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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Nov 4, 2014
- 1 min
A Quiet Meal
Last week, Diego Rivera and his quartet challenged us to come up with new superlatives. This week the Dog is giving us the elegant Shahi...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Nov 4, 2014
- 1 min
INVISIBLE STAFF
Sometimes at the Dirty Dog the enthusiasm for the music and the place leads to unforeseen circumstances. While I was photographing the ba...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Nov 4, 2014
- 2 min
The Creative Process The Zone
As a painter I have suffered through periods of abject failure. Canvases covered with bad starts begin to pile up against the wall remind...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Oct 27, 2014
- 2 min
A ROOM IN THE BACK
The space that performers use while they wait to go on stage is often called the “green room”, a place to wait and prepare before they g...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Oct 14, 2014
- 2 min
Carl
The Detroit Jazz Festival All- Stars will assemble at the Dirty Dog this week to preview the excellence we associate with our world class...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Oct 3, 2014
- 2 min
Easy Job
The 2014 Detroit Jazz Festival is having its usual effect on Detroit. Detroit seems to get more energy in the fall after a sleepy summer...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Oct 3, 2014
- 2 min
Painting a jazz poster
On one of the coldest days last winter, I was asked to do a dream assignment. Tom Robinson asked for my thoughts for the 2014 Detroit Jaz...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Oct 3, 2014
- 1 min
Remembering Gerald Wilson
I really didn’t know Gerald Wilson well. I did know his kindness. This articulate giant passed away after 96 years of living the most agr...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Oct 3, 2014
- 2 min
Missing
Ricardo Thomas was a friend of mine. Ricardo also was a friend to me. At this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival Ricardo was missing. He wasn’...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Sep 17, 2014
- 1 min
The Gathering
Every labor day weekend, Detroit holds an annual gathering of musicians. jazz fans and old friends.It is called the Detroit Jazz Festiva...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Sep 12, 2014
- 2 min
Detroit The Beautiful
I still can’t get my mind off the Detroit Jazz Festival. The festival is appropriately held on Labor Day weekend. However, metropolitan D...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Jul 15, 2014
- 2 min
The creative Process The Zone
The Creative Process – The Zone As a painter I have suffered through periods of abject failure. Canvases covered with bad starts begin to...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Jul 15, 2014
- 2 min
A Love Song By Charles Boles
HERE IS A BLOG ABOUT A GOOD MAN. A MAN THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD JUST BEING AROUND HIM. CHARLES BOLES I have to confess that I am a bit in...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Jul 14, 2014
- 2 min
Dedication
In the middle of winter of 2013, probably February, I was in envy of anyone that had escaped our deep freeze. The warmest place I could ...
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