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Tariq Gardner & Evening Star
Tariq Gardner’s band Evening Star played at Ann Arbor’s Blue LLama Jazz Club on Saturday, May 2, starting at 7 p.m. Their set blended Detroit’s jazz tradition with various African Diaspora styles for a cosmic music experience.
Evening Star, led by Detroit drummer Tariq Gardner, mixes jazz, neo-soul, Afro-Cuban, spirituals, and hip-hop into their sound. Their afro-futuristic style includes original songs and popular Black American arrangements. They were finalists in NPR Detroit’s 2025 Sounds Like Detroit contest. Evening Star has two albums, Gateway Drug (2023) and Vice Tape (2024), featuring poet Joel “Fluent” Greene. The night featured two shows, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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