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The Jazz Café is the most significant contribution to music in southeastern Michigan in recent memory and "Jazzpolice.com" call it the most important jazz club to open in America this year.
Ben's Friends Jazz Orchestra10/20/11
7pm
Every Third Thursday Ben's Friends Big Band Jazz Café at 7pm $5.00 cover
You gotta have friends, the song goes. In the world of music the best "friends" you could have include Ben's Friends Jazz Orchestra. The group has performed at Baker's keyboard Lounge for the past 10 years. It is a standing room-only favorite on Thursday nights. There are more than 70 members in the
jazz orchestra--recording artists, music educators, performers and songwriters/arrangers among them. They represent 817 collective years of musical experience. "Ben" is Benjamin "Cat Daddy" Pruitt, who came to Detroit from Little Rock, Arkansas in 1966. He taught in Detroit Public Schools. A saxophonist, he shared his passion for jazz with audiences and other musicians. Pruitt and his best friend Clarence "Skeets" White (alto sax) jammed with others. A big band consisting of 17 musicians was formed.
http://www.myspace.com/bensfriendsbigband
To buy tickets visit or call Music Hall Box Office 350 Madison Ave, Detroit 313.887.8500 or online at