DetroitJazzFestival
@detroitjazzfest
Cultural institution offering year-round concerts & educational #jazz programming culminating in the world’s largest FREE jazz festival every Labor Day weekend
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Our friends at the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit Inst of Arts Film Theatre are screening the world premiere of “The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit” this weekend at the Freep Film Festival. You can see it at 7 p.m. Sat., 4/13, at the Detroit Film Theatre. Info/tix: bit.ly/3vFtqfV
Many have told me, 'I've never been to Detroit but I've always been curious about it.' So do not miss the annual, amazing DetroitJazzFestival! Held every Labor Day weekend. It's arguably THE greatest jazz fest in the world, INarguably the greatest FREE fest!
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. #oneworldjazzorchestra kicks off DetroitJazzFestival season at the future Valade Jazz Center
Wayne State University
Plan to spend 5-7 pm on Wednesday (4/10), watching the LIVESTREAM of our Press Preview. We'll be on the Wayne State University campus, with performances from Artist-in-Residence Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, the One-World Jazz Orchestra and more. On YouTube or detroitjazzfest.org
The countdown to the Detroit Jazz Festival starts April 10, with our Preview Event! Starting at 5 p.m. EDT, watch a performance by 2024 Artist in Residence Brian Blade, along with the Fellowship Band. We'll also be announcing a partial lineup for Labor Day weekend, all FREE.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY: The One-World Jazz Orchestra brings together artists from Berklee College of Music Global Jazz Institute and Wayne State University jazz program with special guests, to present new music that fuses #jazz with diverse root-musics, styles and instrumentation from across the globe.
Cliff Monear and ALVIN WADDLES came to the Steinway & Sons Detroit showroom to audition four spectacular pianos for the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. When they'd made their decision, both signed and dated the Steinway’s cast iron plate.
As the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center nears completion at Wayne State University, two piano-playing friends of the festival, Cliff Monear & ALVIN WADDLES, went to the Detroit Steinway & Sons showroom to choose between four exquisite Model Ds.
ICYMI: Detroit native and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter is joining UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music as a faculty member this year. If you missed the playlist she assembled for Women's History Month, find it at this link, as well as on our Spotify page: bit.ly/3IPLYgb
With the generous support of the The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, students from five DPSCommunityDistrict schools had the chance to learn from #jazz professionals in the Jazz Infusion project. It culminated with an outstanding showcase Friday at Cliff Bell's, #Detroit 's most beautiful jazz club.
.Cliff Bell's hosted the festival foundation's New Jazz Infusion Showcase of @detroitk12 players Friday. Bands from five different schools, along with the newly re-formed student All-City Jazz Band, played the sunburst stage. The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation generously sponsored this vital program.
Applications are open for the Jazz Goes to College Scholarship program! Sponsored by IATSE Local 38, the program rewards theater- or music-tech students with $2,500 and onstage recognition at the jazz festival. More info at the link.⤵️
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