Sean Dobbins Soulful Holidays
Drummer Sean Dobbins, a Detroit-area jazz sideman turned Indiana University professor, plays two sets on Saturday, December 26, at 7 and 9 p.m. at Blue LLama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor. Cover is $25, and you can reserve a table.
Sean Dobbins became a sought-after Detroit-area jazz sideman at a young age, regularly playing with Blue Note artist Louis Smith. He has won the Woody Herman Jazz Award and the Louis Armstrong Scholarship, and today he teaches jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
His sound is hard-driving, with solid rhythm and a fresh melodic sense. Art Blakey, Jeff Hamilton, Sonny Payne, Ed Thigpen and Detroit greats Gerald Cleaver and Elvin Jones are among his influences.
Sets start at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
His sound is hard-driving, with solid rhythm and a fresh melodic sense. Art Blakey, Jeff Hamilton, Sonny Payne, Ed Thigpen and Detroit greats Gerald Cleaver and Elvin Jones are among his influences.
Sets start at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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