Friday, Feb 28, 2025 at 7:00pm
The Paxton/Spangler Band In Concert
Lifelong buddies R.J. Spangler & Tbone Paxton started working together in 1980 with popular Detroit band The Sun Messengers. They toured the East Coast, Midwest, and Deep South for a number of years. Back then Tbone was awarded a Motor City Music Award for best trombonist. Since that time, he has also become quite an engaging vocalist, and has been nominated a number of years in a row now as best jazz vocalist at the Detroit Music Awards. The two are cornerstone members of the ten-piece band Planet D Nonet, and as such, have toured to eleven states, released as many CDs, and garnered nine Detroit Music Awards. Now they offer this stripped-down project - just five musicians - with a debut CD out in 2020 and a 2nd CD in 2023, Joys, which was also released to great acclaim. On any given night the the Paxton/Spangler Band performs great songs by Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael, Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Earl King, Danny Barker, Duke Ellington, The Stylistics, Roy Ayers, Leon Russell, Jimmy Cliff, Nat King Cole, and of course, Louis Jordan. Enjoy!
