The London Chop House

IVORY STEEL
2020-09-09 18:30 (America/Detroit)
Ivory Steel Duo is one of the most exciting and dynamic musical groups in the metro Detroit area. Composed of veteran touring and recording keyboardist Moe Whitsett, and the versatile up-and-coming guitarist Daniel Peter, the duo brings energy and life to any social atmosphere. Their musical repertoire includes all genres from the 1960s to modern day, and their spontaneous, improvisational arrangements of popular music makes each performance distinct and memorable. Ivory Steel Duo has performed at countless theaters, restaurants, schools, parties, weddings, and churches throughout their career. Their unique sound and ability to adapt to any environment has allowed them to connect with people of all ages and backgrounds.

SKY COVINGTON
2020-09-05 19:00
Native Detroiter and 7 time Detroit Music Award Recipient for “Outstanding Jazz Vocalist” Sky Covington is a singer/songwriter. Sky Covington has a rich, elegant tone and an easy vibrato – think Billie Holiday, as well as Abbey Lincoln and Sarah Vaughan – Covington’s best noted for her rendition of the Billie Holiday Tribute for 20 years. This sultry chanteuse makes everynote seem personal, and her phrasing is unique, and deep. Sky Covington is a traditional jazz vocalist, of yester-year.

Bjorn
2020-08-07 15:00
The doctor is in

BILL HEID TRIO
2020-07-31 19:00
Bill Heid is an American soul jazz and hard bop jazz pianist and organist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, probably better known for his work with musicians such as Koko Taylor, Henry Johnson and Fenton Robinson, among others.
Bill Heid came of age in the crucible that was Pittsburgh in its jazz heyday, hanging out at legendary Hill District clubs like the Hurricane Bar and the Crawford Grill. All the jazz greats regularly played in town back in the sixties and young Bill took every opportunity to sit in and learn from these masters. In addition to the many musicians passing through town during that period, Pittsburgh had produced some of the greatest names in jazz “Ahmad Jamal, Art Blakey, Errol Garner, George Benson, Eddie Jefferson, Mary Lou Williams, Stanley Turrentine, to name a few, all called Pittsburgh their hometown.
Bill took these lessons and experiences and headed West to Detroit and Chicago, where he built a solid blues resume, touring and recording as a pianist with Jimmy Witherspoon, Koko Taylor, Alberta Adams, Fenton Robinson, and many others. He also played jazz piano on two major Impulse!/MCA recordings for Chicago guitarist Henry Johnson, who called Bill’s piano playing “brilliant”, and adds that Bill “…brings fire, excitement and a feeling of the blues to any recording that he appears on.”
It is as an organist though that Bill became better known, recording as a leader on several outstanding jazz organ dates in the mid to late nineties for the Muse/Westside and Savant labels. Bill’s organ sound is at once gritty and sophisticated and is flavored with Bill’s idiosyncratic style and unique vernacular. Now, after having spent a number of years working in Japan and touring all over the world for the U.S. State Department as a Jazz Ambassador, Bill is back stateside where he can be heard on organ and piano engagements at various venues in the Washington, D.C. area.
