Fri, Jun 26, 2:00 AM
The Lunar Sextet is an ensemble of Michigan-based The Lunar Octet. They play eclectic music drawing on Cuban and Puerto Rican salsa, African high-life music, Brazilian sambas, and more to forge a new sound enriched by these traditions. LA Jazz Scene called their music "the perfect melding of elements of Latin and jazz." JazzThing Magazine said their music is "the very best of arranging and instrumental art." Jazziz Magazine called them “sizzling”. Jazz Weekly called them “picante”. The band’s hundreds of performances include the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival, the Scarborough Jazz Festival, Columbus Jazz and Rib Fest, the Flint Jazz Festival, the Columbus Arts Festival, the Lancaster Festival, the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the WEMU/Depot Town Winter Jazz Series, Rusty's Jazz Cafe, Ann Arbor's Top of the Park, the Bird of Paradise, the Detroit Festival of the Arts, Detroit's New Center Park, Toledo's CityFest, Toledo's Rib-Off, the Ann Arbor Art Fair, and many more.