The voice is an instrument. Vocalists learn to read music, memorize lyrics, practice daily, haul their own sound equipment/PA, arrive an hour early to set up, generate contracts, pay the instrumentalists. Not all singers just show up and are handed a microphone.

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Larry Young - Testifying m.youtube.com/watch?v=dNkY5Z…

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Hank Mobley - Reach Out m.youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Herbie Hancock - My Point Of View m.youtube.com/watch?v=OCaoUg…

Say Nice Things E3: Whole Lotta Love youtu.be/I9IQWCfGsHg via YouTube #Original #Detroit #Content #streaming #free #freestuff #WhatToRead #Michigan #authors #BackToSchool #Drake #lesbian #fashion #thrift

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Freddie Roach - Mo’ Greens Please m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq3o5p…

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Sonny Rollins (happy birthday) - Sonny Rollins On Impulse youtube.com/watch?v=Q30Ibx…

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Chet Baker - It Could Happen To You m.youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Miles Davis - Milestones m.youtube.com/watch?v=0kDPlF…

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Yusef Lateef - Detroit m.youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Say Nice Things E7: White Pines youtu.be/aBEnX0dyOZc via YouTube #Psychology #today #women

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Candido - Beautiful m.youtube.com/watch?v=DCYLhX…

The Wayne State University Board of Governors is introducing a measure today that calls for companies that do business with the school to stop donating to political candidates who are undermining democracy. Story coming to Detroit Metro Times

On this day in 1981, Sam Raimi’s THE EVIL DEAD was released in Detroit.

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Donald Byrd - Chant m.youtube.com/watch?v=_iILL3…

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from Duke Ellington - Live At Newport m.youtube.com/watch?v=mXVv0e…

🇺🇸 TheKitty 🇺🇸 The Holocaust happened. It is a fact, not an opinion. Holocaust deniers are not people who have a different opinion. They are liars.

Tonight’s Jazz Album is from McCoy Tyner (HBD) - Expansions m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9J7Hs…

🌊Siren’s Call🌊 Last night was a dream Ann Arbor!

A Michigan lawmaker plans to introduce a resolution calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage. clickondetroit.com/news/local/202…