GRAND OPENING OF
Michigan
Jazz Festival
Marcus Belorave, pictured, and the Detroit Jazz All Stars perform
7 p.m. Fri2ay, July 23.
Lorber and his band began playing seriously in 1975, when he
worked in Oregon and was featured at clubs and larger concert venues.
After the release of his first recording in 1976, which led to work on
the Arista label in 1979, he went on to five more albums. Between
1986 and 1992, Lorber worked on arrangements and producing for
others, and let his own performance career stay dormant.
"It was a greatexperience in terms of learning a lot and getting a
chance to work with a lot of other producers and artists," Lorber says.
It opened my mind to the way songs are put together. When I started
back making solo records, I brought some new inspiration to it."
Among the artists with Lorber-produced recording tracks are Herb
Alpert, Michael Franks, John Lucien, Manhattan Transfer, Eric
Marienthal and Art Porter.
Lorber, who has performed many times at the Royal Oak Music
Theatre and Meadow Brook, looks forward to spending more time in
Michigan. He will be visiting his dad, Stanley Lorber, who recently
bought a vacation home in the northern part of the state.
Now single, Lorber has two grown daughters who have opted for
careers in visual arts. Nica does computer animation for a San
Francisco firm. Jessica is working on documentary films in Barcelona.
While Lorber is glad they are finding their own spaces, he also
hopes they will not suffer from polycystic kidney disease (PKD), the
hereditary illness causing growths that eventually can crowd out the
kidneys' ability to
fun_ ction.
The disease, the
Jazzfest takes place Thursday, July 22-
most common life-
Saturday, July 24, at Shain Park, south of
threatening genetic
Maple between Henrietta and Bates streets
disorder, affects
in Birmingham. Admission is free. (248)
more than 12 mil-
433-FEST. The schedule is as follows:
lion people world-
Thursday, July 22:
wide and has
7 p.m. Alexander Zonjic and Friends
claimed his mother
Friday, July 23:
and sister. His
7 p.m. Marcus Belgrave and the
grandmother lived
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with it until she was
9 p.m. Tim Weisberg
85, and so far, it has
not debilitated him.
Saturday, July 24:
"Unfortunately,
11 a.m. Chautauqua Express — For Kids
my family has been
1 p.m. Kimmie Horn
hit with this disease
2:30 p.m. Randy Scott
so I want to help
4 p.m. Pamela Wise and the
combat that in any
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way I can," Lorber
5:30 p.m. Ken Navarro
says. "That's the
7 p.m. Jeff Lorber
main charity I'm
involved with." H
Fans of classical straight-ahead jazz have
a treat in store this Sunday, July 18,
when the Fifth Annual Michigan Jazz
Festival comes to Schoolcraft College in
Livonia. The festival outgrew its previous
Botsford Inn location.
Four big bands and 21 groups will play
continuous music on four separate stages
from noon-10:30 p.m. The college is locat-
ed on Haggerty Road between Six and
Seven Mile roads. Admission and parking
are free. Food will be available for purchase.
SUNDAY, JULY 18
Lear Stage (Tent)
12-1 p.m. SCool JAzz/PRime
1:30 2:30 p.m. Tom Saunders & the
Detroit All Stars
3 4 p.m. Alma Smith Quintet
4:30-5:30 p.m. Steve Wood Quintet
6 7 p.m. George Benson
7:30 8:30 p.m. Jam Session
9 10 p.m. Janet Tenaj Quartet
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12:15 1:15 p.m. Matt Michaels/Jack
Brokensha Quartet
1:45 2:45 p.m. Barbara Ware Quartet
3:15-4:15 13.M. Dennis 8E April Tini Quartet
4:45-5:45 p.m. Naima Shamborguer Quartet
6:15 7:15 p.m• Louis Smith Quartet
7:45-8:45 p•m. Paul Vornhagen Quartet
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Magna/Woodbridge Stage
(Lower Waterman)
12:30 1:30 p.m. Pistol Allen Quintet
2 3 p.m. Larry Nozero Quartet
3:30 4:30 p.m. Ron Kischuk and the
Tartar Sauce Jazz Band
5-6 p.m. Jim Stefanson's Latin ja77 Combine
6:30 7:30 p.m. The World's Oldest Living
Saxophone Octet
8 9 p.m. Bess Bonnier Quartet
9:30 10:30 p.m. Sheila Landis Quintet
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12:45 2:15 p.m. New Generation
3 4:30 p.m. Ed Nuccilli & The Plural Circle
5:15-6:45 p.m. Brookside Jazz Ensemble
7:15 8:15 p.m• Jim Wyse Ja77 Quintet
9 10:30 p.m. Johnny Trudell's Big Band
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