Alex Belhaj is a guitarist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he leads his own Crescent City Quartet and Quintet in addition to playing a variety of music including Ragtime, folk and his original music. He also worked with the James Dapogny Quartet, Paul Klinger's Easy Street Jazz Band, the Cakewalkin' Jass Band and guitarist Joe Summers before moving to New Orleans in 2015.
From 2015-2020, Alex lived in the Crescent City, where he worked with Duke Heitger, Steve Pistorius, Dr. Michael White, Orange Kellin, Tim Laughlin, Tom Fischer, David Boeddinghaus, Wendell Brunious, the Riverside Jazz Collective (which he co-led with Benny Amón and Kris Tokarski), Hal Smith's On The Levee Jazz Band, Benny Amón's New Orleans Pearls and Shotgun Jazz Band among many other great musicians and ensembles. Alex is an outstanding interpreter of vintage Jazz guitar stylists like Johnny St. Cyr and Kid Ory's longtime sideman Bud Scott.
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Detroit Street Filling Station, 300 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Patio Music Mondays all summer long! Come on down to Detroit Street Filling Station for delicious food and drinks, good community vibes and music to fill your soul. Tonight will be my Crescent City Trio with Ray Heitger (clarinet), Dave Kosmyna (piano/cornet), and me (banjo and acoustic guitar).
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Detroit Street Filling Station, 300 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Patio Music Mondays all summer long! Come on down to Detroit Street Filling Station for delicious food and drinks, good community vibes and music to fill your soul. Tonight will be acoustic guitar duo Belhaj & McIntyre.
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Ann Arbor Friends Meetinghouse, 1420 Hill St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Two local community song groups that I'm a part of, Solidarity Songs and the Ann Arbor Ceasefire Choir, are holding a benefit concert for children in Palestine. The event will include both a performance as well as an optional song circle. Donation ticket info below.
It is beyond excruciating that the genocide continues against the Palestinian people. Tens and tens of thousands of lives taken. Hundreds of thousands of people injured. The continued violence to people, culture, and land. The years to come of the impacts of such violence and trauma. It’s heartbreaking. It’s enraging. Sometimes it can feel unbearable or like there is nothing we can do.
May this benefit concert and song circle help us to move through these painful times and emotions together, and to show up in action by financially contributing to support children who are experiencing the greatest trauma humans can know.
You and everyone you know is invited to join us on Tuesday, August 13th from 6:30-9pm for an hour of a performance by these two groups, a short break, and an optional song circle. The event will be held at the Friends Meetinghouse in Ann Arbor. Tickets are a minimum of $20 and children under 5 don’t need one. All donations go to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) & Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF).
$20 minimum, sliding scale, free for kids 5 and under
