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"jazz of any stripe" does not take into regard any of these acts (I would hope) Faruq Z Bey and the Northwoods Improvisors the Raw Truth Ensemble featuring Michael Carey and Skeeter Shelton AACM member Anthony Holland leader of the new NYC wave Thomas Abbs (sideman to Sabir Mateen, Cooper-Moore, Roy Campbell, et al) Odu Afrobeat Orchestra featuring Fela Kuti alum Adeboye Adegbenro New improvised piano composer Thollem McDonas local composer Frank Pahl (while not jazz per se Mr. Pahl certainly deserves to be held in similarly high regard) or NYC based new freejazz unit the Eastern Seaboard trio who have all performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit in the past two and a half years. We are all very excited about this show with Roscoe Mitchell in April but I would like to give credit to the great lesser known names that have performed before him. Thanks for your interest, Benjamin Hernandez MOCAD Music and A/V coordinator