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Don Was is a busy guy. He’s the president of Blue Note Records, the iconic jazz label. He has an office in the Capitol Records Tower, the 13-story building in Hollywood that was built to resemble a stack of records. He’s been a figure on the LA music biz scene for decades. He’s 72 years old. So what’s he doing playing a club date in Cleveland on a Thursday night in February?

Let’s just say he’s leaving LA for a short-term rendezvous with two of his lifelong loves: his hometown of Detroit and playing music. The bassist, producer and executive is bringing his new band, the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, to the Music Box Supper Club on February 11.

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“The Bad Plus,” Ben Ratliff wrote in the New York Times, “could be the group you use to turn your 17-year-old cousin on to jazz.” Twenty-two years and two lineup changes later, Ratliff’s observation might be more salient than ever.

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