Thursday, June 2, 2011

Palmer Woods Jazz Fest


The last weekend in June, June 24, 25 and 26, Palmer Woods Music in Homes JAZZ in the WOODS festival presents three summer performances featuring diverse styles ranging from Afro-Caribbean to bebop and beyond. The music is inspired by the sounds and rhythms from north and south of the equator, Africa, the heartbeat of Jazz Town Detroit, and from the creative composing and improvisational skills of some of our area's great talents. The concerts for June are held beneath a tent under the stars and sunshine in the gardens of one such very cool home. Built in 1939 for Tom Bormans (founder of the Farmer Jack grocery), the home is one of the treasures of the Streamline Moderne movement. Concert attendees can dance and sway to the grooves of Orquesta La Inspiracion on Friday night (8pm), A. Spencer Barefield Quintet on Saturday night (8pm) and Marion Hayden's Legacy Ensemble on Sunday afternoon (2pm). They can also tour the home and learn about it from our Palmer Woods historian or architect Daniel Redstone, son of famed architect Louis Redstone who designed the home. Each concert includes a buffet of delicious, fresh foods, desserts and beverages.
Tickets — $35 or groups of six or more for $30 each can be purchased online at palmerwoods.org or by calling 313-891-2514. Buy two tickets to each concert and get one ticket free. The location of the home is provided to ticket holders. The concerts are special opportunities to hear world-class musicians who have Detroit-based roots and are internationally recognized.

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