David Alvarez III is a Jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and music educator based in the Metro-Detroit area. The drum set was introduced to him at the age of five, growing up playing in church. At the age of nine, he started to learn how to play Jazz through a summer program called The Arts League...Read More
David Alvarez III is a Jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and music educator based in the Metro-Detroit area. The drum set was introduced to him at the age of five, growing up playing in church. At the age of nine, he started to learn how to play Jazz through a summer program called The Arts League...Read More
The Hughes Smith Quintet (HSQ) is a Detroit-based jazz quintet that performs original music with purpose. The group is spearheaded by Saxophonist James Hughes & trumpeter Jimmy Smith and features the rhythm section of Phil Kelly, Takashi Iio and Nate Winn. The quintet formed in the autumn of 2012 with the purpose of promoting their...Read More
David Alvarez III is a jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and music educator based in the Metro-Detroit area. The drum set was introduced to him at the age of five, growing up playing in church. At the age of nine, he started to learn how to play Jazz through a summer program called The Arts League...Read More
David Alvarez III is a Jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and music educator based in the Metro-Detroit area. The drum set was introduced to him at the age of five, growing up playing in church. At the age of nine, he started to learn how to play Jazz through a summer program called The Arts League...Read More
Is a monthly residency where Hughes & Smith present a themed 1st set followed by a jam session. The theme and rhythm players change monthly. Come out and listen to and jam with some of Detroit’s finest musiciansRead More
Cameron Graves, a visionary pianist, keyboardist and composer, will join Jeffrey Pedraz and Sean Dobbins of the Detroit Jazz Festival All-Stars, for a feature set from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26 at Cliff Bell’s. Following the performance, students from the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation’s J.C. Heard JazzWeek@Wayne program will take the stage for an...Read More
