Jeff Pedraz

TONIGHT: On Jazz From the Cellar, a set recorded last month at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University -- the NoW Trio, featuring Ben Maloney 🎹, Travis Aukerman 🥁and Jeff Pedraz (bass). Check it out streaming at 9 pm ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.

Don't miss the opportunity to hear the newly formed Detroit Jazz Orchestra tonight and tomorrow night, led by drummer and composer Ali Jackson, in concert tonight and tomorrow night. With a talented roster of Detroit's finest musicians and a carefully curated program, these performances promise to be truly exceptional. 5/13. 7 PM Steinway Piano Gallery of Detroit 2700 E West Maple Rd Commerce Township, MI 48390 United States 5/14 7PM Spread Art 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd Detroit, MI 48208 United States

Workshop vibes with Bill Heid! #Woody’nYou

Alright, Ok, You Win …Thanks all for swingin’ with us!

Tonight at Parts & Labor! 7-10. The Workshop Vol. 80 featuring special guest vocalist Cayla Stus, pianist Scott Gwinnell, and drummer Max Baikie. Come hang, listen and grow with us!

Tomorrow night! Volume 80 of The Workshop is a special edition dedicated to vocalists. We have some great lyrical selections for such an occasion curated by our featured guest vocalist Cayla Stus. Here’s a little snippet of her from a few weeks ago singing some Monk. Joining us tomorrow night will be Scott Gwinnell and drummer Maximus Baikie. I will be there, of course serving as your host and playing some DogHouse bass! JP For those who haven’t attended yet, or are just curious what we do every other Monday in Melvindale, here’s how it works: 1. Pick some tunes off the list (2-3) 2. Practice 3. Come sign up and Jam! When: 4/27/26 (7:00-10:00) Where: Parts & Labor Bar 17993 Allen Rd Melvindale, MI 48122 United States The Workshop Vol. 80 -Alright, Okay, You Win (Watts/Wyche) -A Sunday Kind Of Love (Belle/Prima) -Comes Love (Brown/ -Day By Day (Cahn/Stordahl/Weston) -The Girl From Ipanema (A.C. Jobim) -I Could Write A Book (Rogers/Hart) -It Could Happen To You (Van Heuson/Burke) -Let’s Get Lost (McHugh/Loesser) -Night And Day (Cole Porter) -So Nice (Valle/Gimbel) -Sway (Ruiz/Gimbel) -Sweet And Lovely (Arnheim/Tobias) -What A Difference A Day Made (Adams/Grever) -When I Fall In Love (Heyman/Young) Link to PDFs: /file/d/1lWEUP4GZ1bc2qOlBrl_a1B7hpRzofnTt/view?usp=drivesdk YouTube Playlist: /playlist?list=PLXqP2TrslJVf9wYd8jQwkftAMlJjJn4p7&si=XQTlwcgx5F2mid7w Link to event page: /share/1KdegsnXcj/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Move!!!

When: 4/13/26 (7:00-10:00) Where: Parts & Labor Bar 17993 Allen Rd Melvindale, MI 48122 United States The Workshop Vol. 79 -Black Coffee (Webster/Burke) -Doxy (Sonny Rollins) -How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) -it Don’t Mean a Thing (Duke Ellington) -I’m Glad There Is You (Dorsey/Madeira) -Isfahan (Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn) -Move (Denzil Best) -Mr. P.C. (John Coltrane) -On A Clear Day (Lane/Lerner) -On The Sunny Side Of The Street (McHugh/Fields -Peace (Horace Silver) -Star Eyes (Raye/DePaul) -United (Wayne Shorter) Link to PDFs: /file/d/1gw9rCgfY7M4d7CgZRNHHQXH_NwAOqLB1/view?usp=drivesdk

Announcement! Here is the Spring 26’ schedule for The workshop. Looking forward to next Monday for volume 78, with James Hughes, Jacob Hart, Ryan Rose, and myself hosting and playing some bass. Practice, come and let’s grow together.

Sunny side up here at The Workshop!!

Finally! I have some time on this snow day to announce the schedule for The Workshop this winter. I'm looking forward to making great music with all of you and having all these great guests with us. JP.

When: 1/5/26 (7:00-10:00) Where: Parts & Labor Bar 17993 Allen Rd Melvindale, MI 48122 United States The Workshop Vol. 72 (1/5/26) -All Or Nothing At All (Altman/Lawrence) -Barbara (Horace Silver) -Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk) -If Ever I Would Leave You (Lowe) -Like Someone In Love (Van Heusen/Burke) -Mean To Me (Turk/Ahlert) -Milestones *new (Miles Davis) -Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington) -Relaxin’ At Camarillo (Charlie Parker) -The Lamp Is Low (Parish/De Rose/Shefter) -Tune Up (Miles Davis) -Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron) -Willow Weep For Me (Ronell)