Sesi Motors 5:01 Jazz Series

March 2nd - Dave Sharp’s Secret Seven;;
Live at the Raven's Club, 207 S. Main Street in Ann Arbor
Sesi Motors 5:01 First Friday Series dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Jan Winkelman.

 
          March 2nd - Dave Sharp’s Secret Seven;
              With an electric or acoustic bass, Sharp and his
              acclaimed ensemble weaves through contemporary
              club dance, New Orleans, classic modern bop,
              mainstream jazz, and even a bit of funk mixed with
              world music or ethnic sounds. The All Music Guide described
              the band as playing “infectious and joyous music that does
              not let up or lose momentum until the final note is played”.
              The group includes saxophonist/co-composer Chris Kaercher,
              guitarists Andre Frappier, Alex Anest or Kris Kurzawa,
              drummer Eric Wilhelm, tabla player John Churchville,
              and trumpeter Ross Huff.

          April 6th - Ingrid Racine & Friends;
              The renowned trumpeter from the U-Michigan jazz
              program and Nomo fronts her band that explores
              straight ahead, funky and electrified modern jazz.
              Racine’s music is geared for the youth market, but
              never loses sight of the rich tradition that preceded her.
              Personnel to be announced.
              
          May 4th - Planet D Nonet;
               Drummer R.J. Spangler presents his potent and
               spectacular nine piece band, firing on all cylinders with
               a lively horn section that plays big band type jazz, from
               vintage Fletcher Henderson to bluesy Chicago style
               sounds, Duke Ellington and Count Basie charts, up to
               modernized, space age sounds of the Sun Ra Arkestra.
              
              

          June 1st - Vincent York & Friends;
             Ann Arbor’s Vincent York came from New Orleans,
             was mentored in Florida by Cannonball Addlerley, and
             has played his bop style saxophone in the Duke Ellington
             Orchestra, with local legends Marcus Belgrave, Roy Brooks
             and leads the Jazzistry Project in public school systems.