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Ralph Peterson's Messenger Legacy at Blue LLama Jazz Club
Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on February 22, 2019
Where
Blue LLama Jazz Club
314 S. Main St
Ann Arbor, MI
Map
734-372-3200
When
Fri, May 24, 2019
7:00 pm
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About
The Messenger Legacy is an elite line-up of alumni members of one of Jazz most influential bands, Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers.
The current configuration is Bobby Watson, Essiet Essiet, Geoff Keezer, Brian Lynch, Bill Pierce and at the drums, the last drummer chosen by Art Blakey to play at his side in the Jazz Messenger 2 Drummer Big Band Ralph Peterson. Bobby Watson and Bill Pierce were present the night Peterson first sat in with the band at Mikells and was a mainstay from the late 70s through the early mid 80s. Essiet Essiet was brought to Art Blakey by recommendations of Ralph Peterson and Bobby Watrson. Geoff Keezer and Brian Lynch joined what turned out to be the last edition of...