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Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble continue their tour into 2025

By Doug Doyle,

Gary Walker

Published December 26, 2024 at 7:41 AM EST

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Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble

Six-time GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, composer, and Blue Note Records President Don Was will embark on a run of winter tour dates with Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble, beginning February 21 and 22 in Ann Arbor, MI (full tour routing below).

These dates follow the band’s inaugural U.S. concerts in the Northeast and West Coast earlier this year. Made up of stellar jazz musicians from his Detroit hometown, the band features longtime collaborators including Blue Note Records artist Dave McMurray on sax and Eminem’s Oscar-winning collaborator keyboardist Luis Resto.

On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Gary Walker chats with Don Was about his latest group and amazing career.

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Doug Doyle

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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Gary Walker

In jazz radio, great announcers are distinguished by their ability to convey the spontaneity and passion of the music. Gary Walker is such an announcer, and his enthusiasm for this music greets WBGO listeners every morning on Daybreak. He's the winner of the 1996 Gavin Magazine Jazz Radio Personality of the Year Award and the recipient of the 2021 Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting from the Jazz Journalists Association. Gary hosts the morning show each weekday from 8am til noon. And, by his own admission, he's truly having a great time.

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