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Education

Education

Collegiate Combo Competition

The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation’s Annual Collegiate Combo Competition celebrates the artistry, craftsmanship and discipline inherent in our college and university jazz programs.

Tamanna Corbett

Tour Manager

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Owain Hawkins

Promoter

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Connor Chapman

Community Manager

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On Giving Tuesday, we're giving back! Make a donat

On Giving Tuesday, we're giving back! Make a donation of $25 or more, and we have incentives that go from public thanks to front-row seats at the 2024 festival PLUS having your generosity read over the PA system from the anchor desk. See below for more, and get ready – #GivingTuesday2023 is only a day away! 🎺

What will our thank-you acknowledgements be for gi

What will our thank-you acknowledgements be for gifts our supporters make on #GivingTuesday? They start with warm public thanks and go up to VIP treatment at the 2024 festival! (We'll share details tomorrow.) In the meantime, consider a gift to help us keep #jazz a vital art form for generations to come. #detroit

The Detroit Jazz Festival is more than the world's

The Detroit Jazz Festival is more than the world's largest free jazz festival. Our foundation also brings jazz instruction into area schools, provides tuition-free summer camps for talented student players and provides free jazz entertainment year-round. Won't you help us do the work on this Giving Tuesday? Every gift over $25 will be acknowledged in a meaningful way, with incentives that give back to our supporters.

Every great performance deserves an encore. After

Every great performance deserves an encore. After its appearance in America's Thanksgiving Parade in downtown Detroit yesterday, our float made an encore in Grosse Pointe's Santa Claus Parade Friday morning. Well-done to our fantasy ensemble. #jazz #detroit #grossepointe @paradecompany

This #GivingTuesday, we're giving back. To help us

This #GivingTuesday, we're giving back. To help us continue our mission – staging the world's largest free jazz festival, bringing jazz to Detroit public-school students, providing tuition-free camps to talented student players and more – we're asking for your support. And for every gift over $25, we'll acknowledge your generosity in a very meaningful way, with incentives that give back to our supporters. Help us keep the music alive.

The 2023 America’s Thanksgiving Parade® present

The 2023 America’s Thanksgiving Parade® presented by Gardner White Furniture is an amazing Detroit tradition - celebrating 97 years! The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation is excited to participate again this year. President and Artistic Director Chris Collins is joined on our float by the 2023 Youth Jazz Vocal Contest Winner - Phoebe King. #detroit #Thanksgiving #parade @paradecompany @wjrradio

Look for Lady Day on the Detroit Jazz Festival flo

Look for Lady Day on the Detroit Jazz Festival float, now rolling in America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner-White! #jazz #Detroit #thanksgiving #parade

You can't be a real Detroiter until you've seen ou

You can't be a real Detroiter until you've seen our Thanksgiving parade, and the Detroit Jazz Festival will be a part of it! Join festival president / artistic director Chris Collins as we roll in the 97th America’s Thanksgiving Parade in downtown Detroit. You can follow his adventure on our Facebook as he rides the parade route on the DJF float with his special guest, the 2023 Youth Jazz Vocal Competition (presented by Lauren M Underwood, Bingham Legal Group, P.C.) winner Phoebe King. A fun way to start your Thanksgiving morning, and stay out of the chef's way in the kitchen. @binghamlegalgroup #jazz #detroit #thanksgiving2023

Here's something to do on the holiday eve: Check o

Here's something to do on the holiday eve: Check out this concert for the whole family! Few things generate warm holiday memories like Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy and the memorable jazz compositions that brought the Peanuts animations to life.

Festival president / artistic director Chris Collins joins Detroit jazz all-stars Cliff Monear, Jeff Pedraz and Sean Dobbins for a tribute to the legendary Vince Guaraldi, whose timeless compositions and elegant jazz trio served as the soundtrack for the Peanuts animations and announced the swingin’ holiday season for generations.

It all happens at the Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit & Arts Academy, 2700 E. West Maple Road, Commerce Township. Tickets available at the door (cash or check only).

The great @deedeebridgewater bringing it on the @c

The great @deedeebridgewater bringing it on the @carhartt Amphitheater Stage at the 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival presented by the @dirtydogjazzcafe. Dee Dee was backed by @carmenstaaf (piano), @aminascottmusic (bass) and @shirazetteshebeatstinnin (drums). Photos: @taktokiwa #jazz #detroit

What a night Sunday was at the 2023 Detroit Jazz F

What a night Sunday was at the 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival presented by the @dirtydogjazzcafe. @karriemriggins1, festival artist in residence presented by @rocketmortgage, orchestrated the star-studded tribute to the late Detroit producer with "J Dilla Lives Forever." He was joined by hiphop artists @common, @justpeej, @mbthelight, @djdummy and @nickgrantmusic, and backed up by @bandg3ek, @sashakashperko, Burniss Travis and more -- it was crowded on the @jpmorganchase Main Stage. At the end, Karriem was joined by @madukesofficial, J Dilla's mom, to say a few words. A real jazz/hiphop fusion show. Photos: @taktokiwa

TONIGHT! It's a 2023 Festival Flashback for Jazz F

TONIGHT! It's a 2023 Festival Flashback for Jazz From the Cellar. Watch @dafnisprieto lead the DJF Collegiate All-Stars from the @jpmorganchase Main Stage. This group of elite college-level players come from programs around Michigan, and you can watch them on Facebook Live, our YouTube channel or on our website, detroitjazzfest.org, starting at 9 p.m.

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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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