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Terry has also appeared with several Symphony Orchestras performing with Eddie Daniels, Jennifer Holiday and Bernadette Peters as well as the Jimmy Dorsey and Nelson Riddle Orchestras, and played 2 Jazz tours in Italy with vocalist/Grammy nominee, Betty Joplin and The Edye Evans Hyde Sextet. |
Terry Lower Pianist/Composer Terry has played with Frank Morgan, Bobby Shew, Hendrik Meurkins , Kevin Mahogany and Benny Golson to name a few. 2020 Dates for August
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Come out and hear the wonderful vocalist from Kalamazoo..Lana Hoffman 2020 Dates for August
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Lori LeFevre, Vocalist Lori Lefevre is a jazz singer in the style of Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan. Her love of standards, improvisation and scat singing flow through her recent CD " The Song Is You" with Pianist Eric Dickey. She performs regularly in the Toledo, Ohio and Southwest Michigan area and is a mentor and torch bearer for the strong jazz community that thrives in the midwest region. She is also a member of vocal jazz group, 6th Edition.E
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Paul Vornhagen - Sax & Vocals “Gutsy sax…sensuous flute…and vocals, smooth as silk” –JAZZ TIMES
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Ray Tini - Bass (Detroit) For fifteen years, Ray Tini was Paul Anka’s exclusive bass player. Over several decades, Ray’s illustrious career has spanned several different musical genre’s including performances with Peggy Lee, Rob McConnell, Bob Hope and Luciano Pavarotti. |
Larry is on the music faculty at Hillsdale College where he is Director of Drumset Studies and a member of the Faculty Jazz Quartet He has toured throught the Midwest and Europe extensively. |
Larry Ochiltree Read more about Larry here.
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Now living in the Detroit area, Jim Ryan has traveled around the globe performing in 14 countries with Rosemary Clooney, Michael Finestein, Bob Hope, Buddy Greco, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Rodney Dangerfield, Phyllis Diller, Doc Severensen, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Mills Brothers, The Temptations and many others. |
Jim Ryan Drummer
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Clara's is honored by many votes in the "Best of the SouthWest" contest by the Battle Creek Enquirer Sept. 15, 2011. See more below! |
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Read about all of the winners of the "Best of the Southwest" contest from the Battle Creek Enquirer, and how Clara's "sweeped up wins in four categories!" |
In keeping with a tradition established with the first GrandJazzFest in 2012, the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra with vocalist Edye Evans Hyde opened the 2015 event. See her performance at the 2016 GrandJazzFest. For more than 35 years, the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra has been one of Michigan’s premier jazz ensembles, featuring some of the finest musicians in the area playing swinging original compositions and arrangements as well as traditional favorites. (More at http://www.grjo.com.) |
Edye Evans Hyde 2011 West Michigan Jazz Society Musician of the Year Edye Evans Hyde has been singing jazz, blues and pop music for more than 30 years in West Michigan, Los Angeles, Asia and Europe. Over the years, Edye shared the stage with world-renowned blues singer Linda Hopkins, pop singer Michael Bolton, vocalist Maria Muldaur, actress Connie Stevens, the late Ray Charles and Cuban trumpet player Arturo Sandoval. https://www.facebook.com/EdyeHyde 2019 Dates for August
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Sunny Wilkinson - Sunny has been singing out for quite some time from jazz clubs to studios, movies to TV shows. She has sung with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Edgar Winter band, Rob McConnell's Boss Brass, Bill Watrous, Marvin Stamm and, most often, with her own small combos. Thu: August 16, 2018
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Jim Hayward - While serving in the US Navy, Jim was assigned to numerous bands and performed in all saxophone positions, doubling on flutes and clarinets as required. At the conclusion of his 28 year military tenure, he was the lead alto player for the US Navy Band Commodores (the Navy’s official jazz big band) in Washington, DC. |
Recognized as one of the finest jazz saxophonists around, Jim has appeared nationally and internationally in concert with the Temptations, Rosemarie Clooney, Natalie Cole, and Jazz Cruise appearances with Frank Capp’s Juggernaught Band. He is featured on numerous recordings, including his own album, “Coronado Sands”. While residing in South Florida, Jim performed regularly with a number of South Florida’s finest musical organizations, including Peter Graves Orchestras, the Bob Hoose Big Band, and the Palm Beach Pops. Since moving to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jim has had the good fortune to perform with the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra, and the Gull Lake Jazz Orchestra. Wednesday, August 23, 2018 |
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Emma Lee Aboukasm is an award-winning, Detroit-based recording artist, vocalist, pianist, and composer. Educated in classical and jazz music at the University of Michigan, she is now performing everywhere, including intimate venues like the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe to expansive ones like the Detroit Jazz Festival. Emmalee is on the vanguard of contemporary music in the heart of metro-Detroit. Emma's website: emmalee-sings.com |
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Kelly Broadway w/ Terry Lower - Kelly Broadway is a jazz vocalist who has performed in New York City, Portland, Wednesday August 23, 2017 Wednesday July 5, 2017 Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Fred Knapp is a drummer, pianist, composer, and educator. He is known for having a 2019 Dates for July |
Since 2002, Keith has spent a fair amount of time with singer Curtis Stigers. He has toured throughout the U.S. and much of Europe performing in concert and appearing on numerous television and radio shows. |
Keith Hall Drummer
Earlier this year: Last year's schedule |
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Guitarist Ray Kamalay |
 “When the mallets are in the hands of the exceptionally talented Jim Cooper, it’s an extraordinary and inspired performance vs. the mere ordinary! A wonderful diversion from the standard jazz trio fare, the vibraphone added a rich, yet ethereal nuance to a fine evening of “mallet” jazz! -- Grand Rapids Jazz Society Newsletter |
Jim Cooper Vibes
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Grand Rapids-based drummer Eddie Eicher can be heard on the award-winning CDs of Karisa Wilson (Jammie Award), Fiction Switch (John Lennon and Billboard Songwriting Contests), Roger MacNaughton (three ArtPrize Music Awards) and An Dro (Jammie Award). For 9 years he was the drummer with West Michigan's premier horn band, Hip Pocket. |
Eddie Eicher Drummer 2019 Dates for July Earlier this year: New to Clara's on the River summer entertainment this year. |
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Evan Hyde, drummer, from Grand Rapids Michigan played at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC in 2015 as part of the BETTY CARTER’S JAZZ AHEAD program. Evan graduated from Western Michigan University and the University of Miami with degrees in music, and is the son of vocalist Edye Evans Hyde and guitarist Michael Hyde. He now resides in New York City Friday: August 17, 2018 |
Ed enjoys stretching out in big bands and small ensembles like the Neil Gordon Trio, Sunny Wilkinson Quartet, Dave Bennett Quartet and the Terry Lower Trio. He studied at MSU and now teaches at CMU where he is a member of their esteemed faculty jazz sextet. When he’s not performing or teaching he can be found building or restoring double basses in his basement workshop. |
Ed Fedewa - Bass (Lansing)
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Jerry McKenzie Drummer Fri: July 13, 2018 |
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Harvey Thompson- Originally from the Detroit area, has made his career in jazz singing primary in Japan in recent years. Wednesday, August 5, 26, 2015 |
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Earlie Braggs - Earlie Braggs is a jazz trombonist and vocalist. He has recorded with the Kerry Strayer Septet, the New Kansas City Seven and the Jazz Heritage Orchestra. Wednesday August 24, 2016 |
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Buddy Popps - Guitar and vocal. Buddy has been called the "Funniest Musician Ever." He is a talented guitarist and singer playing easy going contemporary music, such as Jimmy Buffet and Gordon Lightfoot hits, along with his hilarious original tunes. Buddy Popps always provides an entertaining evening. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
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Russ Miller - had the opportunity to perform with jazz luminaries Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy DeFranco, Rob McConnell, Jon Faddis, Joe Williams, Milt Hinton, Rosemary Clooney and Sammy Davis Jr. among others. In addition Russ is called upon to perform with local artists, in pit orchestras and shows, and with his own quintet at the Michigan Jazz Festival and other concert venues. Read more.. Wednesday, June 1, 2016 |
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Scott Cowan Trio - (Jazz Trumpet) About Scott's Album: "For most musicians, a recording like this – featuring one’s own compositions and arrangements, performed by a top-drawer assemblage of peers and admirers, and displaying the leader’s own virtuosity – would represent the pinnacle of a career. For Scott Cowan, it’s just icing on the cake.” Wedneday June 11, 2014 http://cowanjazz.com/ |
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Ken Morgan Trio (Jazz Sax & Flute) - Ken has appeared with Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Henry Mancini, Pearl Bailey, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and many other well-known jazz artists. Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
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