Oakland University (OU) Jazz Band to welcome Regina Carter and Thornetta Davis Oakland University’s artist-in-residence, renowned jazz violinist Regina Carter (BA ’85) and “Detroit’s Queen of the Blues” Thornetta Davis will join the OU Jazz Band to present “A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Stuff Smith” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 2 in Varner Recital Hall. “This is a very special performance that allows the Oakland University Jazz Band, as well as the entire OU community, to … [Read more...]