Comerica Java and Jazz April 15, 2008

Java & Jazz at The Library

Pathe Simon & Tava Simon - April 15, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Pathe Jassi is one of Detroit's best-kept secrets. Before moving to the United States recently, Jassi spent half of his career playing and recording alongside legendary West African singers Youssou N'Dour of Senegal and Cheikh Lo of Burkina Faso. He is known among jazz musicians for his rare ability to combine hard bebop with a polyrhythmic African sound - a skill he says he learned from Detroit jazz legend Sam Sanders, who took him under his wing in Senegal.

Tava Simon comes to the Java & Jazz stage all the way from Louisiana, but now makes the Motor City her home. Simon has loved poetry all her life and in fall of 2007 began writing slam performance pieces to standing ovations. She has participated in every official Slam venue in the city of Detroit and is proud to be representing Detroit in the 2008 Women of the World Poetry Slam. She is passionate about her writing and shares her words in hopes to inspire, encourage and celebrate living.
The Comerica Java & Jazz Series at Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward, north of Warren, in Midtown Detroit. Concert begins at 6 PM, in the Old Browsing Area of Main Library. Refreshments available, free and open to the public. Information at 313-833-4042 or www.detroitpubliclibrary.org.

Official Website: http://detroitpubliclibrary.org