The
Detroit International Jazz Festival
enters its 28th year with invigorated sponsorship, a high-quality line-up -- Herbie Hancock is headlining! -- and expanded focus, including a Chicago vs. Detroit musical "rumble," gospel Monday and a jazz garden at Campus Martius.
Excerpt:
"The Rumble in the Great Lakes" begins Aug. 31 and is scheduled to
include Kurt Elling (performing with the Wayne State Big Band), Mavis
Staples, Otis Clay, Bettye Lavette, The Miracles, Curtis Fuller, Kenny
Garrett, Ron Carter and Gerald Wilson.
"Detroit and Chicago have
produced some of the most prolific and influential jazz artists in the
world," DJF Executive Director Terri Pontremoli said in a statement. "We decided it was high time to highlight the musical contributions of
both cities. For years, Chicago and Detroit have hosted competing jazz
festivals on the same weekend, so why not have an out-and-out rumble?"
Read the entire article
here.
Enjoy this story?
Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.