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 Christian McBrideİAndrea Canter
“This [2007] was one of the best festivals in a long time! It was great to have a jazz festival actually present America’s classical music.”– Regina Carter, jazz violinist and 2007 Artist in Residence The largest free jazz festival in North America brings a long list of acclaimed performers and local standouts to six stages when the 29th annual Detroit Jazz Festival gets underway on August 29th. “A Love Supreme: The Philly-Detroit Summit” celebrates the music and musicians of Motor City and the City of Brotherly Love, under the direction of Artist-In-Residence and monster Philly-born bassist Christian McBride. Taking over downtown Detroit, the festival will stretch from Hart Plaza to Campus Martius, with Woodward Avenue in-between transformed as a pedestrian corridor. A broad range of music will be incorporated into the weekend, with blues, gospel and R&B sprinkled among one of the world’s most high-powered list of jazz acts. The nonprofit festival is supported in large part by an endowment from Mack Avenue Records.
Philly-Detroit Summit (August 30, 3:45 pm)  Geri Allen Other Highlights It’s hard to single out events, but among the other headline acts will be a big band fest featuring the Count Basie Big Band with Nnenna Freelon and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra with Kenny Burrell; a festival of the bones with trombonists Slide Hampton, Robin Eubanks, Steve Turre, Trombone Shorty and Bonarama; a guitar summit with the likes of Pat Martino, Derek Trucks and Kenny Burrell. Other highlights listed by day:  Kenny GarrettİAndrea Canter Friday, August 29th: - Dianne Reeves, 7 pm, Chase Main Stage
- Tribute to Marvin Gaye, 8:45 pm, Chase Main Stage
Saturday, August 30th: - Ted Nash, Mancini Project, 1:30 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Michigan State U Big Band with John Faddis, 2:30 pm, Carhartt Amphitheater
- Philly-Detroit Summit with Christian McBride, Karriem Riggins, Perry Hughes, Bootsie Barnes, Geri Allen and Randy Brecker, 3:45 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Esperenza Spalding, 4:30 pm, Here and Now Stage
- Javon Jackson with Les McCann, 4:45 pm, Carhartt Amphitheater
- Sonny Fortune Quarter, 6:15 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Robin Eubanks and EB3, 6:45 pm, Mack Avenue Records Pyramid Stage
- Christian McBride Band, 7:30 pm, Carhartt Amphitheater
- Mike Stern, 7:30 pm, Chase Main Stage
- Latin Jazz All Stars (Steve Turre, Ray Vega, Arturo O’Farrill), 9:15 pm, Carthartt Amphitheater Stage
Sunday, August 31st: Pat MartinoİAndrea Canter - Leebop, Tribute to Lee Morgan with Jeremy Pelt, 1:30 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Jimmy Heath and Wayne State University Big Band, 2 pm, Carhartt Amphitheater
- Pat Martino Quartet, 3:15 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Brubeck Institute Quintet with Christian McBride, 3:30 pm, Here and Now Stage
- Ravi Coltrane’s Tribute to Alice with Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, 4:30 pm, Carthartt Amphitheater
- Benny Golson Quartet, 6:00 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Stanley Jordon Trio, 7:00 pm, Chase Main Stage
- Kenny Garrett Quartet, 7:15 pm, Carhartt Amphitheater
- Roy Hargrove Quartet, 8 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Battle of the Bands, Count Basie Orchestra with Nnenna Freelon vs Gerald Wilson Orchestra with Kenny Burrell, 9:15 pm, Carharrt Amphitheater
Monday, September 1st: Ravi ColtraneİAndrea Canter - DSO Civic Jazz Orchestra With Christian McBride, 2:30 pm, Carharrt Amphitheater
- Kenny Barron Trio, 3:00 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- ICP Orchestra, 3:15 pm, Mack Avenue Records Pyramid Stage
- Sachal Vasandani, 4:00 pm, Here and Now Stage
- Barry Harris Trio, 5:15 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey, 5:45 pm, Here and Now Stage
- James Carter Septet, 6:30 pm, Carharrt Amphitheater
- Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts with Terell Stafford, 7:00 pm, Mack Avenue Records Pyramid Stage
- Heath Brothers Quartet, 7:30 pm, Absopure Waterfront Stage
- Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band directed by Slide Hampton (with Roberta Gambarini, James Moody, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath), 8:45 pm, Carharrt Amphitheater
For full schedule and venue information, visit www.detroitjazzfest.com |
Saturday, 20 March 2010
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