JAMM is so fortunate to be able to bring Mardra and Reggie Thomas to perform at JAMM Headquarters on September 22, 2019. Their CD “MATTERS OF THE HEART” is a perfect blend of jazz, soul & pop and was recorded here in Lansing.

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“Mardra Thomas has the impeccable phrasing of Nancy Wilson, and also the sharp tang reminiscent of Eartha Kitt. Reggie Thomas’s piano stylings are so subtly supportive, but then blossom into beautifully melodic solo touches and motifs.
Grounded by Rodney Whitaker’s deep woody sound on acoustic bass, there are flourishes via Perry Hughes guitar or Diego Rivera’s sax. The drummer [Montez Coleman] is impeccable.”
-Mike Stratton WLNZ LCC Radio

The “Matters of the Heart” CD can be purchase these locations:
cdbaby.com , iTunes.com or get your copy on 9/22/19 at the “Matters of the Heart” Jazz Brunch.

JAMM has the incredible opportunity to host two New Orleans legends on Monday August 12th. The concerts of duo Tom McDermott (piano) and Evan Christpher (clarinet) are like attending a master class in New Orleans music/musicians– they are both masters of jazz history and their instruments!

Two Sets–7:00 & 9:00
JAMM Headquarters
1267 Lakeside Drive East Lansing
$25 (JAMM Members $20)
Both sets $40 (JAMM Members $30)

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Tom McDermott is one of New Orleans’ prominent pianists and composers. In his 35 years in Nola, he’s played a wide variety of traditional piano musics: rag, trad jazz, boogie, stride, Brazilian choro, and the New Orleans piano tradition from Louis Moreau Gottschalk thru Jelly Roll Morton and Henry Butler. This spring he received his 7th review in the New York Times, from Jon Pareles: Tom McDermott mastered fearsome Jelly Roll Morton compositions like the aptly-titled Finger Breaker. He is a local luminary who deserves to be better-known.” Listen here.

Evan Christopher combines virtuosity, immaculate taste, and enthusiasm with a commitment to exploring the full range of possibilities in the New Orleans clarinet tradition.His highly personal brand of “contemporary, early jazz” strives to extend the legacies of early Creole clarinet heroes such as Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard and Omer Simeon. Listen here.