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Rodney Whitaker Quartet + Jazz Fest After Party

Friday, August 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm$25.00
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SHOWTIMES ARE AT 7:30PM & 9:30PM FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.

Doors open at 5pm for dinner. Seating begins at 6pm for “Dinner & a Show”. The second show starts seating at 9pm.

Jazz Festival After Parties all weekend long.

As a proud sponsor of the Detroit Jazz Festival for almost two decades we are pleased to host many musicians from Detroit to Japan to perform on our stage! Cover is $25.00

Fri. 08/30, 11:00p-1:00a: Detroit Jazz Fest All Star house band

Sat., 08/31, 11p-1a:  JK6 Takatsuki, Japan exchange

Sun 09/01, 9:30- 11:30  Winners of the 2024 DJF Collegiate Combo Competition: The Jauron Perry Quintet (From Manhattan School of Music and Michigan State University)

Internationally renowned bassist and Mack Avenue recording artist, Rodney Whitaker, currently holds the titles of Professor of Jazz Bass and Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University where he has built one of the leading jazz degree programs and performing faculty in the United States of America.  He is considered one of the leading performers and teachers of the jazz double bass in the United States.  Whitaker has performed and toured with over 100+ legendary performing jazz artists over the past 25+ years.  Featured on more than 100+ recordings – from film to compact discs – Whitaker’s film scores, China, directed by Jeff Wray, was released on PBS Fall 2002 and Malaria and Malawi, released on PBS Fall 2010.  Also, Whitaker has a DVD release featuring Michigan State University’s Jazz Department entitled, “Inside Jazz” and three new compact discs entitled, “Get Ready” & “Work To Do”—both on Mack Avenue Records and “Better Than Alright” by Michigan State University College of Music.

 

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Date:
Friday, August 30
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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Cost:
$25.00
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