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ICHIG� CITIZEN PACE 21 ..
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BoM c's Lounge,
do DtO D Detroit's "only
true Jazz Club" - ill
celebrate the opening of it
- 'Other Side' Lounge
Room, it h a four-day
"GraDd Op e n i ng Party"
commencing on Thursday,
'October 18, thru Sunday,
October 21, from 11 .m. to
2 p.m.
Formerly known as The
Hideout Bar, the lounge has
been favorite watering
hole for many of Detroit's
" hakers and movers" for
close to five decades.
After changing
proprietorship from the
Hideo-ut Bar, 'the locale be
came the well known
Detroit lounge name of
"Joey's", and sometime
thereafter, after per:iod of
v c ncy was taken over,
remodeled comple y, and
renamed and opened as
BoMac's L4?PDg - featur
ing the b st of· live jazz
mu ie, nd showcasing many
of the gre test name
musicians currently appear
ing in and around the
..
Greektown Dynasty only a In retrospect, BoMac's
stone's-thro away. Lounge, before the remol-
However, ith the top- deling, w s doing so well, it
Brooks, tast rr IDg, Ieft- notch-Dame-jazz mu icians began to til up with stand
handed guitarist, who has and entertainers, who have ing room only crowds,
Detroit area. jazz critics and fans alike thus far performed at thereby prompting the
The lounge hich i 10- raving over his newly BoMac', its seems likely to owners to initiate and begin
cared at 281 Gratiot, its released 'Smooth Flight" conclude that BoMac's will expanding to accommodate
nugly between Randolph a�bu�; Marcus Belgrave, continue to grow and a larger clientele.
and Broadway Streets Jimmie Johnson, pianist; prosper. Previously, the band
h used i n a .downtow� drummer Alex Brooks' While much of the sue- stage area was so full and
Detroit landmark facility. saxophonist Jerome Perry: cess of BoMac's most as- crowded, with musicians
This downtown Detroit, who IS currently performing suredly c n be attributed to and customer mingling and
"Ne Kid On The .Block" at BoMac'S and guitarist the excellent bookings, and literally, bumping into each
jazz lounge ha carved n, Rober Low, an under rated word of mouth of the much other, (often, you couldn't
unprecedented name for it- guitarist who has too long talked about live-jazz-music tell who were musicians and
self among Detroit area jazz been under-acknowledged. being performed there, who were customers) -
f'ans , con oisseur and are some of the musicians on ewo'uld surely have to moved a n'd inspired the
musicians in only t hr e e who have played a vital role credit the owners' busine - owners to hasten the expan-
short years.' in the emergence of like attitude, busine s-ex- sion
Looking bac over the BoMac's Lounge as pertise and entrepreneur- If you - "dig", nd njoy
p st three years on the ac- Downtown Detroit's ship with being the cataly t your Jazz fr o m a
complishments ofthis enter- favorite jazz spot. for the succes _ And price "main .tr eam-jazz-per pec
tainment mecca is akin to Proprietors Harry BolI- are moderate, with an excel- live", and also like t enj y
enjoying a Who's Who of ing and J ames McM�rray lent social and a congenial it in a superb urr undin
Detroit Jazz Musicians" - have to the occasion and atmosphere to enjoy. with "good, friendly
performance. met the business challenge A lite, limited menu of- people," then y u w n't
Names like "Shoo-Bee- in a very big way; especially fering good and well want to mis the "gr nd
000· - the late legendary with the "cmn i-powerfu l" prepared food also ha been pening" of BoMac's ther
Jazz-Bassist and jazz- an asset. ide' Lounge Room.
bebop-seat-singer, who also �=:J __ C:==---==:::J_iiic�:'''-===::J_.C= __ -===� __ ==.
was the first jazz-musician
to perform at the lounge
when it was opened as
"J oey's" -; Larry Smith,
jazz saxophonist-extraor
dinair and bebop master of
the Sonnie Stitt-Charlie
"Yardbird" Parker school of
bebop th�ugh�;. Calvin
s
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