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Planet D Nonet
Doors open at 9:30 pm. Come early and hang out in the SideBar.
The PLANET D NONET is a down & dirty little swing band from Detroit playing the classic swing music of Ellington & Strayhorn, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie & Benny Carter as well as more modern jazz by Sun Ra and Pharoah Saunders...always with a Detroit twist. The Planet D Nonet is about swing, blues, space‐age jazz and classic American songs all served up with plenty of good humor.
PD9 is Detroit's award winning swing band founded in 2007 by RJ Spangler and James O’Donnell, both original members of the well‐known Detroit band, The Sun Messengers. The “D” in the name stands for Detroit. “Nonet” is a group of nine.
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Typically the band sticks with one genre at a given performance. Swing gigs involve speakeasy era jazz by Louis Armstrong & Mezz Mezzrow, to swing era tunes by Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson. The band can also do an entire concert Detroit of proto‐R&B from Paul “Huckle‐Buck” Williams or King Porter, as well as a tribute to the jump music of Louis Jordan. PD9 garnered a Detroit Music Award for Best Jazz CD in 2011 & Best Traditional Jazz Band at the 2013 DMA's!
