Motor City jazz legends and jazz legacy featured in Big Apple shows
In New York this week, Jazz at Lincoln Center is showcasing the remarkable jazz legacy that in the 1950s made Detroit the country’s most prolific feeder of talent to the jazz scene.
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“Detroit: Motor City Jazz” will feature some of the city’s most famous sons, including Ron Carter, Yusef Lateef, Geri Allen, Curtis Fuller, Charles McPherson and Marcus Belgrave, performing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Lincoln Center also has commissioned Lateef to write a long-form work for the jazz orchestra and Carter has written music for a small group that will pay homage to Detroit jazz history.
The Detroit concerts are part of a season-long tribute to jazz in different cities, including New Orleans, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. Saturday’s concert will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. on XM Satellite Radio and rebroadcast at 8 p.m. Jan. 15 on WEMU-FM (89.1).
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