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The Detroit Jazz Festival will be held in downtown Detroit, Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Here’s a list of this year’s lineup, with more local artists to be announced later: 2024 Artist-In-Residence Brian ...
The Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, a state-of-the-art performance venue located at 4715 Cass Ave. on Wayne State University’s (WSU) campus in Midtown Detroit, is a partnership between WSU and ...
One of the Motor City’s biggest annual cultural events, the Detroit Jazz Festival, is back for another four-day, Labor Day weekend celebration downtown. 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival: What to know ...
Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 9, 1960.He attended Mackenzie High School.His father was a carpenter who played tenor saxophone as a hobby. Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra, under the leadership of Mercer Ellington,
The festival again changed names in 2005, becoming the Detroit International Jazz Festival after Ford Motor Company removed its sponsorship. In January 2006 Gretchen Valade, Chairman of Mack Avenue Records founded the Detroit International Jazz Festival Foundation, which took over production and management of the festival. [ 1 ]
Mack Avenue was founded in 1999 by Gretchen Carhartt Valade, a jazz fan and chair of the American apparel company Carhartt. The company is a sponsor of the Detroit Jazz Festival, to which Gretchen Valade donated $15 million in 2006. [1] Early Mack recording artists included Terry Gibbs, Oscar Castro-Neves, and George Shearing.
The 2024 edition of the Detroit Jazz Festival reached a global livestream audience of more than 2 million unique viewers during Labor Day weekend.
The first night of the Detroit Jazz Festival has gone virtual-only due to threat of severe weather. More: 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival: What to know, who's playing, where to park and more.