Nightspots
Kittel is a nationally up-and-coming fiddle virtuoso from Saline, a National Scottish Fiddle Champion and U-M music school jazz grad whose extremely eclectic repertoire ranges from Scottish, Irish, and Cape Breton fiddle tunes to jazz, bluegrass, traditional Appalachian tunes, and originals that draw on all these genres. Tonight he celebrates the release of his band’s debut CD. $15.
Detroit-area electronic musician.
This local 10-piece big band is one of the few to specialize in the old-time big-band music of the late 1920s and early 1930s associated with Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver. Arrangements by the renowned early-jazz pianist James Dapogny and tubaist Chris Smith.
Bluegrass fusion by members of the Bearded Ladies.