The Emmet Cohen Trio: A Handful of Keys
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIHarlem based piano phenom, Emmet Cohen, swings through town with his all-star trio featuring Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s bassist, Russell Hall, and drummer Kyle Poole, recently on tour with Cecile McLorin Salvant. Emmet Cohen has quickly become one of the most in demand jazz musicians in New York. A finalist in both the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition and the 2015 American Pianists Association’s Fellowship, Cohen plays with the maturity and confidence of a seasoned veteran. With astonishing ...
All About the Trio: The Trio Goes to The Movies
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIBack by popular demand, Ellen Rowe and her trio present a concert/lecture series exploring the jazz trio. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the foundations of jazz with the insight of some of the region's most swingin' all-stars. Full of rich swing and masterful jazz, this concert highlights repertoire from the movies! Pianist, composer, and educator Ellen Rowe offers her own musical perspective on music by Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, David Raksin and others. Ellen Rowe, piano Paul Keller, bass Pete ...
Lisa Hilton: jazz piano
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIAmerican composer and pianist Lisa K. Hilton will be performing new compositions from her latest release, entitled OASIS – which is defined as: Something serving as a refuge or relief. Hilton’s expressive and impressionistic compositions explore the soundscape of jazz and blues alongside classical and modernist ideas fueled by the inspiration from past composers Count Basie, Horace Silver, George Gershwin, Robert Johnson as well as Rachmaninoff. Lisa Hilton, jazz piano Buy Tickets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaEp-EsU8mw
Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIShawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow is a quintet made up of five of Chicago’s finest musicians. Performing all original material, they specialize in a style of jazz that is heavily influenced and blended with several other modern genres. Focusing on composition just as much as improvisation, they reveal stunning melodies hidden within complex time signatures. Shawn Maxwell, saxophone Buy Tickets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5u9SygSW0
All About the Trio: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan with special guest Sunny Wilkinson
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIBack by popular demand, Ellen Rowe and her trio present a concert/lecture series exploring the jazz trio. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the foundations of jazz with the insight of some of the region's most swingin' all-stars. Pianist, composer, and educator Ellen Rowe and her trio pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan with acclaimed jazz vocalist, Sunny Wilkinson. Sunny has been on the jazz faculty at Michigan State University, Western Michigan University, Cal State Northridge, Fullerton College, and the ...
Rising Stars with Sean Dobbins featuring Austin Aldrich
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIDrummer Sean Dobbins showcases Austin Aldrich, a junior at Huron High School Austin plays the bass in jazz programs at Community High School, the Huron River Rat Jazz Orchestra and Spartan Youth Jazz Orchestra of Community Music School-Detroit. Austin started his musical journey on the electric bass guitar at the Ann Arbor Music Center and at 9 years old he made his onstage debut at the Ypsilanti, Mich., Tap Room with the classic rock cover band, The Infernal Chimps. When ...
Caleb Curtis, saxophone & Marta Sánchez, piano
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MICaleb Wheeler Curtis and Marta Sanchez will be returning for another spectacular duo performance of original compositions, improvisations and jazz standards showcasing their dynamic and highly developed approaches to saxophone and piano. "The music Marta Sanchez writes gets intricate, but she also gets memorable effects using simple means. That's part of what she gets from pop or medieval music. She can make a melody out of one note and the right rhythm. Jelly Roll Morton called that kind of spark ...
All About the Trio: Celebration of Mothers
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MISponsored by : Don & Betty Chisholm
“Ocean: The Life and Times of Poet Phillis Wheatley” – Marion Hayden & Legacy
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIKCH is honored to present Marion Hayden’s Ocean: The Life and Times of Poet Phillis Wheatley - a musical suite in 7 parts exploring the life journey of poet Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753- 1784), the first African American to publish a book and to achieve international stature as an author. Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Miss Wheatley’s large book of poems entitled Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral. The ensemble is led by bassist, ...
Jazz Pianist Sullivan Fortner: The Blue LLama Jazz Club / Kerrytown Concert House Exchange
Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MIJoin us for our second installment of a brand new partnership with The Blue LLama Jazz Club featuring intimate solo sets by notable jazz artists presented at Kerrytown Concert House, along with an additional performance in the same week by the artists and the groups they lead at The Blue LLama Jazz Club! One of the most inventive and virtuosic pianists of his generation, New Orleans native pianist Sullivan Fortner has been stretching deep-rooted talents as a pianist, composer, band ...
