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Detroit Jazz Festival 2021

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Press Release

2024 Full Lineup and Schedule Announced

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DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest (and best) free jazz festival, today announced this year’s full lineup and schedule for Labor Day weekend. “We’re excited to present the full lineup for this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival,” said Chris Collins, president and artistic director, Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation. “The artists scheduled to perform...

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Detroit Jazz Festival 2024 Program Schedule

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Updated: August 30, 2024 Download a printable PDF   Friday, August 30 CARHARTT AMPHITHEATER STAGE - Hart Plaza UPDATE - Moved to online only due to weather. More details here. Beging 8:30PM Dr. Valade’s Brass Band featuring Herlin Riley TRANSLINEAR LIGHT  - The Music of Alice Coltrane featuring Ravi Coltrane with special guests Brandee Younger, Reggie Workman, and the Detroit Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra 2024 Artist-In-Residence Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band MIDTOWN AFTER HOURS SPECIAL  - Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center 10:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Flash Point Quintet, Srisley,  The Birdman Sextet, The Jauron Perry Quintet   Saturday, August......

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One-World Jazz Orchestra

ONE-WORLD JAZZ ORCHESTRA LIVE

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The One-World Jazz Orchestra, co-led by Danilo Pérez (Founder and Director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute), Marco Pignataro (Managing Director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute), and Chris Collins (Valade Chair in Jazz at Wayne State University and President/Artistic Director of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation), brings together aspiring artists from Berklee’s Global Institute...

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Brian Blade

Drummer, Composer, Bandleader Brian Blade Named as 2024 Artist-in-Residence

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Drummer, Composer, Bandleader Brian Blade Named as 2024 Artist-in-Residence DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation is honored to present two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer Brian Blade as its Artist-in-Residence for the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival.  Blade, a highly sought after sideman and collaborator, is also a composer and leader of Brian Blade & The...

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Jazz Goes to College

2024 Jazz Goes to College Scholarship presented by IATSE Local 38

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DESCRIPTION: The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 38 have teamed up to celebrate the opportunity inherent in Michigan’s Theatre- and Music-tech college programs. Music- and Theater-tech programs encompass a curriculum of study, specific to non-performance majors. These skill sets in stagecraft, from carpenters to electricians, from board operators...

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For over 40 years, the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation has celebrated Detroit’s rich history of jazz music by providing year-round concerts and educational programming, and of course, organizing the world’s largest free Jazz festival, featuring world-class talent, over Labor Day weekend.

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