Tickets Saturday, June 20, 8 pm Garden Concert* 2019-2020 Must be purchased in advance • Not refundable Straight Ahead Preferred Seats (PS): Reserved seats in front rows with additional Out of Detroit’s leg room; early admission to concerts; first in line for dinner explosive jazz scene PAID Non-Profit Detroit, MI Detroit, Holiday Concert with Barefield & Friends: $60 / PS $70 comes the ground- Postage U.S. Permit No. 2781 No. Permit All other concerts: $50 / PS $60 breaking Straight Ahead. Series (nine concerts): $440 (includes PS seating — save $100) An ensemble of strong, Group discount: Ten or more tickets to a single concert: inventive instrumentalists $5 discount for each ticket (must be ordered at one time) and vocalists, they are 313-891-2514 palmerwoods.org powerful and imaginative Email: [email protected] composers and arrangers: Order and pay for tickets online or by phone • Limited seating pianist Alina Morr, bassist Marion palmerwoodsmusicinhomes2020.eventbrite.com , drummer Directions to homes revealed prior to concert to ticket holders Hayden Photos courtesy of musicians Gayelynn McKinney, All concerts include a meal, beverages & desserts saxophonist Yancyy, and vocalist Kymberli Wright. Grammy-nominated and award-winning, Straight Ahead is Detroit’s premier all- Order Form female jazz ensemble (with the current addition of Yancyy). Their sound ranges Tickets will be held at door of concert; send a check to: from mainstream to contemporary jazz, Latin to jazzy hip-hop. Members of the Palmer Woods Association, P.O. Box 21086 • Detroit, MI 48221 Detroit Music Awards Hall of Fame, Straight Ahead was the first all-women A limited number of discount student tickets may be available for certain jazz ensemble signed to Atlantic Records, which released three of their albums. concerts; two free children’s concerts will be announced on palmerwoods.org Together and individually, they’ve shared the stage with many musical giants, including Geri Allen, Kem, Jean Luc Ponty, Nancy Wilson, Roy Ayers, Tony Bennett, Name________________________________________ George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Max Roach, Dianne Reeves, Regina Carter, and Address_______________________________________ others.The ensemble received international exposure when they opened for the City________________________State____Zip________ legendary Nina Simone at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland. Phone________________________________________ Saturday, June 27, 4 pm & 7 pm Palmer Park Log Cabin Email_________________________________________ Spencer-Marion-Isis Trio Enjoy an afternoon or evening concert with q ____ (9 concerts). Collective/ Arts Creative Association Woods Palmer Argyle Crescent 19550 MI 48203 Detroit, Email us: Go paperless. [email protected] with a friend or Please share this brochure. recycle Series Tickets @ $440 guitarist A. Spencer Barefield, bassist q ____tickets @ $60 or____PS @ $70 Sat., Dec. 28: Marion Hayden and vocalist Isis Damil Holiday Concert with Barefield, Nurullah & Friends in the magical Palmer Park Log Cabin, one of q ____tickets @ $50 or____PS @ $60 Sat., Jan. 25: Detroit’s most significant architectural treasures. Mardi Gras with Alvin Waddles & Fats Waller Review Isis, the daughter of jazz musicians, inherited q ____tickets @ $50 or____PS @ $60 Sat., Feb. 29: DNA infused with music. She’s merged her Honoring Black History Month: Jannina, Jason & Friends classical training with jazz, funk, fusion, neo-soul, scat, rap, and R&B to achieve an exquisite voice q ____ or____ Sat., March 28: tickets @ $50 PS @ $60 with depth, richness and passion of someone Charlie Parker Centennial with the Jazz Ambassadors decades older. Bassist Marion Hayden and q ____tickets @ $50 or____PS @ $60 Sat., April 18: guitarist A. Spencer Barefield are international East Meets West Classical: Xiao Dong Wei & Yuki Mack jazz legends with resumes that extend for q ____tickets @ $90 or____PS @ $110 Memorial miles. Their mastery will provide a synergy of Weekend Festival, May 22-23: Orquesta & Thornetta* sensational sound to this historic landmark. q ____tickets @ $50 or ____PS @ $60 Friday, May 22: The Log Cabin, a Victorian-style home on the Orquesta La Inspiracion Memorial Weekend concert* interior covered with logs on the exterior, was built in 1885 for Sen. Thomas Palmer and his q ____ or ____ Saturday, May 23: tickets @ $50 PS @ $60 wife Lizzie. It is being restored by the nonprofit Blues Queen Thornetta Davis Memorial Weekend concert* People for Palmer Park and the City of Detroit. q ____tickets @ $50 or ____PS @ $60 Saturday, June 20: Dynamic all-women jazz band Straight Ahead (w/Yancyy)* Thank you Sponsors & Presenters q ____tickets @ $50 Sat., June 27, Palmer Park Log Cabin Be Well Medical Center Mario Morrow & Assoc. Palmer Woods Association Jazz, Classical ____4 pm or ____7 pm: Spencer-Marion-Isis Trio & Skin Rejuvenation 313-800-5973 palmerwoods.org Dr. Paul Benson mariomorrow.com Creative Arts Collective & World Music $__________ total enclosed 248-544-9300 DetroitPerforms.org spencerbarefield.com *May 22-23 and June 20th concerts are held in a spacious tent set up in the garden of a DoctorBeWell.com WRCJ-90.9 FM 313-891-2514 Concerts in Mansions & Historic Homes home; you may tour a portion of the home prior to concert. In the case of severe weather, treasures in our historic architectural wrcjfm.org Presented by Palmer Woods Association and Creative Arts Collective with support from Jazz, Classical & World Music Jazz, Classical & World Palmer Woods Music in Homes will move the concert to the beautiful art deco Detroit Blossoms in Birmingham Barefield DesignWorks Concerts! of Season 13th Be Well Medical Center, Mario Morrow & Associates, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Unity Temple or another nearby venue. MIH reserves the right to make program changes. & Detroit • 248-644-4411 Knight Foundation BarbaraBarefield.com Barefield DesignWorks, Blossoms Birmingham & Detroit, DetroitPerforms.org and WRCJ-90.9 FM blossomsbirmingham.com knightfoundation.org 313-574-6847 palmerwoods.org Holiday Celebration Memorial Weekend Festival! Friday, May 22, 8 pm Garden Concert* Orquesta La Inspiracion Latin Jazz Alvin Waddles with Marion Hayden and John Douglas Trunino Lowe Saturday, January 25, 8 pm Saturday, March 28, 8 pm Rafael Statin Mardi Gras Celebration: Jazz Ambassadors Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker Centennial This concert will honor Charlie “Bird” Parker, one of the most influential Alvin Waddles & Fats Waller Review innovators of Jazz and BeBop, a master of improvisation, and brilliant composer. Experience an evening of rich jazz history when master pianist/vocalist Alvin SHAHIDA, The program will feature classic jazz by Parker and others who were inspired by Waddles plays the music of stride and ragtime legends Fats Waller, Jelly him, including new works by A. Spencer Barefield (with support from the Knight & Roll Morton, Cab Calloway, the Gershwin brothers, and other greats. Widely SPENCER Foundation). The ensemble includes saxophonist , guitarist popular for his central roles in Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Too Hot to Handel, Waddles Rafael Statin A. Spencer Barefield, trumpeter Trunino Lowe, bassist Brian Juarez, FRIENDS will tickle the ivories with his dynamic ensemble: bassist Marion Hayden, and drummer Everett Reid. trumpeter John Douglas and percussionist Djallo Djakate. Waddles has Saturday, December 28, 8 pm New Music America describes Rafael as “one of those rarest of multi-instrumen- , founded by Puerto Rican congera , one of the Motor City’s most worked with some of the world’s finest musicians, including Robert Shaw, Brazeal Orquesta La Inspiracion Ozzie Shahida Nurullah talist who can combine great passion, intellectual discipline, and a spiritual fire that and under the musical direction of award-winning jazz pianist/com- treasured vocalists, is the epitome of the great Jazz and Dennard, Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker, Placido Domingo, George Shirley, Marcus Rivera is evocative of great artistic creativity …[he’s] established himself as a remarkable poser , is a large ensemble of some of the Detroit area’s most Blues that emanate from Detroit. Her vast repertoire Belgrave, Tramaine Hawkins, and others. To get into the spirit, masks, beads, and Bill Meyer composer and musician…” Rafael has performed with legendary bassist Reggie dynamic and authentic Latin musicians. La Inspiracion features a burning hot includes jazz, blues, samba, bossa nova, show tunes, Mardi Gras attire are encouraged. During intermission, fill your plate with creole- Workman (who performed and recorded with John Coltrane), Bob Hurst, Jeff horn section, explosive percussions led by Ozzie, and souful vocals with American Songbook, and Brazilian and New Orleans gems. style favorites—jambalaya, red beans, rice, and corn bread. Pamela Wise “Tain” Watts, Marcus Belgrave and many other greats. and others. The beats of salsa, merengue, cumbia, and Her talents have been lauded internationally from the Dulce Checkler Saturday, February 29, 8 pm Classical & Beyond Afro-Caribbean jazz will make dancing irresistible (a free Salsa class with the stages of the Detroit Jazz Festival, Preservation Hall, NYC, Saturday, April 18, 8 pm Classical~East Meets West Fred Astaire Dance Studio just prior to the concert will help you brush up Paris, Amsterdam, and beyond. Singing in three languages, Honoring Black History Month Erhuist Xiao Dong Wei & Pianist Yuki Mack on your steps!). A tasty Latin-style meal is included. her lush and upbeat voice is reminiscent