Performance Archive
Includes most public performances since 2014
2024
January 7th: Tim Haldeman Trio @ The Ravens Club (Ann Arbor, MI)
January 19th: Hear No Evil (Michael Malis Quartet) @ Motor City Wine (Detroit, MI)
January 24th: Dan Bennett/Josef Deas/JBT Trio @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
February 13th: Jason Quick Trio @ Ziggy’s
February 16th: Hear No Evil @ Motor City Wine
February 17th: University of Michigan Gamelan Ensemble Winter Concert
February 20th: Tim Flood’s Exile Trio @ Ziggy’s
February 22nd: Darrin James Band @ The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)
February 23rd: Jason Quick Trio @ Brew House Downtown (Toledo, OH)
March 3rd: Tim Haldeman Trio @ The Ravens Club
March 8th: Darrin James Band @ Ziggy’s
March 26th: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio @ Ziggy’s
March 30th: Teiku @ Forward Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
March 31st: Teiku (Newton, MA)
April 12th: Coxiopioxio @ Marble Bar (Detroit)
April 14th: University of Michigan Gamelan x Carillon (Ann Arbor, MI)
April 15th: Teiku @ City of Asylum (Pittsburgh, PA)
April 16th: Teiku @ Delaware Music Academy (Delaware, OH)
April 17th: Teiku @ Ziggy’s
April 18th: Teiku @ Trinosophes
April 19th: Teiku @ Merriman’s Playhouse (South Bend, IN)
April 21st: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio @ Funfest Fundraiser
April 24th: Fragments & Gestures @ Trinosophes
2023
February 9th: Derek Worthington’s Lossy Codecs @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
February 15th: Michael Malis vs Jonathan Barahal Taylor @ Ziggy’s
February 16th: Ellen Rowe Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
February 23rd: Root Beneath Bones @ Sound and Silence Series
February 25th: Marcus Elliot Quintet @ The Blue Llama
March 4th: Metal Bubble Trio @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
March 17th: Jonathan Barahal Taylor Late Night Quartet @ The Blue Llama
March 30th: Teiku @ Ziggy’s
April 3rd: Teiku @ University of Michigan
April 10th: Willis/Endahl/Taylor Trio for Fire Music Monday @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
April 12th: Willis/Koltay Trio for Weird Wednesdays @ Oz’s Music (Ann Arbor, MI)
April 13th: Jonathan Barahal Taylor Quartet @ The Blue Llama
June 13th: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio @ Ziggy’s
June 15th-June 20th: Teiku June Tour @ Constellation (Chicago, IL) @ Merriman’s Playhouse (South Bend, IN) @ The Book Nook (Montague, MI) @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI) @ The Bop Stop (Cleveland, OH)
June 21st: Kenji Lee’s Fortune Teller Trio @ Ann Arbor District Library
June 25th: Throwaway @ PJ’s Lager House (Detroit, MI)
June 29th: Dr. Pete Larson’s Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band @ Zal Gaz Grotto (Ann Arbor, MI)
June 30th: Jonathan Barahal Taylor Quartet @ Motor City Wine (Detroit, MI)
July 8th: Throwaway @ PRF BBQ Festival (Chicago, IL)
July 12th: Throwaway @ The Pyramid Scheme (Grand Rapids, MI)
July 15th: Red Jacket Jamboree @ Keeweenaw Story Telling Center (Calumet, MI)
July 20th: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Quintet @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
July 28th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Rancho Tranquilico (Dexter, MI)
August 2nd: Haldeman/Willis/Taylor Trio @ Ziggy’s
August 4th: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio @ The Blue Llama
August 5th: Kat Steih and the Ferals @ The Blind Pig
August 6th: Tim Haldeman Trio @ The Ravens Club
August 8th: Green/Shahid/Taylor @ Ziggy’s
August 10th: Tim Haldeman Quartet @ The Blue Llama
August 11th: Root Beneath Bones @ Spread Art (Detroit, MI)
August 12th: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Quartet @ Fun Fest (Ypsilanti, MI)
September 3rd: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio @ Detroit Jazz Festival
September 6th: Saajtak @ Spread Art
September 7th: Ben Miller’s 11th Hour @ Zal Gaz Grotto
September 8th: James Cornish Light Opera for Strange Beautiful Music 16 @ Newlab Detroit
September 9th: Throwaway @ The Pike Room (Pontiac, MI)
September 16th: Slapslap @ Ypsi Freighthouse + Canterbury House
September 17th: Slapslap @ Ypsi Freighthouse
September 21st: Brennan Andes and Friends @ Main Street (Ann Arbor, MI)
September 28th: Ellen Rowe/Andrew Bishop Quartet @ The Blue Llama
October 1st: Tim Haldeman Quartet @ The Ravens Club
October 4th: Jason Mesches Band @ Temple Israel (West Bloomfield, MI)
October 7th: Rootstand @ Sunrise Suds 2023 (Alpena, MI)
October 12th: Tim Haldeman Quartet @ The Blue Llama
October 13th: Teiku @ Blue Lake Public Radio
October 16th: Teiku @ Bowling Green State University
October 18th: Teiku @ Edgefest (Ann Arbor, MI)
October 20th: Throwaway @ Mixed Genre Mind Meld (Ypsilanti, MI)
October 21st: Michael Malis’ “In Search of Softer Sevles" @ Edgefest
October 27-29: Throwaway Midwest Mini Tour @ MIckey’s Tavern (Madison, WI), @ Susan’s Apple Hole (Chicago, IL), @ Company Brewing (Milwaukee, WI)
November 1st: Ben Miller’s 11th Hour @ Ziggy’s
November 2nd: Kirsten Carey’s Uroboros Sextet @ Trinosophes
November 8th: Lee/De Leeuw/Taylor @ Spread Art
November 10th: Jordan Rattner Quartet @ The Blue Llama
November 14th: Oushak @ Ziggy’s
December 2nd: Heather Black Project @ MASH (Ypsilanti, MI)
December 6th: Resounding the Loom - Capstone Performance for University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies
December 8th: Throwaway @ Ziggy’s
December 14th-17th: JBT Quartet @ Cliff Bell’s
2022
January 7th: WEMU Presents the Kurt Kranke Quartet (Ann Arbor, MI)
February 6th: Haldeman/McEvoy/Taylor @ The Ravens Club (Ann Arbor, MI)
February 10th: Aidan Cafferty’s Homeward Bound @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
February 12th: Throwaway @ Detroit Won’t Stop Studio Festival (Detroit, MI)
February 24th: Ellen Rowe and Andrew Bishop Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
March 31st: Kenji Lee Trio @ Ziggy’s
April 3rd: Great Lakes Percussion Trio @ Ziggy’s
April 11th: saajtak @ PJ’s Lager House (Detroit, MI)
April 26th: Andy Adamson Quintet CD Release @ The Blue Llama
April 28th: Jonathan Barahal Taylor Quartet @ The Blue Llama
May 5th: Wadada Leo Smith’s Thunder @ Georgetown Day School (Washington, D.C.)
May 12th: Teiku @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
May 20th: Aidan Cafferty’s Homeward Bound @ Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI)
May 27th: Aidan Cafferty’s Homeward Bound, Regenerate Orchestra @ Third Place Music Fest
May 28th: Kenji Lee’s Fortune Teller Trio @ Third Place Music Fest
June 3rd: Travis Swanson Trio (Grand Rapids, MI)
June 9th: Kenji Lee’s Fortune Teller Trio @ The Blue Llama
June 16th: Jonathan Barahal Taylor Quartet @ The Blue Llama
June 17th: Jacob Schwandt Quartet @ Motor City Wine (Detroit, MI)
June 19th: Max Bowen Quartet (Ann Arbor, MI)
June 24th: Estar Cohen Quintet @ A2 Summer Festival
June 29th: Jacob Schwandt Trio (Royal Oak, MI)
July 1st: The Pherotones @ West Michigan Wine and Jazz Fest
July 3rd: Tim Haldeman Trio @ The Ravens Club
July 6th: saajtak @ The Pyramid Scheme (Grand Rapids, MI)
July 7th: saajtak @ The Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
July 18th: saajtak Album Release @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
July 23rd: saajtak @ Rhizome (Washington, D.C.)
July 25th saajtak, Throwaway @ The Sultan Room (Brooklyn, NY)
July 27th: Jacob Schwandt Trio (Royal Oak, MI)
July 29th: Throwaway EP Release @ Ghost Light (Hamtramck, MI)
July 30th: Throwaway @ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
August 2nd: Andy Adamson Quintet @ The Blue Llama
August 4th: saajtak @ Ore Dock Brewing (Marquette, MI)
August 5th: saajtak @ Farm Block Festival (Allouez, MI)
August 13th: Estar Cohen Trio @ Motor City Wine (Detroit, MI)
August 19th: Trunino Lowe Quartet @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
August 25th: The Music of Glenn Tucker benefit concert @ The Blue Llama
August 28th: Tim Flood Quartet plays Electric Miles @ The Ravens Club
September 6th: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio @ Ziggy’s
September 9th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Rancho Tranquilo
September 13th: Zwitscher-Maschine @ Ziggy’s
September 16: James Cornish Light Opera @ Andy for Strange Beautiful Music Detroit 15
September 17th: Patrick Booth’s Trace Fossils @ Earthwork Harvest Gathering
September 29th: JBT Quartet @ The Blue Llama
October 6th: Ellen Rowe Trio @ The Blue Llama
October 7th: Trio Skeeter Shelton and Jaribu Shahid @ Eastern Market (Detroit, MI)
October 8th: Nakatani Gong Orchestra @ Trinosophes
October 10th: Fire Music Monday w/ Zekkereya and Betsy Soukup @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
October 15th: Teiku @ Moishe House Hyde Park (Chicago, IL)
October 16th: Teiku @ The Hungry Brain (Chicago, IL)
October 20th: Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio @ Edgefest
October 21st: Oluyemi Thomas’ Positive Knowledge @ Edgefest
October 22nd: Bishop/Hannaford Dectet @ Edgefest
October 25th: Kenji Lee Quartet @ The Blue Llama
November 3rd: Sonya Belaya’s Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns @ The Duderstadt Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
November 10-13: Bernarda Alba @ The Arthur Miller Theatre (Ann Arbor, MI)
November 14th: Fire Music Monday w/ Spectrum 3 (Hamtramck, MI)
November 17th: Jordan Rattner Quartet @ The Blue Llama
November 20th: Jason Mesches Band @ Temple Israel (West Bloomfield, MI)
November 29th: Dan Bennett Double Quartet @ The Blue Llama
December 8th-15th: Throwaway/Success and Opportunity Band Japan Tour @Asagaya Ten (Tokyo), @Shimkitazawa Era (Tokyo), @Waseda Rinen (Tokyo), @Para-dice (Osaka), @Growly (Kyoto), @Stiffslack Records (Nagoya)
2020/2021
January ‘20
2nd: Matt Endahl Trio @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
11th: Dan Bennett Trio wsg Fred Thomas @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
12th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
13th: Fire Music Mondays w/ Ben Willis, Kirsten Carey, Nick Zoulek @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
19th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
23rd: saajtak @ C’mon Everybody (Brooklyn, NY)
26th: Hannah Marks’ Canadian Aspirations Band @ Muchmore’s (Brooklyn, NY)
31st: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
February ‘20
2nd: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
7th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio @ Ferndale Public Library (Ferndale, MI)
8th: Throwaway @ Barter (Hamtramck, MI)
9th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
14th: Throwaway @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
15th: Taylor/Bishop/Flood @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
23rd: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI) + The Seven Sages @ Outer Limits Lounge (Hamtramck, MI)
24th: Will Mcevoy’s Third Coast Ghosting @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
27th: Abigail Stauffer & The Wisdom @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
28th: Throwaway and saajtak @ Hamtramck Music Fest
29th: saajtak @ Metal Frat (Ann Arbor, MI)
March ‘20
1st: saajtak @ The Hideout (Chicago, IL)
3rd: Yellow Hammer @ The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI)
8th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
11th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
14th: (Live-Streamed) Matt Endahl’s Jacob’s Ladder @ Jazz and Creative Institute (Kalamazoo, MI)
21st: (Live-Streamed) Tim Haldeman Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
Pandemic ‘20-’21
July 17th: (Live Streamed) Derek Worthington’s Lossy Codecs @ Network Music Festival
August 29th: The Tone Farmers @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
September 13th: (Live Streamed) Throwaway @ Imperfect Fifth Third Anniversary Concert
September 15th: Max Bowen Trio @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
September 17th: Kenji Lee Quartet @ Palmer Park (Detroit, MI)
September 24th: Jonathan Taylor Trio ft. Jaribu Shahid and Tim Haldeman @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
November 7th: Max Bowen Quartet
November 12th: Will Wood Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
March 20th: Teiku Multimedia Live Stream hosted by In.Live
April 3rd: Teiku Live Stream presented by the Experiemental Sound Studio and Connecting Chords Music Festival
June 10th: Jonathan Taylor Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
June 11th: Kenji Lee Trio @ Patton Park (Detroit, MI)
July 2nd: Will Wood Trio @ Patton Park (Detroit, MI)
July 10th: Oluyemi Thomas Quartet @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
July 23rd: Jonathan Taylor Trio @ Patton Park (Detroit, MI)
August 14th: Kenji Lee Trio @ Rouge Park (Detroit, MI)
August 22nd: Solo Set @ Tympanum (Warren, MI)
August 25th: Solo Set @ Third Place Music Fest (Ann Arbor, MI)
August 26th: Jonathan Taylor Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
August 27th: Solo Set @ The Crib (Marquette, MI)
September 4th: Kenji Lee Trio @ Rouge Park (Detroit, MI)
September 8th: Dan Bennett Quartet @ Delores (Ypsilanti, MI)
September 9th: Kenji Lee Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
September 19th: Max Bowen Quartet (Ann Arbor, MI)
October 3rd: Tim Haldeman Quartet @ Ravens Club (Ann Arbor, MI)
October 15th: saajtak @ The Listening Room (Grand Rapids, MI)
October 16th: saajtak @ Ghost Light (Hamtramck, MI)
October 21st: Joshua Catania Trio @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
October 29th: Andrew Bishop’s Vast Landscapes @ Edgefest (Ann Arbor, MI)
October 30th: Andrew Bishop’s Vast Landscapes @ Constellation (Chicago, IL)
November 4th: Jonathan Barahal Taylor solo + quartet @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
December 28th: Jonathan Taylor Quartet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
2019
January
5th: Carey/Wilder/Taylor @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
6th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
8th: Derek Worthington’s Lossy Codecs @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
11th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Zal Gaz Grotto (Ann Arbor, MI)
12th: Saajtak @ The Pyramid Scheme (Grand Rapids, MI)
13th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
16th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio Feat. Kam Ogden @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
19th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
20th: Ross Huff Quartet @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
21st: Travis Swanson Trio @ Blue Lake Radio & Long Road Distilling (Grand Rapids, MI)
22nd: Derek Worthington’s Lossy Codecs @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
23rd: w/ Betsy Soukup, Andrew Bishop, Kirsten Carey @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
24th: Bishop/Taylor Duo @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
25th: saajtak @ Ghostlight (Hamtramck, MI)
27th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
February
2nd: saajtak @ Carnival of Mischief at Tangent Gallery (Detroit, MI)
3rd: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
4th: W/ David Hurley, Rafael Statin, Dave Shettler, Caleb Miller for Fire Music Monday’s @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
8th: saajtak @ Coda (Cleveland, OH)
9th: saajtak @ 3577 Studios (Pittsburgh, PA)
10th: saajtak @ WOBC FM (Oberlin, OH)
11th: w/Ben Willis, Kirsten Carey, Molly Jones @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
13th: Jonathan Taylor Quartet @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
16th: Mike Irish Quartet @ Grove Jazz Festival (Midland, MI)
17th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
18th: W/ David Hurley, Kaleigh Wilder, Eric Schweizer for Fire Music Mondays @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
21st: The Seven Sages @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
23rd: Hayavadana @ Ohio Northern University
24th: Ross Huff Quartet @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
March
3rd: Ade/Nachtrab/Taylor @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
4th: saajtak @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
8th: saajtak @ P.L.A.V Post #10 for Hamtramck Music Festival (Hamtramck, MI)
10th: Ross Huff Trio @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
15th: saajtak @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe (Kalamazoo, MI)
17th: saajtak @ High Dive (Milwaukee, WI)
18th: Travis Swanson Trio @ Long Road Distillers (Grand Rapids, MI)
19th: Travis Swanson Trio @ New Holland Brewery (Grand Rapids, MI)
20th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
21st: saajtak @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
22nd: saajtak @ University of Michigan
23rd: saajtak @ Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
24th-29th Teiku Spring Tour @ The Jazz Gallery (Milwaukee, WI), @ KAM Isaiah Israel Synagogue (Chicago, IL), @ Merriman’s Playhouse (South Bend, IN), @ Mechanic Street Music Series (Cleveland, OH), @ Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI)
April
1st-3rd Teiku Spring Tour @ Brandeis University (Waltham, MA), @ House Concert (Newton, MA), @ Spectrum (Brooklyn, NY)
5th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio @ Delores (Ypsilanti, MI)
6th: saajtak @ Deluxx Fluxx (Detroit, MI)
8th-13th Says Things Spring Tour @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI), @ Cafe Mustache (Chicago, IL), @ Art In (Madison, WI), @ The Jazz Gallery (Milwaukee, WI), @ Orotund Music (Chicago, IL), @ Mexicains Sans Frontieras (Grand Rapids, MI)
14th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
17th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
18th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ The Last Word (Ann Arbor, MI)
20th: Seven Sages @ Lawrence Tech University
21st: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI) + Kirsten Carey’s Uroboros Sextet @ Spread Art (Detroit, MI)
26th: Travis Swanson Trio @ 18th Amendment Distillery (Muskegon, MI)
28th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
May
1st: Ben Maloney Trio @ Wesley’s (Toledo, OH)
3rd: Galen Bundy Trio @ New Holland Brewery (Grand Rapids, MI)
5th: Galen Bundy Trio @ Allen County Public Library (Fort Wayne, IN)
7th: Galen Bundy Trio @ Ludington Public Library (Ludington, MI)
10th-13th: Galen Bundy Trio @ Ore Dock Brewing, @ The Delft, @ The Crib, @ Marquette Public Library (Marquette, MI)
16th: saajtak @ Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI)
17th: saajtak @ Madison Children’s Museum (Madison, WI)
18th: Galen Bundy Trio @ Merriman’s Playhouse (South Bend, IN)
19th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
24th: Galen Bundy Trio @ The Book Nook (Montague, MI)
25th: Galen Bundy Trio @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
26th: Jonathan Taylor Quartet @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
30th: Josh Harlow Trio @ The Book Nook (Montague, MI)
31st: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Zal Gaz Grotto (Ann Arbor, MI)
June
2nd: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
3rd: Travis Swanson Trio @ Long Road Distillery (Grand Rapids, MI)
5th: saajtak @ Nice Place (Detroit, MI)
6th: saajtak @ Negative Space for Re:Sound Festival (Cleveland, OH)
7th: saajtak @ The Fuse Factory (Columbus, OH)
10th: Brad Linde’s Big Ol’ plays the music of Elliot Hughes @ The Atlas for DC Jazz Festival (Washington, D.C.)
13th: Red Jacket Jamboree @ The Calumet Theatre (Calumet, MI)
21st: Michael Malis Trio @ Ann Arbor Summer Festival (Ann Arbor, MI)
22nd-30th: saajtak East Coast Tour @ Ghoul School (Ann Arbor, MI) @ Spirit (Pittsburgh, PA) @ O’Brien’s (Boston, MA) @ AS220 (Providence, RI) @ Toronto Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON) @ Duende (Buffalo, NY) @ Alphaville (Brooklyn, NY)
July
3rd-4th: Patrick Booth Trio @ The Fitz (Eagle River, MI)
5th: Abigail Stauffer and The Wisdom @ Sault Ste. Marie Summer Concert Series (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
6th: Tonotrope @ The Book Nook (Montague, MI)
7th: Taylor/Roe Duo @ A2 Distillery
10th: Michael Malis Quartet @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
11th: Throwaway Album Release @ El Club (Detroit, MI)
12th: Abigail Stauffer and The Wisdom House Concert (Ann Arbor, MI)
13th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Rancho Tranquilo (Dexter, MI)
14th: Ross Huff & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
18th-26th: Throwaway East Coast Tour @ The Baby G (Toronto, ON) @ L’Escogriffe (Montreal, QC) @ The Pink Room (Boston, MA) @ The Root Cellar (Greenfield, MA) @ Willimantic Records (Willimantic, CT) @ The Crunch House (West Haven, CT) @ Alphaville (Brooklyn, NY) @ Century Bar (Philadelphia, PA) @ Zissimos Bar (Baltimore, MD) @ Brillobox (Pittsburgh, PA) @ Cafe Bourbon St (Columbus, OH)
27th: Jonathan Taylor Trio with Jaribu Shahid and Tim Haldeman @ The Whisky Parlor (Detroit, MI)
28th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
29th: Fire Music Mondays: Trio w/ Dave Hurley and Zac Brunell @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
31st: Heartland Trio @ Phog Lounge (Windsor, ON)
August
1st: Heartland Trio @ Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe (Grosse Pointe, MI)
4th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
8th: saajtak & Throwaway @ The Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
10th: saajtak & Throwaway @ Ghostlight (Hamtramck, MI)
11th: Seven Sages @ A2 Library + Ross Huff & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
14th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
16th: Michael Malis Quartet @ Motor City Wine (Detroit, MI)
18th: Tbone Paxton Quartet @ Eddie V’s (Troy, MI)
25th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
26th: Fire Music Mondays w/ Dan Bennett and Kirsten Carey @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
29th: Throwaway @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
30th: saajtak @ Armageddon Beach Party
31st: Hannah Marks Trio @ Pure Vin (Detroit, MI)
September
1st: Heartland Trio @ Pure Vin (Detroit, MI)
2nd: Heartland Trio @ Detroit Jazz Fest (Detroit, MI)
4th: saajtak @ Cafe Mustache (Chicago, IL)
5th: saajtak @ Hacienda Beer Co. (Milwaukee, WI)
7th: Derek Worthington’s Lossy Codecs @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI)
8th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
9th: Fire Music Mondays w/ Will McEvoy Quintet @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
10th: Ross Huff’s Yellow Hammer @ The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI)
12th: Strange Beautiful Music 12 w/ Sonya Belaya: “Songs my Mother Taught Me” @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
14th: Strange Beautiful Music 12 w/ James Cornish Light Orchestra @ DSO (Detroit, MI)
15th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
16th: Throwaway @ PJ’s Lagerhouse (Detroit, MI)
20th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Zal Gaz Grotto (Ann Arbor, MI)
21st: saajtak @ Ghoul School (Ann Arbor, MI)
22nd: Tbone Paxton Quartet @ Eddie V’s (Troy, MI)
29th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
October
6th: Sonic Perfume at The Jazz Room (Waterloo, ON)
8th: saajtak @ Mahall’s (Cleveland, OH)
9th: saajtak @ Carnegie Mellon University + Babyland (Pittsburgh, PA)
10th: The Pherotones @ The Last Word (Ann Arbor, MI)
13th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
18th: saajtak @ Saugatuck Center for the Arts (Saugatuck, MI)
23rd: Throwaway @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
24th: saajtak @ Outer Limits Lounge (Hamtramck, MI)
27th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
28th: Will McEvoy’s Third Coast Ghosting @ Trixie’s (Hamtramck, MI)
November
2nd-16th: Throwaway Japan Tour @ Forest Limit (Tokyo), @ Birdland (Sendai), @ Sound Crue (Sapporo), @ El Puente (Yokohama), @ Socrates (Kyoto), @ Coma (Hiroshima), @ Navaro (Kumamoto), @ Utero (Fukuoka), @ Namba Bears (Osaka), @ Wall (Tokyo)
23rd: Dan Bennett Trio @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
24th: Abigail Stauffer & The Wisdom @ The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)
December
1st: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
3rd: Yellow Hammer @ Weber’s (Ann Arbor, MI)
5th: Michael Malis’ Common Tongue @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
7th: Dan Bennett Trio (Ann Arbor, MI)
8th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
13th: Betsy Soukup @ Armageddon Beach Party (Detroit, MI)
15th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
20th: The Seven Sages & Throwaway @ Ghostlight (Hamtramck, MI)
21st: saajtak @ Outer Limits Lounge (Hamtramck, MI)
28th: Matt Endahl Trio @ The Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI)
29th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
2018
January
4th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Live (Ann Arbor, MI)
5th: w/ Justin Walter & Tim Flood @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
6th: Abigail Stauffer Trio @ One Trick Pony (Grand Rapids, MI)
7th: Abigail Stauffer Trio @ C3 (Grand Haven, MI) + Abigail Stauffer Quartet @ The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)
8th: Fire Music Mondays: Harlow/Taylor Duo @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
10th: Tristan Cappel Trio @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
11th: saajtak @ PJ's Lagerhouse (Detroit, MI)
13th: W/ Neal Anderson @ Avalon (Ann Arbor, MI)
18th: Tim Flood Quartet @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
25th: saajtak @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
26th: saajtak @ UofM SMTD (Ann Arbor, MI)
31st: Jake Schwandt Quartet @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI)
February
1st: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Live (Ann Arbor, MI)
2nd: Josh Harlow Trio @ Delores (Ypsilanti, MI)
5th: Fire Music Mondays: Will Mcevoy Quartet @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
9th: saajtak @ Ghostlight (Hamtramck, MI)
10th: Josh Harlow Trio @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
14th-19th: Sonic Perfume Album Release Tour @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI), @ Eastern Market Brewing Company (Detroit, MI), @ Ore Dock Brewing (Marquette, MI), @ Velodrome Coffee (Marquette, MI), @ Cafe Bodega (Marquette, MI), @ Orpheum Theatre (Hancock, MI), @ Michigan Tech University (Houghton, MI)
23rd: saajtak @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
25th: saajtak @ Howler's (Pittsburgh, PA)
March
2nd: Ben Willis' Success and Opportunity Band @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, mI)
3rd: Evan Haywood @ Third Man Records (Detroit, MI)
5th: Fire Music Mondays: Will Mcevoy Quartet + The Great Collapsing Hrung @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
9th: Travis Swanson Trio @ 18th Amendment Distillery (Muskegon, MI)
11th: Says Things + saajtak @ Threads All Arts Festival (Ypsilanti, MI)
14th: Tim Flood Quartet @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
16th: Throwaway @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
19th: FIre Music Mondays: Says Things @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
21st: Jon Taylor Trio @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI)
23rd: Says Things Album Release Show @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
24th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
25th: Brennan Andes Group @ A2 Distillery + saajtak @ Bab's Underground (Ann Arbor Film Fest After party) (Ann Arbor, MI)
29th: saajtak house party (Detroit, MI)
30th: Brad Fritcher's Moods @ Creston Brewery (Grand Rapids, MI)
April
2nd: Fire Music Mondays: Piotr Michalowski Sextet @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
3rd: Tristan Cappel Quartet @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
7th: saajtak @ Slate Arts (Chicago, IL)
11th: Josh Harlow Trio @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
13th: Justin Walter Quartet @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
14th-28th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio Album Release Tour @ The Book Nook (Monatgue, MI) @ Ludington Public LIbrary (Ludington, MI) @ St. Ignace Public Library (St. Ignace, MI) @ Sault Ste. Marie Public LIbrary (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) @ Cafe Bodega (Marquette, MI) @ The Delft (Marquette, MI) @ Ore Dock Brewing Company (Marquette, MI) @ The Jazz Estate (MIlwaukee, WI) @ Alchemy (Madison, WI) @ Mother Fool's (Madison, WI) @ Merriman's Playhouse (South Bend, IN)
30th: Fire Music Mondays: W/ Ben Willis and Dave Hurley @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
May
5th: Polyfold Concert Series: Jon Taylor's Mover @ The Drawing Room (Brooklyn, NY)
8th: Battle Shags @ Spread Art (Detroit, MI)
10th: The Great Collapsing Hrung @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
12th: Throwaway @ Whateverfest (Detroit, MI) + Andrew Bishop's Prelude Theory @ LIVE (Ann Arbor, MI)
16th: Tristan Cappel Trio @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
17th: Eli Namay and the Southeast Michigan Improvisors Battalion @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
19th: saajtak Tour Kickoff @ Ghostlight (Hamtramck, MI)
29th-31st: saajtak East Coast Mini Tour @ Studio Gaga (Washington, D.C.) @ Black Iris (Richmond, VA) @ The Crown (Baltimore, MD)
June
2nd-6th: saajtak East Coast Mini Tour @ Secret Project Robot (Brooklyn, NY) @ Alchemy (Providence, RI) @ Sanctuary (Hamtramck, MI)
8th: Balance (Marcus Elliot + Michael Malis) : Expansions @ DIA's Detroit Film Theatre (Detroit, MI)
10th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio @ Ye Olde Durty Bird (Toldeo, OH)
20th: saajtak @ Ann Arbor Summer Festival (Ann Arbor, MI)
21st: Charlie Sutherland Trio @ Delores (Ypsilanti, MI)
23rd: Jon Taylor Trio @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
28th: saajtak Hectic EP release @ El Club (Detroit, MI)
July
4th-8th: Travis Swanson Trio UP Tour @ Erickson Fine Arts Center (Curtis, MI), @ The Delft (Marquette, MI), @ Marquette Famer's Market (w/ Patrick Booth, Harry South) (Marquette, MI), @ Cognition Brewing (Ishpeming, MI), @ Up North Lodge (Gwinn, MI)
10th: Michael Malis Trio @ Rashida Tlaib Fundraiser (Detroit, MI)
14th: Nerve Presents: Gaudi (Ann Arbor, MI) + saajtak @ The Loving TOuch (Ferndale, MI)
15th-22nd Abigail Stauffer Northern Michigan Tour @ Fountain Point (Lake Leelanau, MI), @ Chateau Grand Traverse (Traverse City, MI), @ Mackinac Island Music Series (Mackinac Island, MI), @ Beaver Island Music Festival (Beaver Island, MI)
23rd: Evan Haywood and The Perfumed Gardens @ Electric Eye Cafe
24th-26th: Matt Endahl's Doomsday Philharmonic Performing Jacob's Ladder @ Elastic Arts (Chicago, IL), @ Mexicains Sans Frontieres (Grand Rapids, MI), @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
27th: Kirsten Carey's Uroboros Sextet @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
28th: Josh Harlow Trio @ Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
29th: Brad Fritcher's Moods @ Waterfront Park (Ludington, MI)
30th: Evan Haywood and the Perfumed Gardens @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
August
1st: Josh Harlow Trio @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI)
2nd: Tonotrope @ Tunes at Noon (Dearborn, MI) + saajtak @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
6th-25th: Various Performances @ The Banff Centre
29th: Tonotrope @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI)
September
1st: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Rancho Tranquilico Concert Series (Dexter, MI)
2nd: Galen Bundy Trio @ Ye Olde Durty Bird (Toledo, OH) + Brennan Andes and Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
6th: The Pherotones @ The Last Word (Ann Arbor, MI)
7th: Groove Plexus @ The Raven Cafe (Port Huron, MI)
8th: saajtak @ Dally in The Alley (Detroit, MI)
9th: Galen Bundy Trio @ Loutit District Library (Grand Haven, MI)
10th: Travis Swanson Trio @ Long Road Distillers (Grand Rapids, MI)
13th: saajtak @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
14th: Strange Beautiful Music Detroit w/ James Cornish Light Opera + Marcus Elliot’s Beyond Rebellious Ensemble @ Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI)
15th: Strange Beautiful Music Detroit w/ Betsy Soukup + saajtak @ Detroit Symphony Orchestra Cube (Detroit, MI)
16th: Brennan Andes and Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
23rd: Rick Roe/Jon Taylor Duo @ A2 Distillery (Ann ARbor, MI)
24th: Fire Music Mondays w/ Kirsten Carey, Kaleigh WIlder @ Trixies (Hamtramck, MI)
25th: Tonotrope @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
27th: The Pherotones @ The Last Word (Ann Arbor, MI)
28th: asajtak @ BAVE Album Release Show (Warren, MI)
29th: Jonathan Taylor Quartet @ A2 Jazz Fest, saajtak @ Trumbullplex (Detroit, MI)
October
7th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
9th-12th: Teiku Fall Tour @ Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti, MI), @ Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), @ Blue Lake Public Radio + @ The Book Nook (Montague, MI), @ One Spirit Center (Rockford, IL)
13th: W/ Rafael Statin and Jaribu Shahid @ The Whiksey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
14th: Abigail Stauffer and The Wisdom @ Rancho Tranquilico (Dexter, MI)
16th: W/ Tomeka Reid, Andrew Bishop, Sylvia Bolognesi, Peter Formanek @ Encore Records (Ann Arbor, MI)
19th: Kirsten Carey’s Uroboros Sextet @ Edgefest (Ann ARbor, MI)
21st: Brennan Andes and Friends 1 year Anniversary @ A2 Distillery (ANn Arbor, MI)
23rd-31st: saajtak East Coast Tour @ Rhizome (Washtington, DC), @ The Parlour + WXIT (Providence, RI), @ Greenpoint Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), @ Bourbon and Branch + WQHS (Philadelphia, PA), @ 3577 Studios + Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA), @ Renaissance House (Detroit, MI)
November
4th: Brennan Andes and Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
5th: Fire Music Mondays: Lanula @ Trixies (Hamtramck, MI)
10th-16th: Sonic Perfume Ontario & Quebec Tour @ Tranzac, @ The Rex, @ The Emmet Ray, @ University of Toronto (Toronto, ON), @ Cafe Resonance (Montreal, QC)
17th: W/ Patrick Booth & Michael Malis @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
18th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
25th: Lanula @ Samastah Yoga (Ferndale, MI) + Kirsten Carey Songtime Trio @ Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI)
28th: Haldeman/Walter/Flood/Taylor @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
December
2nd: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
3rd: Travis Swanson Trio @ Long Road Distillers (Grand Rapids, MI)
9th: The Decisions @ Spectrum (Brooklyn, NY)
10th: Throwaway @ El Cortez (Brooklyn, NY)
16th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
17th: Travis Swanson Trio @ Long Road Distillers (Grand Rapids, MI)
19th: W/ Josh Harlow @ Orotund Music (Chicago, IL)
20th: Hanah Jon Taylor’s Night of the Improviser @ Cafe Coda (Madison, WI)
22nd: Tonotrope @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
23rd: Huff/Taylor Quartet @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
30th: Brennan Andes & Friends @ A2 Distillery (Ann Arbor, MI)
2017
January
4th: Will Mcevoy's Third Coast quartet @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
5th: The Pherotones @ The Last Word (Ann Arbor, MI)
10th: Groove Plexus @ Ye Olde Durty Bird (Toledo, Oh)
13th: saajtak @ the Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
February
2nd: The Pherotones @The Last Word (Ann Arbor, MI)
5th: Jon Taylor Trio @ Chelsea District Library (Chelsea, MI)
7th: Groove Plexus @ Ye Olde Durty Bird (Toledo, Oh)
9th: Willis/Taylor Duo @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit, MI)
11th: Brad Fritcher @ New Holland Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI)
14th-15th: Wadada Leo Smith Nonet @ GeorgeTown Day School (Washington, D.C.)
16th: Gumshoe f. Luke Stewart & Aaron Quinn @ Twins Jazz (Washington, D.C.)
17th: saajtak @ The B-Side (Ann Arbor, MI)
19th: Evan Haywood @ ArborVitae (Ann Arbor, MI)
23-28: saajtak Spokes EP Tour @The Blind Pig (Ann ARbor, MI), @ Golden Mean Arts (Cincinnati, OH), @ Rhizome (Washington, D.C.), @ University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA), @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar (Charlottesville, VA), @ The Bun Shop (Baltimore, MD)
March
1-5: saajtak Spokes EP Tour @The Glove (Brooklyn, NY), @Shapeshifter Lab (Brooklyn, NY), @ Machines With Magnets (Pawtucket, RI), @ Kung FU Necktie (Philadelphia, PA), @ Howlers (Pittsburgh, PA)
10th: Andy Adamson Quartet @ Rush St (Ann Arbor, MI)
11th: saajtak @ Arbor Vitae (Ann Arbor, MI)
24th: Travis Swanson Trio @ New Holland Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI)
28th: Peter Nelson Quartet @ Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI)
30th: saajtak @ El Club (Detroit, MI)
April
2nd: The Great Collapsing Hrung @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
5th: Will Mcevoy Quartet @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
15th: #Shift presented by Dance in the Annex @ The Wealthy Theatre (Grand Rapids, MI)
21st: Willis/Taylor Duo @ Light Box (Detroit, MI)
22nd: Brad Fritcher's Moods @ New Holland Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI)
29th: Tyler Aukerman Trio @ Degage (Maumee, OH)
May
5th: Molly Jones' Microliths @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
6th: Willis/Taylor Duo @ Trinosophes + saajtak @ Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary (Detroit, MI)
13th: Evan Haywood @ Encore Records (Ann Arbor, MI) + w/ saajtak @ Marble Bar (Detroit, MI)
19th: Says Things @ Light Box (Detroit, MI)
20th: saajtak @ Andy (Detroit, MI)
June
3rd: saajtak @ UFO Factory (Detroit, MI)
7th: Olin Clark Trio @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI)
8th: saajtak @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
9th: Groove Plexus @ Tenacity Brewing (Flint, MI)
11th: saajtak @ Brillobox (Pittsburgh, PA)
13th: saajtak @ Kelly's Bar (Hamtramck, mI)
16th: saajtak @ A2 Distilling (Ann ARbor, MI)
17th: Nerve presents Bauhaus (Ann Arbor, MI)
18th: Aidan Cafferty & Olin Clark @ The Session Room + Ben Maloney Trio @ Weber's Inn (Ann Arbor, MI)
23rd: Andy Adamson Quintet Album Release @ LIVe (Ann Arbor, MI)
24th: Molly Jones' Microliths @ Solstice Jazz Festival (Lansing, MI) + Andrew Bishop Quartet @ Lula's (Owasso, MI)
25th: Brennan Andes Family Band feat. MC Cadence @ Comstock (Ann Arbor, MI)
27th: Evan Haywood @ Donovan's pub (Detroit, MI)
July
1st: Groove Plexus ft. Nicole New @ Ye Olde Durty Bird (Toledo, OH)
7th: saajtak @ UFO Factory (Detroit, MI)
8th: saajtak @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
15th: Travis Swanson Quintet @ Forestville Music Fest (Marquette, MI)
16th: Patrick Booth & Travis Swanson @ Doncker's (Marquette, MI) + Travis Swanson quartet @ Up North Lodge (Gwinn, MI)
22nd: Andy Adamson quintet @ Ann Arbor Art Fair + W/ Dan Bennett and Tim Flood (Ann Arbor, MI)
28th: Ben Willis Ensemble, Freedom House Benefit @ Light Box (Detroit, MI)
August
1st: saajtak @ Trumbullplex (Detroit, MI)
2nd: Ben Rolston Trio @ Old Town Tavern (Ann Arbor, MI)
4th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio @ A2 District Library (ANn Arbor, MI) + Tim Flood Trio @ Ziggy's (YPsilanti, MI)
5th: W/ Power! + Lamarre & Dancers @ Sidewalk Festival for the performing arts (Detroit, MI)
10th: W/ Michael Malis and Jaribu Shahid @ Tunes at Noon (Dearborn, MI), saajtak @ Arborvitae (Ann Arbor, MI)
11th: Galen Bundy Piano Trio @ Ludington District Library (Ludington, MI)
12th: Jon Taylor Quintet @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
13th: W/ Ben Willis @ The Bottom Line (Detroit, MI)
21st: saajtak lite @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
24th: Jon Taylor Trio @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI)
25th: W/ Dan Bennett and Tim Flood @ Rush Street (Ann Arbor, MI)
September
7th: Molly Jones' Microliths Album Release @ Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary (Detroit, MI)
8th: Tim Haldeman's Open Water as a Child @ A2 Jazz Fest (Ann Arbor, MI)
9TH: Andrew Bishop Quintet @ A2 Jazz fest (Ann Arbor, MI)
14th: Travis Swanson Trio (Mackinack Island, MI)
17th: saajtak @ Sonic Circuits Festival @ Rhizome DC (Washington, DC)
18th: fire Music Mondays @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
21st: Tim Flood Quartet @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
22nd: Estar Cohen Project @ Floral Pursuit (Toledo, OH)
23rd: James Cornish Ensemble @ Strange Beautiful Music Detroit X (Detroit, MI)
24th: saajtak @ Strange Beautiful Music Detroit X (Detroit, MI)
28th: James Cornish Ensemble (part of Psyjazz) @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
29th: Andy Adamson Quintet @ Rush St (Ann Arbor, MI)
October
2nd: Says Things @ Spread Art (Detroit, MI)
4th: PanaMO @ Baker College (Allen Park, MI)
13th: saajtak @ Encore Records (Ann Arbor, MI)
15th: Harlow/Taylor Duo @ Delaware Public Library (Delaware, OH)
16th: Fire Music Mondays: Jon Taylor Quintet @ Trixies (Hamtramck,MI)
19th: Jon Taylor Quintet @ Edgefest (Ann Arbor, MI)
29th: Ingrid Racine Quartet @ Gandy Dancer (Ann Arbor, MI)
30th: Abigail Stauffer @ Corner Brewery (Ypsilanti, MI)
November
1st: Jon Taylor Quintet @ WCBN FM ANn Arbor
2nd: Andy Adamson Quintet @ LIVE (Ann Arbor, MI)
9th: w/ Josh Harlow, Betsy Soukup @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
11th: saajtak @ Cactus Club (Milwaukee, WI)
12th: saajtak @ ART IN (Madison, WI)
16th: Tim Flood Quartet @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
17th: saajtak @ The Pike Room (Pontiac, MI)
22nd: Lazar/Flood/Taylor @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
26th: Lazar/Elliot/Cappel/WIllis/Taylor @ Spread Art (Detroit, MI)
27th: Peter Formanek Senior Recital @ Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor,MI)
December
1st: Says Things @ Spread Art (Detroit, MI)
9th: Josh Harlow Trio @ The Whiskey Parlor (Detroit, MI)
11th: Fire Music Mondays: Lanula @ Trixie's (Hamtramck, MI)
14th: Tristan Cappel Quartet @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
15th: saajtak @ Korner Bar (Hamtramck, MI)
18th: Michael Formanek Quartet @ Ziggy's (Ypsilanti, MI)
21st: The Great Collapsing Hrung @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
23rd: Jon Taylor's Mover @ Trinosophes (Detroit, MI)
2016
January
2nd: w/ Yuma Uesaka, Alex Levine and Ben Rolston @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
22nd: ClockWork @ Motor City Wine (Detroit)
29th: Polyfold Detroit Launch @ Trinosophes, (Detroit)
3oth: w/ Alex Levine, Matt Setzler and Ben Rolston @ Canterbury house + saajtak @ Luther Co-op Winter Music Festival (Ann Arbor, MI)
February
1st-5th: Brad Fritcher's MOODs Tour @ Elastic Arts @ Life Force Arts (Chicago) @ Blue Lake Fine Arts @ The Neighbor Gallery (Grand Rapids, MI)
9th: Ian Finkelstein Trio @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit)
13th: Radical Sounds Detroit W/ Arbor Composers' Collective @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
25th: Lauren Scales Quintet @ Baker's Keyboard Lounge (Detroit)
March
2nd: Ian Finkelstein @ Motor City wine (Detroit)
4th-5th: "Jeweled Net of the Vast Invisible" w/Stephen Rush and Andrew Bishop @ Living Art Space (Tulsa, OK)
10th: Malena Quintet CD release @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit)
11th: Mountain Shark CD Release @ The Yellow Barn (Ann Arbor, MI)
13th: Alex Koi quartet + saajtak @ The Yellow Barn (Ann Arbor, MI)
18th: saajtak @ The Club Above (Ann Arbor, MI)
19th: "Efflux" w/ Simon Alexander-Adams @ The Club Above (Ann Arbor, MI)
23rd: Lanula @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit, MI)
25th: "Imbolic" art installation by Trista Dymond w/ Stephen Boegehold @ The Baltimore Gallery (Detroit)
29th: saajtak @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
30th: Says Things feat. Rachael Ahn Harbert @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
31st: Lauren Scales Quintet @ Baker's Keyboard lounge (Detroit)
April
15th-16th: Detroit Free Arts Festival w/ Marcus Elliot Ensemble + Jake Shadik Trio @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
22nd: Arbor Composers' Collective @ Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI)
24th: Will Mcevoy's Third Coast Quartet @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
30th: saajtak @ Kelly's Bar (Hamtramck, MI)
May
4th: Jon Taylor's Rocket to the Moon @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
7th: w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
10th: Tim Haldeman Trio @ Old Town Tavern (Ann Arbor, MI)
11th: Malena Quintet @ The Bob (Grand Rapids, MI)
12th: saajtak @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
13th: "[Drohn]" by Osman Kahn & James Cornish @ Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit)
June
4th: "Twin 72: Inside the Mind of Thomas Bell" w/ Costa Sirdenis @ Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
7th: Marcus Elliot Quartet @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit)
8th: w/ Ben Willis and Derek Worthington @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
11th: Evan Haywood @ Buttermilk Jamboree (Delton, MI)
21st: Malena Quartet @ Make Music Detroit Festival (Detroit)
24th: "Efflux" w/Simon Alexander-Adams @Pop Art + Evan Haywood @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
July
4th: Soul Pasty @ Ore Dock Brewing Company (Marquette, MI)
9th: saajtak @ Detroit Bureau of Sound (Detroit)
16th: James Cornish Ensemble @ Crash Festival (Detroit)
17th: Evan Haywood Record Release @ The Getup Vintage [Ann Arbor, MI]+ saajtak @ Trumbellplex (Detroit)
21st: saajtak @ PJ's Lager House (Detroit)
23rd: Andy Adamson Quartet @ Ann Arbor Art Fair (Ann Arbor, MI)
29th: Estar Cohen Project @ Fleetwood's Taproom (Toledo, OH) + Ben Willis Quintet feat. Matt Endahl @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
30th: saajtak @ Lutherfest (Ann Arbor, MI)
August
4th: w/ Ian Finkelstein + Matt Setzler Quartet + Molly Jones Ensemble for Polyfold Summer Concert Series @ Paradise Valley Park (Detroit)
6th: Molly Jones Conduction Ensemble + Even Gems @ Sidewalk Festival for the Performing Arts (Detroit)
11th: "The Straights" Jon Taylor Quintet + Alex Koi Quintet for Polyfold Summer Concert Series @ Paradise Valley Park (Detroit)
19th: Will Mcevoy's Third Coast Quartet @ Kerrytown Concert Couse (Ann Arbor, MI)
21st: "Horizon Lines" by Chris Sies for Hitting Stuff! presented by the Detroit Bureau of Sound @ The Jam Handy (Detroit)
24th: Spread Art Artists in Residence: Molly Jones & Ben Willis @ Spread Art @ Dtroit Contemporary (Detroit)
25th: Yuma Uesaka Sextet for Polyfold Summer Concert Series @ The Carr Center (Detroit)
31st: Tim Haldeman Quartet feat. Kenny Warren & Will Mcevoy @ Old Town (Ann Arbor, MI)
September
2nd: saajtak for (Freekjazz mini fest) @ Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
4th: Grawlixes (Erika Dohi, Alex Fournier, Aakash Mittal) @ Williamsburg Music Center (Brooklyn, NY)
7th: Yuma Uesaka Sextet for Polyfold Presents Isosceles Man, Yuma Uesaka Sextet, and AMP Trio @ Club Bonafide (NYC)
17th: Galen Bundy @ The Book Nook (Montague, MI)
21st-23rd: Brad Fritcher's MOODS Tour @ SpeakEZ, @ Kate Lewis Ceramics, @ Mexicains Sans Frontieras (Grand Rapids, MI)
24th: Evan Haywood + Josef Deas Trio (Ann Arbor, MI)
25th: Mountain Shark @ The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)
29th: saajtak @ Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
30th: W/ Tim Haldeman and Ben Willis @ PopX Festival (Ann Arbor, MI)
October
3rd: saajtak @ Kelly's Bar (Hamtramck, MI)
8th: Can Banter (Ben Rolston & Ben Willis) for Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival (Hamtramck, MI)
13th: Can Banter @ Kelly's (Hamtramck, Mi)
14th: saajtak @ Phoenix Cafe (Hazel Park, mi)
15th: Gary Schunk @ the Maple Theatre (Bloomfield, MI)
17th-24th: Sonic Perfume Tour @ The Emmet Ray (Toronto), @ Pressed (Ottawa, ON), @ Resonance (Montreal), @ Silence (Guelph, ON), @ Havn (Hamilton, ON), @ Tranzac (Toronto)
26th: Will Mcevoy's Third Coast Quartet for EdgeFest @ Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI)
28th: Estar Cohen @ Fleetwood Taproom (Toledo, OH)
November
4th: Lanula EP Release @ Spread Art@ Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
12th: StraightHorn @ The Shed (Durham, NC)
13th: Gumshoe @ Neptune's Parlour (Raleigh, NC)
16th: Polyfold Presents: Mover by Jon Taylor @ The Carr Center (Detroit)
17th: saajtak @ Encore Records (Ann Arbor, mi)
18th: Travis Swanson's American Music Trio @ Cognition Brewery (Ishpeming, MI)
22nd: Travis Swanson's American Music Trio @ Blackrocks Brewery (Marquette, MI)
30th: Tim Haldeman Trio @ Old Town Tavern (Ann Arbor, MI)
December
8th: saajtak @ Pj's Lager House (Detroit)
9th: saajtak @ The Club Above (Ann Arbor, Mi)
14th: Andrew Bishop Quartet @ Old Town Tavern (Ann Arbor, MI)
2015
January
30th: "The Dinner" collaboration w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert @ Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
February
6th: Tribute to the AACM w/ Jaribu Shahid Quintet @ Over the Pavement Festival @ Trinosophes (Detroit)
17th: The Tone Farmers @ The Corner Brewery (Ypsilanti, MI)
28th: W/ Michael Malis @ Lo & Behold (Hamtramck, MI)
March
9th-11th: Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project Tour @ Downtown Arts Center (Lexington, KY) @ The Stone Fox (Nashville, ) TN @ Val Halla's (Oak Park, IL)
14th-18th: Raptor Billy Tour @ Ibeam (Brooklyn, NY) @ An Die Musik (Baltimore, MD) @ Bohemian Caverns (Washington, D.C.) @ Carrboro Arts Center (Carrboro, NC) @ Neptune's Parlour (Raleigh, NC)
20th: saajtak @ Tedx Conference @ The Power Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
21st: "Fine Print" w/ Lisa Lamarre, Rachael Ahn Harbert, and James Cornish @ The Music Hall (Detroit)
27th: Radical Sounds Detroit w/ Nick Tallides and Nick Ian Riley @ Spread Art@ Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
April
15th-16th: Ian Finkelstein Trio @ The Dirty Dog (Grosse Point Farms, MI)
24th: Totally Awesome Fest w/ Battleshags @ Dreamland Theatre (Ypsilanti, MI)
25th: Canterbury House Music Festival w/ Jon Taylor's Rocket to the Moon + saajtak + Rhyta Musik+ The Great Collapsing Hrung
May
2nd: The Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
7th: James Cornish and Nick Tallides @ Kelly's Bar (Hamtramck, MI)
12th: "Jeweled Net of the Vast Invisible" w/ Stephen Rush and Andrew Bishop @ Duderstadt Video Studio (Ann Arbor, MI)
16th: "Michigan Dances at the Darr" w/ Mike Khory and Robin Wilson @ The Carr Center (Detroit)
17th: Porous Borders Festival w/ James Cornish Ensemble (Hamtramck, MI)
June
3rd-11th: The Music of Elliot Hughes w/ Brad Linde's Big Ol' @ Carrboro Arts Center (Carrboro, NC) @ WFPW w/ Raptor Billy (Washington, D.C.) @ The Jazz Gallery (NYC) @ An Die Musik (Baltimore, MD) @ Atlas Theatre for DC Jazz Festival (Washington, D.C.)
14th: Lanula @ Spread Art@ Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
July
3rd: W/ Brad Fritcher and Joe Vasquez @ West Michigan Wine and Jazz Festival (Montague, MI)
10th: The Great Collapsing Hrung @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
13th: James Cornish, Molly Jones, Patrick Behnke, James Baljo @ Kelly's Bar (Hamtramck, MI)
14th: "Ones" Solo Set @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary
16th: Jake Shadik, Matt Setzler, and Joe Fee @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
17th: Andy Adamson Quartet @ Ann Arbor Art Fair (Ann Arbor, MI)
23rd: "Canyonlands" by Patrick Behnke @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
24th: W/ Michael Malis @ Kelly's Bar (Hamtramck, MI)
25th: "Hoffa: Starchild" by James Cornish @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
26th: W/ Tim Haldeman and Ben Rolston @ Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI)
30th: W/ Kirsten Carey @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
August
1st: Sidewalk Festival for the Performing Arts w/ James Cornish Quartet + Patrick Behnke Group + Legs (Rachael Ahn Harbert & Ben Willis) wsg Patrick Behnke
12th-22nd: "Ulysses S. Grant: A Fluxkit Opera" by Stephen Rush @ Theater on the Square for Indy Fringe Fest (Indianapolis, IN)
28th: Malena Quartet @ Transistor (Chicago)
29th: saajtak @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
30th: W/ Tim Haldeman and Ben Willis @ The Jolly Pumpkin (Ann Arbor, MI)
September
2nd: Justin Rock Quartet @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit)
9th: Battleshags @ The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI)
14th: Battleshags @ Trinosophes (Detroit)
19th: W/ Willo Collective for Strange Beautiful Music Detroit @ Orchestra Hall (Detroit)
25-26th: "They Were Displaced... and Again" by Lisa LaMarre @ Artprize 7 (Grand Rapids, MI)
October
2nd-3rd: "They Were Displaced... and Again" by Lisa LaMarre @ Artprize 7 (Grand Rapids, MI)
9th: Open Skate w/ Simon Alexander-Adams @ Yost Ice Arena (Ann Arbor, MI)
10th: Jordan Vale Quartet @ The Harris Building (Grand Rapids, MI)
21st: Arbor Composers' Collective @ Kerrytown Concert House for Edgefest (Ann Arbor, MI)
22nd: Ian Finkelstein Quartet @ The Dirty Dog (Grosse Pointe Farms, MI)
November
3rd: "Threes" w/ Legs @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
7th: Radical Sounds Detroit w/ Battleshags @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary (Detroit)
14th: W/ Tim Haldeman and Ben Willis @ Canterbury House (Ann Arbor, MI)
18th: Andy Adamson CD Releas @ Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI)
20th: The Tone Farmers @ Augur's Kettle (Ann Arbor, MI)
December
1st: Marcus Elliot Quartet @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit)
5th: PanaMO @ Detroit Public Library for Noel Night + Says Things @ Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary for Radical Sounds Detroit (Detroit)
18th: Polyfold Launch @ Shapeshifter Lab (Brooklyn, NY)
20th: Gary Schunk Trio (Riverside, MI)
23rd: Justin Rock Quartet @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit)
27th: Matt Kiroff Ensemble @ The Go Factory (Cleveland)
2014
January
4th(?): drumset demonstration and performance with nawal singh ensemble @nirman school (varanasi, india)
March
7th: jonathan Lucas @elks lodge (ann arbor, mi)
20th-21st: "noise/void" by simon alexander adams @ duderstadt video studio (ann arbor, MI)
29th: Kirsten carey quartet + molly jones quartet @ spread art@ detroit contemporary (detroit, mi)
April
3rd: battleshags @ canterbury house (ann arbor, mi)
4th: andrew bishop trio @ elks lodge (ann arbor, mi)
5th: mountain shark @ canterbury house (ann arbor, mi)
6th: jazz mass @ st. clare's w/ Ed sarath, andrew bishop, kurt kranke (ann arbor, mi)
24th: Arbor Composers' collective @ spread art @detroit contemporary (detroit)
26th: Canterbury house music festival w/ jon taylor's rocket to the moon + arbor composers' collective @ canterbury house (ann arbor, mi)
may
2nd: Jonathan Lucas @ elks lodge (ann arbor, mi)
3rd: pat booth and ben willis @ canterbury house (ann arbor, mi)
4th: water hill music festival w/ ed sarath ensemble (ann arbor, mi)
10th-15th: Kirsten carey's ulysses project tour @ spread art @detroit contemporary (detroit) @spectrum (nyc) @ An Die Musik (baltimore, md) @ the windup space (baltimore, md) @ garfield artworks (pittsburgh)
23rd: james cornish ensemble @ eastern market + patrick behnke ensemble for radical sounds detroit @ detroit contemporary (detroit)
29th: lauren scales quartet @ the grand hotel (mackinack island, mi)
31st: lamarre and dancers @ balduck park (detroit)
June
7th: Gumshoe (Brad Linde, Patrick Booth, Erika Dohi) feat. Oran Etkin and Marvin Sewell @ Seeds (Brooklyn, ny)
8th: isim conference final concert w/ Dave liebman quintet + wadada leo smith ensemble @ the new school (nyc) + GumShoe @ the Drawing Room (Brooklyn, NY)
10th-12th: "fineprint" tour w/ lisa lamarre, rachael ahn harbert, and james cornish (traverse city, mi) (grand rapids,mi)
27th(?): with iasj ensemble (cape town, south africa)
July
13th: (all sundays through october or so) w/ dan bennett, tim haldeman, justin walter, kirsten carey, ben willis @ rush st (ann arbor, mi)
17th: andy adamson quartet @ the last word (ann arbor, mi)
18th: andy adamson quartet @ ann arbor art fair (ann arbor, mi) + james cornish and jason adler @ lo & behold (hamtramck, mi)
22nd: michael malis trio @ cliff bell's (detroit)
25th: jon taylor quartet @ elks lodge (ann arbor, mi)
28th: tim haldeman, kirsten carey, ben willis @ canterbury house (ann arbor, mi)
August
2nd: "creatures of the lost realm" + "drones of love" by lisa lamarre @ sidewalk festival for the performing arts
11th-13th: the music of elliot hughes by brad linde's big ol' tour @ bohemian caverns (washington, dc) @the jazz gallery (nyc) @ An Die Musik (baltimore, md)
15th: nick tallides and bubba ayoub @ kleinhaus (hamtramck, mi)
16th: "we are all gaza" benefit concert w/ michael malis and ben willis @the arab american national museum (dearborn, mi)
30th: phil Albert @ 80 gladstone (toronto, on)
31st: Alex fournier, allison Au, and patrick o'reilly @ the array space (toronto, on)
September
6th: alex levine quintet @Speakez loune (grand rapids, mi)
7th: lamarre and dancers + james cornish ensemble @ eastern market (detroit)
12th: "fine print" w/ lisa lamarre, rachael ahn harbert, and james cornish @ wayne state university (Detroit)
21st: luke polipnik and ben willis @ spread art @detroit contemporary (detroit)
October
4th: olin clark trio @ el troppo (lansing, mi)
17th: Battleshags @ canterbury house (ann arobr,mi)
24th: Jon taylor trio@ elks lodge (ann arbor, mi)
November
1st: Darrin James @wolverine brewing company (ann arbor, mi)
5th-8th: Sonic perfume tour @ speakez (grandrapids, mi) @ the book nook (Montague, mi) @mexicaines sans fronterras (grandrapids, mi) @ irock jazz festival (new buffalo, mi)
21st: glenn tucker and tim haldeman @ libby's (jackson, mi)
December
1st: Albert ayler tribute w/ nick tallides @ lo & behold (hamtramck, mi)
3rd: ishmael ali's zebec @ canterbury house (ann arbor, mi)
5th: "water" w/ james cornish ensemble @ spread art @ detroit contemporary (detroit)
19th: radical sounds detroit w/ the great collapsing hrung @spread art @detroit contemporary (detroit)
28th: james cornelison and ben rolston @ weber's (ann arbor)
31st: The Tone farmers @ corner brewery (ypsilanti, MI)