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Michael S Doyle
Currently calling Marshall, Michigan his home, his passion for the classic fire of groups like Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis' first great quintet drove him to create what he calls "a hard bop haven for some of the state's best players." Michael Doyle's goal of bringing New York-caliber jazz to Michigan remains the same.
Doyle's idiomatic jazz flavor joined with the Who Dat ? Blues Band rhythm section
(funky melodic bass from the Coach and Doc's in the pocket drums) is an
excellent compliment to the smooth but occasionally raucous lead licks of
Brian "BA" Anderson on guitar. (excerpts from article by
Mark F. Turner - All About Jazz 2005)
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Doyle,
as the lead musician playing saxophone for the jazz group
Evidence whose CD releases include Soulville and Untitled ,
grew up in that great, big, 24-hour-a-day pickle barrel of radio and live
jazz called New York, under the care of a classic jazz-addict dad. John
Coltrane's flip-into-the-clouds solo on Miles Davis' "Milestones" provided
the "ah-ha" moment that married Doyle to the saxophone for good.