Detroit Jazz Festival 2013 August 30-September 2

In case anyone is interested the Detroit Jazz Festival is coming up the last weekend of this month.  http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/

Artist-in-Residence – Danilo Pérez featuring:
   • Panama 500
   • Panama Suite with Wayne State University Big Band, U of M jazz students & surprise special guests
   • Danilo Pérez & Geri Allen piano duo
  
60th Anniversary Jazz at Massey Hall featuring Jon Faddis, Jesse Davis & the Bill Charlap Trio
  
Aaron Diehl Trio
  
Ahmad Jamal
  
All We Are Saying: Bill Frisell Explores the Music of John Lennon featuring Greg Leisz, Jenny Scheinman, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen
  
Aquanko
  
Berklee College of Music: Unlimited Perception
  
Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes Piano Duo
  
Central Michigan University Jazz Lab I
  
Charles Lloyd & Friends featuring Bill Frisell
  
Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach Duo
  
Dave Murray Big Band featuring Macy Gray
  
Detroit Jazz Factory Showcase
   • Scott Gwinnell Ensemble
   • Sean Dobbins Organ Quartet
  
Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra – The Music of Duke Ellington, with guest soloists Alice Tillman, Shahida Nurullah & James Carter, David Berger, Conductor.
  
DJF 2013 National Trumpet Comp Winner with the Gary Schunk Trio
  
DJF Dave Brubeck Tribute Series featuring:
   • Brubeck Brothers Quartet
   • Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra Commission Project - Newly Commissioned arrangements of Dave Brubeck Compositions -featuring the DJFO & guest soloists
   • The Detroit New Orleans Band - A Recreation of Dave & Iola Brubeck’s Dramatic Masterpiece, Conductor, Bill Meyer
   • TO HOPE; A Celebration: Dave Brubeck’s Historic Mass – A  Stunning Masterpiece 65 Voice Choir, String Orchestra & the Brubeck Brothers Quartet
     with Rick Margitza on Saxophone
  
DSO Civic Jazz Orchestra
  
Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway “Duke at the Roadhouse”
  
Francisco Mora Catlett & AfroHORN
  
Freddy Cole Quartet
  
Gene Dunlap Sextet
  
George Bohanon Azar Lawrence Collaboration
  
Geri Allen Homecoming Band featuring Robert Hurst, JD Allen, Sheila Jordan, Dave McMurray, Karriem Riggins & George Bohanon
  
Gregory Porter
  
JD Allen Trio
  
Joan Belgrave Sings Dinah Washington
  
Johnny O’Neal Trio
  
Johnny Trudell & the Michigan Jazz Fest All Stars
  
Joshua Redman Quartet with Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers & Gregory Hutchinson & Orchestra conducted by Dan Coleman, playing selections from the new album "Walking Shadows"
  
Karriem Riggins
  
Kimmie Horne
  
Lee Konitz Quartet
  
Mack Avenue Superband  Musical Director Rodney Whitaker featuring Kirk Whalum, Carl Allen, Gary Burton, Sean Jones, Warren Wolf, Evan Perri, Aaron Diehl & DJF Artist-in-Residence Danilo Pérez
  
Marcus Belgrave - Trumpet Call
  
McCoy Tyner Trio with special guest Savion Glover
  
Michael Weiss Quintet
  
“MILES SMILES” featuring Wallace Roney, Larry Coryell, Rick Margitza, Ralphe Armstrong & Alphonse Mouzon
  
Oakland University Jazz Band
  
Quest Reunion featuring David Liebman, Richie Bierach, Ron McLure & Billy Hart
  
Ravi Coltrane Quartet
  
Robert Glasper Experiment
  
Saxophone Summit featuring Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman & Ravi Coltrane
    
Teddy Harris Jr. Tribute – The New Breed Be Bop Society
  
Terell Stafford Quintet
  
The Alan Broadbent Trio featuring Sheila Jordan plus Strings
  
The Cookers: Billy Harper, Gary Bartz, David Weiss, Eddie Henderson, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart
  
The David Berger Jazz Orchestra featuring Cecile McLorin Salvant
  
The Delfeayo Marsalis Octet presents “Sweet Thunder”
  
The John Scofield Überjam Band featuring Andy Hess, Avi Bortnick & Tony Mason
  
The Robert Hurst Group
  
The Three Baris: A Tribute to Pepper Adams featuring Gary Smulyan, Howard Johnson & Frank
  
Tony Monaco Trio featuring Fareed Haque
  
Tribute to Brad Felt featuring Steve Wood, Gary Schunk, Pat Prouty, Bill Higgins, and Terry Kimura
  
Tribute to Don Byas featuring James Carter
   
Tribute to Stan Kenton featuring The Four Freshman & the Toledo Jazz Orchestra
  
Trio Da Paz & Friends Play Jobim & Getz featuring Romero Lubambo, Duduka Da Fonseca, Nilson Matta, Harry Allen, Joe Locke, Maucha Adnet
  
Tumbao Bravo
  
Warren Wolf Quartet featuring Robert Hurst, Carl Allen, & Benny Green
  
Yellowjackets