Damon Cook is not a Toledo native, but he lives here now and says one of the reasons for taking up residence in Toledo is the great Jazz tradition of the Glass City.Cook is a young man, who has been playing jazz since he was even much younger. "My father was a jazz guitarist and I learned from him." But he did not take up the guitar. Instead he became a drummer […]

Recognized in both the vocal jazz performance and scholarship worlds, Ellie Martin is a highly respected vocalist, educator, and Jazz studies scholar. She is currently the vocal jazz instructor and vocal jazz ensemble director at the University of Toledo, as well as Toledo School for the Arts. In addition to her teaching, Ellie performs regularly throughout the United States. She performs regularly with Stan Kenton drummer Jerry Mackenzie, Rich Michaels, Tom Dennis […]

A well known jazz singer in the Toledo/Detroit,/Ann Arbor area, Lori calls Toledo home and has been singing jazz in the midwest for the last four decades with some of the finest musicians anywhere. Through theatre and music Lori has had the opportunity to perform throughout the United states and Europe. In addition to concert and club work at places like Rusty's Jazz Cafe, Murphy's Place, Degage Jazz Cafe in Toledo, and […]