- EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE ALLUVION -
Doors & bar open at 5:30pm. Music at 6.
$1-20 honor cover at the door
THIS WEEK FEATURING ROB SMITH + CHRIS GLASSMAN - AND THE RETURN OF LAURIE SEARS!
Enjoy the best live jazz in town, live painting, and of course the one-of-kind cool atmosphere of The Alluvion. Food and drinks available at the bar.
This week’s special guests:
ROB SMITH - TRUMPET
Rob Smith, trumpeter (& saxophonist) is currently a Professor of Music-Jazz Studies at Central Michigan University (2005-present).
Smith performs regularly on trumpet and saxophone as a freelance artist and has performed and recorded with several notable groups including: The Woody Herman Jazz Orchestra, The Kirk MacDonald Quintet, The Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra, and The Steve Haines Quintet. He currently performs regularly with the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra (2012-present), the Toledo Jazz Orchestra (2012-present), and The Masters of Music Big Band (Detroit 2011-present).
CHRIS GLASSMAN - TROMBONE
Hailed by the International Trombone Journal as someone whose “ warm sound, beautiful phrasing, and ability to perform in various styles convincingly sets him apart as a truly exceptional musician”, Chris Glassman is a rising star jazz performer on bass trombone, and Michigan based musician. He is also the Arts Entrepreneurship and Career Development Coordinator at Michigan State University's College of Music, Instructor of Bass Trombone and Arranging/Composition at the Jazz Institute at Brevard, and the head of Low Brass at Michigan State University’s Community Music School in Detroit. Glassman's vision is to mentor the next generation of musicians to be more passionate and skill-equipped for the modern music landscape. He has performed and/or recorded with legendary musicians The Temptations and The Four Tops, Sarah McLachlan, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chucho Valdez, Diane Schuur, Rene Marie, Wayne Bergeron, Rodney Whitaker, Ulysses Owens Jr., and Etienne Charles among others. His recordings with his co-led ensemble with Altin Sencalar, The Sencalar/Glassman Quintet, has recently received high acclaim from magazines like Stereophile Magazine, The International Trombone Journal, and Outside in Music. An avid arranger, Chris has had numerous commissions for arrangements and compositions by Brevard Music Center, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and for musicians David Sanborn, Billy Kilson, Rodney Whitaker, Randy Napoleon, Steve Davis, and Michael Dease among others. When not at MSU, performing, or teaching, Glassman enjoys expansive board games with his wife Christine, and watches old re-runs of The Simpsons while doting over his cat Muffin.
The band: Jeff Haas on piano, Jack Dryden on bass, and Randy Marsh on drums, with Laurie Sears on saxophone…and you never know what special guests might be in the mix.
The art: Witness the incredible live painting art of Lisa Flahive. Lisa paints portraits of the musicians live onstage with the band!