Pamela Wise and her hot ensemble have been scene stealers at major festivals in metropolitan Detroit and surrounding areas. Wise performs many of her own award-winning compositions, but also embraces the music of jazz greats Horace Silver and Herbie Hancock. “Wise, an assured bop pianist with a Tyneresque (McCoy Tyner) touch, composes strong melodies and braces them with the simmering rhythms of the Afro-Cuban tradition” (Dan Ouellette, Downbeat Magazine).