By Jim Gallert On Monday, December 28, 1992, some of Motown’s biggest stars gathered at […]

By Lars Bjorn and Jim Gallert Few Detroit musicians better illustrate the link between Jazz […]

By Lars Bjorn, Jim Gallert, and Adam Stanfel. First published in the 2019 Detroit Jazz […]

By Jim Gallert with Lars Bjorn Like the Buckner brothers (Ted and Milton), Jimmy Wilkins […]

By Jim Gallert Oh Blues…Sweet Blues! Coming from a Black man’s soul. –Excerpt from “The […]

By Jim Gallert with Lars Bjorn Alma Smith was a professional musician for seventy-plus years.  […]

By Stan Kuwik N.B. – Stan Kuwik (1914-2005) was a lifelong Jazz researcher, member of […]

By Jim Gallert with Lars Bjorn J.C. Heard (1918 – 1988) left a large legacy […]

By Jim Gallert Saxophonist, Joseph Robert St. John had a thirty-year career in Manhattan and […]

By Jim Gallert Olujimi Tafataona is a large, buoyant man with a big smile, who […]

By Rod Arroyo and Jim Gallert Dave Usher grew up in a Detroit home where […]

By Jim Gallert Phelbert Quincy Lasley III, (1940-2018) came of age during the 1950s. The […]

By Jim Gallert with Lars Bjorn When Detroit pianists are discussed, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, […]

By Rod Arroyo Located at 700 E. Forest Avenue (at the intersection of E. Forest […]

By Rod Arroyo and Jim Gallert Dave Usher grew up in a Detroit home where […]

By Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn Detroit Jazz devotees eagerly wait for Labor Day each […]

By Rod Arroyo Located at 700 E. Forest Avenue (at the intersection of E. Forest […]

Club El Sino: Paradise Valley’s Home to Jazz Legends By Rod Arroyo Club El Sino, […]