Sergio Mendes Brasil 2006 w/ special guests

PYRAMID STAGE
1:15 Ernie Rodgers & Rapa House
2:45 Jim Dapogny
4:30 Regal Brass Band Of New Orleans
6:45 Charlie Gabriel’s New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band
9:45 Buckwheat Zydeco

WATERFRONT STAGE
1:15 Urban Transport
3:15 Lewis Nash Quartet Tribute to Tommy Flanagan featuring Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Renee Rosnes and Steve Nelson
5:45 “Papa” Lou Donaldson w/ Dr. Lonnie Smith
8:00 Gerald Wilson Big Band

MUSIC HALL JAM ACADEMY STAGE
12:00 IAJE Reading Band
2:15 Kennedy M.S. Jazz Ensemble
3:15 Vincent York’s Jazzistry
4:45 Scholastic
6:00 Scholastic
6:45 Jazz Clinic

SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
1:00 Root Doctor
3:30 James Cotton Blues Band
6:15 Taj Mahal

CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
12:00 Spyder Turner
2:15 Joyce Cooling Band
5:00 Hiram Bullock w.spg Will Lee
7:45 Rachelle Farrell
9:45 Kirk Lightsey’s Detroit Four + One featuring Kirk Lightsey, Bennie Maupin,
George Bohanon, Burt Myrick and Cecil McBee




Sunday, September 3
AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
12:15 Paul Keller Ensemble
2:15 Donald Walden & Free Radicals
4:30 Sean Jones
6:45 Moutin Reunion Band
9:30 Ahmad Jamal

PYRAMID STAGE
12:30 Tumbao Bravo
2:15 Terry Lower Sextet
4:30 Regal Brass Band Of New Orleans
6:45 Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Cha’s
9:30 Marcia Ball

WATERFRONT STAGE
1:15 Sheila Landis & Brazilian Love Affair
3:15 Ilona Knopfler
5:45 Organissimo
8:00 Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth w/ spg Will Lee

MUSIC HALL JAM ACADEMY STAGE
12:00 Troy H.S. Jazz Ensemble
2:15 Northview H.S. Jazz Ensemble
3:15 Vincent York’s Jazzistry
4:45 Ferndale H.S. Jazz Ensemble
6:00 Lakeshore H.S. Jazz Ensemble
6:45 Jazz Clinic

SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
12:15 Orquesta Sensacional
2:15 Steelheads w/ spg Andy Narell
4:45 Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
7:15 Richie Havens

CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
1:15 Sun Messengers w/ Thornetta Davis
3:30 Catherine “Cat” Russell
6:00 The Holmes Brothers
8:45 Joan Osborne

Monday, September 4
AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
10:00 3-Band Gospel Extravaganza
2:00 Ed Nuccilli & Plural Circle
4:15 Joe Locke & Milt Jackson Tribute w/ Joe Locke, Mike LeDonne, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker
6:00 Detroit Jazz All Stars w/ Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, Charles McPherson and Barry Harris
9:00 Diane Schuur & The Wayne State University Jazz Big Band

PYRAMID STAGE
12:00 Johnny O’Neal
2:00 Buddy Budson Sextet
4:15 Terrence Simien & Zydeco Experience
6:15 Donald Harrison Quintet w/ Christian Scott
8:15 Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet

WATERFRONT STAGE
1:00 Gerard Gibbs & Re’Organyz
3:15 The Hot Club of Detroit
5:00 Clayton Brothers Quintet w/ Terrell Stafford
7:30 Ed Palermo Tribute to Frank Zappa w/ spg Napoleon Murphy Brock

MUSIC HALL JAM ACADEMY STAGE
12:00 Northville Band Club
2:15 Henry Ford Community College
3:15 Vincent York’s Jazzistry
4:45 Eaton Rapids High School
6:00 Scholastic
6:45 Jazz Clinic

SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
12:00 RJ’S Rhythm Rockers Joe Weaver Tribute
2:00 Lyman Woodard
4:00 Mose Allison
6:45 Dirty Dozen Brass Band

CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
1:00 John Sinclair & Motor City Blues Scholars
3:00 Bon Temps Roulle
5:30 Regal Brass Band of New Orleans
8:00 Dr. John & The Lower 911

[Enforcer]

Awesome! Can't wait.

[Lois Gilbert]

We have a wonderful contest happening with Detroit which I will begin August 7th.

Best Lois

[Lois Gilbert]

2 winners will receive 2 VIP passes for 2 for Saturday, Sunday and Monday
1 grand prize winner (with guest) will receive VIP entry, and hotel accommodations for Saturday and Sunday nights!


Email me with all vitals to
lois@jazzcorner.com

We will choose winners at random!!

Good luck. I will be there and we'll plan on some sort of JC Hang!

[Lois Gilbert]

The gene in the city's jazz DNA is taking his show on the road.

No, Tony Mowod isn't leaving his gig as "Niteside" host of WDUQ-FM. He's just heading to the banks of the Detroit River and Hart Plaza for a few days to host the 27th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival.

The four-day free festival, which begins on Sept. 1 and runs through Labor Day, will feature performers ranging from Sergio Mendes and Dr. John to Mose Allison and Pittsburgh's Ahmad Jamal.

"It's one of the most exciting things that has happened to me over my career," said Mowod. "I'm looking to forward to spending Labor Day weekend in Detroit and listening to some great jazz music. Hopefully, I'll get to meet a lot of people who regularly listen to the show."

Mowod's syndicated show, called "JazzWorks LLC," reaches more than 40 markets across the country, including WRCJ-FM in Detroit, where his audience has grown significantly over the past year.

JazzWorks airs 7 to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday. Bob Scott, station manager for WRCJ, said Mowod's laid-back but informative style resonates well with the station's jazz audience.

"They are really enthusiastic about his program because he has a very diverse play list," said Scott.

WRCJ is a dual-format station, programming only classical and jazz music. "When we started WRCJ in August of 2005, we had zero listeners, and by March of this year, we had 150,000 listeners," Scott said. "I believe at least 60,000 listeners are tuning into jazz a week. We are constantly getting letters praising Tony for his presentation."

Mowod's job extends beyond the radio control room. In 1987, he started the Pittsburgh Jazz Society while still a DJ at WAMO. The society's mission is to educate the public about jazz through live performances, the Pittsburgh Jazz Society Big Band and the society's annual scholarship fund.

In 2002, he was presented with the Mellon Jazz Community Award for his contributions to jazz.

The Detroit Jazz Festival has more than 100 performances scheduled on six different stages. A complete scheduled can be found at www.detroitjazzfest.com.

[Lois Gilbert]

Entries must be received by August 25th

anyone up for a Detroit/JC Hang?

[Lois Gilbert]

Hi everyone

You have til Friday to get your submissions in just - winners will be picked at random

First place winner gets Saturday and Sunday night VIP passes with hotel (for 2)
2 2nd place winners get VIP passes (view from the VIP tent) (2 passes)

Good luck

just send vitals to lois@jazzcorner.com with subject Detroit Jazz Fest

[Lois Gilbert]

Please get your entries in now
to lois@jazzcorner.com

Peace and good luck. I'm psyched so I can meet some of you and we're trying to arrange for you to meet some of the artists as well..

[Lois Gilbert]

Actually now go to http://jazzcorner.com/detroit.html

and we've extended the entry date till Monday August 28

[Enforcer]

It looks like a great show, the best one yet. Such a good time, great to hear the music by the river.

[Lois Gilbert]

Grand Prize winner including hotel
Vocol1 (ha no pun intended)
Pittsburgh, PA

VIP PACKAGES FOR SAT, SUN, MON including VIP SEATING - Detroit decided to give 1 mo package so we have 3 winners:

Gwen D
Detroit, MI

Denis N
Grand Blanc, MI

Mark Salamango
South Lyon, MI

With the exception of Vocol1, the others are not yet members of Jazzcorner's speakeasy, but they will be

We had more than 200 entries. Thank you everyone who participated.

So who's all going... how are we going to hook up?

[prswamp]

Well, Mark here (prswamp)...

The first day of the Detroit Jazz Festival was great. Good news is there is a 100% chance that it will only get better the next two days.

While the weather was a bit gloomy, Detroit must still be riding its Super Bowl XL high because the city looked great. The set up was excellent and the sound superb.

I made it out to the festival right at the noon start time. Unfortunately I had to leave at 4, but not before I saw some pretty cool shows.

I started off at the Campus Martius stage with a few songs by Spyder Turner. They did some Motown and some cool funk. Highlight for me was their version of the them from the movie "The Last Dragon."

After a few songs I thought it would be a good idea to check out the rest of the scene so I mosied about.

Next I caught a few blues licks from Root Doctor before I left for another group.

My next stop was probably my favorite of the day. It was a group called Urban Transport. They appeared to be a bunch of young "kids" but they impressed the heck out of me. It was a five piece, equipped with drums, bass, keys, trombone, and alto sax. Their improvisational skills were well above their years.

I spent some time with Ernie Rodgers & Rapa House and then the Joyce Cooling Band.

I finished out the day with Shahida Nurullah, a nice Brazilian flavor jazz group. Some nice Jobim. Also, I try to see guitarist Rob Tye whenever possible. He is definitely a bright spot on Detroit jazz in my book.

Off to church and then back to the 'fest with the fam.

Tonight proves to be a great night. Looking very forward to Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth Big Band with Will Lee.