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The Jazz Masters Series highlights accomplished “masters of craft”, local legends, and jazz idols. Join Sean Dobbins and his crew to celebrate vocalist, Naima Shamborguer. Naima Shamborguer was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. Born to a musical family, professional musicians surrounded her. From her early days of musical training, Naima developed highly artistic and finely polished vocal abilities through extensive training in classical and jazz music, but jazz music is where Naima has made a successful career. On two …

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Born and raised in Havana, Grammy nominated pianist and composer Manuel Valera since arriving in NYC has become well known in the modern jazz scene, garnering national reviews and lending his talents as a pianist and composer to such notable artists as Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D’Rivera, Brian Lynch, Dafnis Prieto, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Chris Potter, Dave Binney, Adam Rogers, Mark Turner, John Benitez, Samuel Torres, Joel Frahm, Yosvany Terry and Pedro Martinez and classical violinist …

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Rick Roe and his trio return to Kerrytown Concert House to feature Lynn Speakman and Ingrid Racine. They will be performing arrangements from Lynn Speakman who has been composing music for 20 years as well as showcasing Trumpeter Ingrid Racine, who received her BFA in Jazz Studies from the University of Michigan. Buy Tickets

This event is generously sponsored by Jim and Angie George. Alexis Lombre is a professional jazz pianist who is making her way onto the jazz scene. Alexis started classical piano lessons at age 10 but because of her attraction to the soulful sounds of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and pianist, Gene Harris, at age 12 she switched to jazz lessons. At age 13, Alexis began participating in the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s (JIC) training programs which emphasized the importance …

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The Jazz Masters Series, created by jazz legend Tad Weed, highlights accomplished “masters of craft”, local legends, and jazz idols. Join Sean Dobbins and his crew to celebrate Ron Brooks. Ron Brooks began his musical career while studying at the U-M and was soon playing with local and visiting musicians; his early recordings include a challenging 1962 album with pianist Bob James, who would eventually make it big playing more popular kinds of music; a date with the adventuresome woodwind …

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