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While there are countless musicians of yester years that found revival in this hip-hop age, its legendary jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal that would contribute to some of the greatest hip-hop records of all time. The Loop Detroit’s Kelly “K-Fresh” Frazier writes about the sampling of Ahmad Jamal.

All one has to do for the Emerson String Quartet is mention “Ann Arbor,” and vivid images arise, as we have been playing regularly for the University Musical Society since our earliest…

On the Road is an annual dinner and auction benefiting UMS Education and Community Engagement Programs, which bring arts experiences to over 25,000 students, teacher and community members yearly. The evening features…

1. Laurie Anderson, last at UMS in 10/11 Season. 2. Philadelphia Orchestra, 1976 May Festival. What’s your most memorable UMS performance experience? Tell us about it & win. Describe a live UMS…

I am saddened by the news of blues legend Dave “Honeyboy” Edward’s death earlier this week. It was a thrill to see him at UMS’s “Blues at the Crossroads” event last February,…

Image: The Simple Things in Life My sincerest apologies…I’m a little delinquent here with my second “dispatch.” I was operating at a fairly severe sleep deficit for a bit there.  But I’m…

Single Tickets to all individual performances went on sale at our ticket office yesterday, and you came prepared with lists of your favorites. Got your own list performances? Add a picture on…

Some renegades: 1. Einstein on the Beach and 2. Random Dance. A friend from Minneapolis was visiting earlier this summer, and we got to talking about the dreaded “mud months” up here…

Oh goodness me!  I’m back in Edinburgh!  During the Fringe!  The largest arts festival in the world!  It’s been 9 years exactly since my last (and first) visit, when I came as…