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Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Blues

Monday December 2008

EMU Jazz & Percussion Ensembles: EMU Music Department.

John Dorsey and Donald Babcock direct these 2 music-student ensembles in a program of upbeat jazz standards and contemporary works. Pease Auditorium, EMU campus, W. Cross at College Place, Ypsilanti. Free. 487-2255.

Thursday December 2008

Gifts of Art: U-M Hospitals.

Dec. 4, 6, 11, & 18. Performances by local musicians. Today: an ensemble of U-M nephrology faculty, staff, and patients, and holiday music by the Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra. U-M Hospital lobby, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. (off Fuller). Free. 936-ARTS.

Friday December 2008

Katie Geddes & Friends: Green Wood Coffee House Series (First United Methodist Church).

An evening of acoustic music hosted by Katie Geddes, a local folksinger who sings in a clear, strong voice. The lineup: Matt Watroba's Jukebox Folk Quartet is an acoustic quartet led by Detroit folksinger-guitarist Watroba (with Geddes, multi-instrumental string player David Mosher, and bassist Bud Michael) that plays classic country songs by everyone from the Louvin Brothers and the Delmore Brothers to Hank Williams and Roger Miller. David Mosher, who is also a singer-songwriter, also performs a set on his own. All about Eve (Katie Geddes, Deb Wood, and Debra Gerber) is a vocal trio that specializes in close-harmony pop, folk, and gospel tunes, some performed a cappella and some accompanied on guitar or piano. FUMC Green Wood Church, 1001 Green Rd. at Glazier Way. $15 (kids 10 & under, 2 for the price of 1) in advance and at the door. 662-4536, 665-8558.

Concordia Jazz Ensemble: Concordia University.

Sean Dobbins directs this student ensemble in a jazz program ranging from funk to blues to swing. Concordia University Kreft Center Black Box Theater, 4090 Geddes at Earhart. Free. 995-7300.

Saturday December 2008

Scott McWhinney: Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth Cafe 704 Coffeehouse.

Veteran local singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist whose songs blend a soul-inflected sensibility with jazz stylings. Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd. $10 at the door only. 665-0409.

Sunday December 2008

"Michigan Jazz": Ann Arbor District Library.

Talk, with musical examples, by Hazen Schumacher, the longtime former host of the locally produced public radio program Jazz Revisited. He also signs copies of his new book, A Golden Age of Jazz Revisited, 1939-1942. AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4555.

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