Musical Offerings by a variety of Detroit’s Finest Artists
a soulful concert for your listening pleasure
Rock, R&B, Latin Swing and Funk by the
BILL MEYER GROUP
for your dancing pleasure

Your tax-deductible donation at the door is the price of admission. Proceeds will support Doctors Without Borders, Mercy Corps Acupuncturists Without Borders, and Oxfam. If you want to drink anything more exotic than water, tea or coffee, bring it along. Wine and beer are ok. Same for snacks. Maybe bring a few for your friends. We are minimizing expenses so ALL proceeds can be used for Haitian relief. More information: carolyamasaki@mac.com

Birmingham Unitarian Church
38651 N. Woodward, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48304
Lots of room to move and breathe

BILL MEYER JAZZ GROUP
featuring
AUDREY NORTHINGTON on vocals
BUTTER HAWKINS on drums
DAVE REINSTEIN on sax and flute
BEBOP on percussion

Songs from our jazz group and our Latin jazz group. Bring folding chairs to sit on, some snacks and drinks, and sit back and enjoy yourself!

THURS. JULY 16th, 6:30-7:30pm ­  WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JAZZ
FESTIVAL, (313) 341-2697
17567 Hubbell at Outer Drive, Detroit west side
Supreme vocalist, Audrey Northington, and I, along with Butter Hawkins
on drums, will play a one hour outdoor concert

THURS. JULY 16th, 8:30pm-1:30am- SBH TRIO OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM
2727 Russell, between Mack and Gratiot, in the Eastern Market, $3 cover
It¹s my BIRTHDAY BASH! Members of La Inspiracion and Soneo will be
joining Ralphe, Spider and I and all the great performers that come in!
Great food, FREE parking, and the best jam in town!

FRI. JULY 17th, 7:30pm-10:30pm ­ ITALIAN FESTIVAL -

http://www.iacsonline.net/

Macomb Community College South Campus, 14500 E. 12 Mi Rd at Hayes, in
Warren (between Groesbeck and Schoenherr)
Aaron Caruso (Mario Lanza-type) and the Gaylords show with our 6 piece
band

SAT. JULY 18th, 10:45am-4:30pm ­ RAGTIME STREET FAIR AT GREENFIELD VILLAGE

http://www.thehenryford.org/events/ragtime.aspx

20900 Oakwood south of Michigan Ave in Dearborn, included with Village
admission (check website for prices)
I¹ll be playing piano for silent movies from 10:30am ­ 2pm and a concert
from 4-4:30pm

SAT. JULY 18th, 7:30pm-10:30pm – ITALIAN FESTIVAL

http://www.iacsonline.net/

Macomb Community College South Campus, 14500 E. 12 Mi Rd at Hayes, in
Warren (between Groesbeck and Schoenherr)
Aaron Caruso and the Gaylords show with our 6 piece band

SUN. JULY 19th, 12pm-1pm ­ MICHIGAN JAZZ FESTIVAL

http://michiganjazzfestival.homestead.com/

Schoolcraft College, Haggerty Rd, between 7 & 8 Mi Rds
My 8-piece Latin jazz group, SONEO, will be opening the Festival at the
outdoor RED TENT. Many other great acts all day!

SUN. JULY 19th, 5:30pm-6:30pm ­ CONCERT OF COLORS

http://www.concertofcolors.com/

Max Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward, north of Mack Ave.
12-piece Latin salsa band, La Inspiracion, will be playing at this
amazing FREE world music festival (which runs SAT AND SUN) MANY great
groups!

SUN. JULY 19th 7pm-10pm – ITALIAN FESTIVAL  http://www.iacsonline.net/
Macomb Community College South Campus, 14500 E. 12 Mi Rd at Hayes, in
Warren (between Groesbeck and Schoenherr)
MARK RANDISI will be added to Aaron Caruso and the Gaylords show with
our 6 piece band

TUES. JULY 21st 6pm-8pm ­ DETROIT LIBRARY JAZZ AND JAVA SERIES -

http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/events/JavaJazz09.htm

5201 Woodward, north of Warren Ave. Stage in on Cass Ave entrance.
8-piece Latin jazz group, SONEO, will be playing at the outdoor stage. A
fresh Latin approach to jazz, R&B and Motown songs!

Duo Escobar is Steve and Dennis, the heartbeat of Grupo Escobar- one of the few Afro-Cuban based bands in Detroit. Their duo of percussion and guitar spreads the repetoire a little further, including Argentinian classics, Flamenco, Samba and more.

Part of the Sunday brunch series at Le Petit Zinc. Music at 12 noon; $1 min. donation added to the bill.

“Fado is the traditional music of Portugal – proud, austere and deeply melancholic. Mariza is the music’s biggest star for a reason: She sings it not as musty nostalgia but as exuberant twenty-first-century pop, with a low, mesmerizing alto that’s as commanding as any pop singer today…remaking fado’s ancient sadness into a majestic modern sound.” – Rolling Stone

(Detroit)  Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts is extremely proud to present the Portuguese fado singer, Mariza for one special night, Saturday, April 11 at 8PM in support of her newest CD, Terra . (Four Quarters Entertainment / World Connection)

With her striking looks and even more striking voice, Mariza has in a few short years gone from singing in the backroom of a Lisbon bar to selling out the world’s top concert halls, from New York to Moscow and from the Sydney Opera House to the Royal Albert Hall.

Today, she is recognized globally as the queen of the Portuguese musical style know as fado.  Yet she was not born in Portugal, but in Mozambique.  “My father is Portuguese but my mother is African,” she explains.  “We moved to Portugal when I was three but I still have a few memories from Mozambique.” 

In the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, her family took over a small tavern in a neighborhood called Mouraria.  It’s an area with a long and rich association to fado’s history, and on weekends, her father would employ fado musicians to entertain customers.  “I fell in love with the sound of the Portuguese guitar coming up through the floor and I started to sing fado when I was five years old,” Mariza recalls.

As she grew older, her friends told her that fado was old-fashioned and she tried singing in pop, jazz and soul styles.  But her love of fado had taken deep root and she soon returned to it.  Singing in Lisbon’s fado bars and tavernas, she began to develop a following, although she never had any ambition to become a global superstar.  She was into her twenties when she recorded her first album, 2001’s Fado em Mim.  Even then, thoughts of international success were far from her mind.  “I made the first record as a gift to my father,” she says.

The record became a smash in Portugal and was then released around the world.  Rave reviews and further award-winning recordings followed.  Within an astonishingly short time, Mariza found that she had become the global superstar that she never aspired to be.

Now a seasoned performer, Mariza’s Terra showcases the new voice of Portugal, a voice comfortable enough with Portuguese music to have some fun with it.  To be sure, Terra is firmly planted in tradition, yet Mariza  incorporates a little flamenco and Cuban elements into a couple of her new songs thanks to Terra’s Producer, Javier Limón, a Grammy-nominated Spanish flamenco guitarist/producer (known for his work with Paco de Lucia, Bebo & Cigala, and Buika) as well as  contributions  from  Chucho Valdes, the Cuban pianist and bandleader more known for his jazz stylings, and a battery of Portuguese percussion played by Spanish master El Piraña.
Mariza has pushed the boundaries of fado, while still keeping tradition at the forefront of her ever-evolving style. She is more than a fado singer, she’s the new face of Portuguese fado.

Where: Music Hall, Detroit

When: 8:00PM

Tix: $30.00-$50.00

www.musichall.org

Free Latino rock concert inside Café Con Leche’s new location on Vernor next to Armando’s.

Where: Café Con Leche, Detroit

When: 7:00PM

Tix: Free admission