Justin Walter

"Take Off"

The trumpet-keyboard player and company play jazz fusion that can tap into the genre's wooly excitements. Co-produced by Walter and Warren Defever. More at music.justinwalter.net. —W. Kim Heron

• Heavy lifting Hard work in Detroit revising a charter, rethinking jobs | 10/26/2011
• A flash of Mulenga | 10/12/2011
• Undercover brothers "It’s very humbling to have someone donate a kidney to you." | 9/28/2011
• Onstage with Obama How I wound up sharing the spotlight with the president | 9/14/2011
• A commons idea Cass Corridor experiment would save a church and mitigate gentrification's excesses | 8/31/2011
• Free Obama now Mulenga Harangua knows the prez is tied up in the basement at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. | 8/17/2011
• Arms around the city Neighborhoods Day showcases a vibrant, positive, united Detroit | 8/3/2011
• At least no one got hurt Rip-offs and stick-ups abound, and we're just glad we're unhurt? | 7/6/2011
• Far from City Hall If government can't or won't help, let's all meet in the street | 6/22/2011
• Soul of a man Gil Scott-Heron's tragic heroism - and final reckoning | 6/8/2011
• The usual suspects Running down the GOP's rogues' gallery of potential presidential candidates | 5/25/2011
• Mulenga's tinfoil hat Harangua goes green, dons foil and wants Osama's death certificate | 5/11/2011
• Waiting for Terry Jones Reporting from Dearborn, our columnist has another run-in with Mulenga Harangua | 4/27/2011
• Countdown for Detroit Beyond census figures: The hard data that we need to know | 4/13/2011
• Grace Boggs, Detroit and the next revolution Talkin' about an evolution - with Grace Lee Boggs | 3/30/2011
• Life on the road A bit of thievery leaves our correspondent free and easy | 3/16/2011
• Crushing the unions Suddenly, the Midwest looks like the Middle East | 3/2/2011
• Join us, we'll pay you Incentive programs for city employees start to pay off | 2/16/2011
• Sounds of disharmony The Detroit Symphony Orchestra strike's long-term effects | 2/2/2011
• Crisis on the corner Should we legalize drugs to save the hood? | 1/19/2011
• Saluting Motown spirit Thick as a brick: Awards heaved in worthy Detroiters' general direction | 1/5/2011
• Of Kwame and Kwanzaa Mulenga Harangua sees the conspiracy behind the indictments | 12/22/2010
• Our Bizarro Detroit Is Dave Bing the invisible mayor? | 12/8/2010
• Pryor disturbances Mulenga Harangua builds a shrine to Richard Pryor | 11/24/2010
• Scared of the scarf How I learned to stop worrying and love the hijab | 11/10/2010
• Is it Dearbornistan? Ignorant comments about 'sharia law' in Dearborn get a thorough debunking | 10/27/2010
• Why to be paranoid Mulenga Harangua feels the pain of his people | 10/13/2010