Events for October 2012
4 October
Sky Covington

2012 Detroit Music Award Winner  for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist

Sky Covington 

Live Jazz & Soul Concert

Thursday October 4

9pm

Tickets $5

5 October
A Man Can Change

FRESH off a featured performance at this years African World Fest, ILLPLAYBILL is proud to present A Man Can Change #6: The Upside of Down. A night of Poetry, Music, Monologues and Art that will inspire and entertain!
 
 7 of Detroit's BEST Male Poets, Artists, Activists and Musicians will deliver an acclaimed showcase that you DON'T WANT TO MISS!
 
 

6 October
Mike Stern Band

In a career that spans three decades and a discography that includes more than a dozen eclectic and innovative recordings, six-time GRAMMY nominee Mike Stern has established himself as one of the premier jazz and jazz-fusion guitarists and composers of his generation.

11 October
Nighthawks Jazz Orchestra

The NJO pulls from members of Detroit's own Bridge Project Big Band. The small size of this dectet (10-piece ensemble) offers more musical possibilities in the material they perform.

18 October
CD Release: Randal Wilson

You're invited to the CD Release Party for Randal "Velvet" Wilson and The ChoZen Few
for Randal's second solo project, "A Promise to Myself."

Thursday, October 18th 7:00pm - 11:00pm $10 Adv/$12 at Door
Tickets can be purchased by dialing 313.820.2230

21 October
Discovery Series: Greater Alexander

THE JAZZ CAFE DISCOVERY SERIES WITH JUDY ADAMS
 JAZZ CAFE AT MUSIC HALL
 350 MADISON AVENUE
 DETROIT, MI.
 
 Sunday 10/21 from 2-5pm
 Indie folk artist Greater Alexander will be performing live on our stage + DJ Judy Adams with Morphogenesis>Redux
 
 Greater Alexander:
 The path to achieving a dream can be a long, arduous journey. On it, you see remnants of

those that have traveled before you. You see lost hope and altered courses. Indie-folk artist,
 Greater Alexander, has seen all of that and more, yet he steadily walks that long road with a
 smile and a big heart. Love is his fuel and spreading it is his goal.
 Hailing from Southfield, Mich. (by way of New York and Athens, Greece), Greater Alexander
 is a tried and true singer/songwriter. Partaking in this rebirth of Michigan and its glorious folk
 music, his voice is instantly soothing as it floats across the finely plucked and gently strummed
 guitar that finds its home in his arms. Greater Alexander nurtures his music from its birth on
 paper to the recording stage where he tracks his own vocal melodies over one another to create
 a full-fledged, lush sound
 
 

25 October
Detroit Tonight Live w/M.L. Liebler
  • Dick Wagner of The Frost, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and Arrowsmith will read from his new rock'n'roll memoir entitled Not Only Women Bleed (2012) and play an acoustic set of his own songs.
  •  M. L. Liebler & The Coyote Monk Poetry Band featuring The Frost's Dick Wagner,  Grammy Winning Eminem Producer and Bassist Steve King, The Blue Room guitarist Charlie Palazzola , Frankie the K of Black Hat and bigHORTY on they keys, from The Dangerous Diane Band, The Ghost Band and 54 Sound session drummer Leonard Johnson,
  • Quraysh Ali Lansana Chicago Poet and Performance Poet
  • Annie Martin Award Winning Purple Rose Theater Playwright and Editor
26 October
R&B Live:Kendrick Hardaway Revue

This is the Longest Running All R&B Live Music Showcase of its kind in Detroit

,R&B Live Detroit presents. . BRINGING YOU THE HOTTEST R&B IN THE "D"!!

Get ready for an evening of LIVE entertainment from the home of the hottest R&B Artists!

R&B Live Detroit presents. .

"THE KENDRICK HARDAWAY REVUE"

8PM Friday October 26 in The Music Hall Jazz Cafe

350 Madison. Detroit,MI. 48207 (Downtown Detroit across from Ford Field)

starring

R&B/Soul artist- KENDRICK HARDWAY-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1j_0DHnu7c

wsg

R&B/Pop Artist - KATRINA CARSON -

www.katrinacarson.com

R&B/Soul Artist - SYLENA RAI -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3q2jipkKmI

Acoustic Soul/Inspirational Artist - AL BETTIS -

http://albettismusic.com/

++Advance Tickets - 12.00 Door- 15.00 18/up Food & Drink Specials Available++

****Specialty Merchandise Vendors Onsite **Raffles****

27 October
The Detroit Social Club

The Detroit Social Club

Like many of our most noteworthy musical stars, The Detroit Social Club Band is born of the streets of the city of Detroit.  Motown has always been more than Motown and the DSC Band is a testament to that.  Inspired by the “chitlin’ circuit” era of the Motown (aka Motortown) and the Stax/Volt Revues of the 50’s and 60’s, the Detroit Social Club is an entire show featuring the finest R&B, Blues, Hip-Hop/Pop and Smooth Jazz you will find in the Detroit area.

 

Events for October 2012