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Grand Rapids Symphony's Ragtime, Blues, and All that Jazz with Byron Stripling

Friday, January 25, 2019
8:00 pm (Expired)
DeVos Performance Hall
303 Monroe Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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Ragtime, Blues and All that Jazz with Byron Stripling
January 25-27, 2019
Bob Bernard, conductor
Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocals

Trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling, who plays like Louis Armstrong and sings like him, too, returns to DeVos Performance Hall with a little ragtime from Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton, and a bit of the blues from B.B. King and Muddy Waters. Enjoy entertaining tunes plus humorous tales about the music and its creators in a show ending with an unforgettable toe-tapping jam session. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, in DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe Ave. NW. Tickets start at $18 adults, $5 students.