The Lunar Octet and The Lunar Glee Club are not different bands but different names for the same legendary band over the years. Because of confusion about whether the band included singers, the group's name changed midway through its career to The Lunar Octet. No matter you want to call it, they play highly original and eclectic music drawing on jazz, Cuban and Puerto Rican salsa, rock, African highlife music, and Brazilian sambas, forging a vital new sound enriched by these traditions. Almost all of the band's music consists of original compositions involving rich arrangements and strong focus on solo improvisations, and all of the band members contribute to the compositional process. Since its debut in February 1984, the band carried its high-energy message to dancers and listeners, jazz, R&B, and rock fans alike. The Lunar Octet and Lunar Glee Club have performed at the Detroit Jazz Festival (five times), the Flint Jazz Festival, the Columbus Arts Festival, the Lancaster Festival, the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the WEMU/Depot Town Winter Jazz Series, Rusty's Jazz Cafe, Ann Arbor's Top of the Park, the Bird of Paradise, the Del Rio, Mr. Flood's Party, the Blind Pig, the Detroit Festival of the Arts, Detroit's New Center Park, Toledo's CityFest, Toledo's Rib-Off, and more. They have released four albums.