2025 Detroit Jazz Festival

[JSngry]

Again going to visit our daughter and check out some jazz.

Here's the lineup:

Friday, Aug. 29

Carhartt Amphitheater Stage

6:00 pm           Dr. Valade’s Brass Band Featuring Shannon Powell

7:00 pm           Keyon Harrold ‘Foreverland’

9:00 pm       2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran and Jeff Mills with special guest Jessica

Care Moore

Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University

10:30 pm         Emmet Cohen Trio (Midtown After Hours Special)

Saturday, Aug. 30

Carhartt Amphitheater Stage

2:30 pm       Wayne State University Jazz Warriors Big Band (under the direction of Professor

Vincent Chandler)

4:45 pm           Herlin Riley Quartet

7:00 pm           CHRIS POTTER TRIO Featuring Matt Brewer and Kendrick Scott

9:15 pm           Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

JPMorgan Chase Main Stage

2:45 pm           Zen Zadravec

4:30 pm           John Pizzarelli

6:30 pm           Kenny Barron Voices featuring Tyreek McDole

8:45 pm           Maria Schneider Orchestra

Absopure Waterfront Stage

2:30 pm           William Hill III

4:00 pm           GSL (Gayelynn Sequoia Laura)

5:45 pm           Allen Dennard Quartet

7:00 pm           Tatiana Eva-Marie “Paris Je Taime!”

9:15 pm           Endea Owens & The Cookout

Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University

12:00 pm        High School Showcase: University of Detroit Jazz Orchestra, Ludington High
School Jazz Ensemble, Notre Dame Preparatory High School Jazz Band, Utica
High School Jazz Band, Northville High School Jazz Ensemble

10:30 pm         James Carter Organ Trio (Midtown After Hours Special)

Sunday, Aug. 31

Carhartt Amphitheater Stage

2:00 pm           Downbeat Blindfold Test

3:20 pm         Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra/Bebop Spartans (under the direction of

Professor Rodney Whitaker)

5:15 pm           Lakecia Benjamin

7:15 pm           Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos

9:15 pm           Branford Marsalis Quartet

JPMorgan Chase Main Stage

2:45 pm           Randy Napoleon and Waking Dream

4:30 pm           Connie Han Trio

6:30 pm           2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran presents the music of Duke Ellington featuring the Detroit Jazz Festival Collegiate Jazz Orchestra

8:45 pm           Chucho Valdés & Paquito D’Rivera Reunion Sextet

Absopure Waterfront Stage

1:30 pm            J.C. Heard JazzWeek All-Stars featuring the 2025 Youth Jazz Vocal Competition Winner Kyla Deboes

2:20 pm           Tottori Jazz Mission – Takumi Inoue Quartet featuring Himiko Kikuchi

3:05 pm           Tottori/J.C. Heard JazzWeek Youth Bands combined Jam Session

4:15 pm            Detroit Jazz Queens – Paying Homage to Those Upon Whose Shoulders We Stand “Ella, Nancy, Dinah, Etta”

5:45 pm Ian Fink

7:30 pm Zambra (featuring Devon Gates, Ria Modak, Angela Varo, Bahar Badieitabar and Queralt Giralt)

9:15 pm Walter Smith III Quartet

Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University

12:00 pm        High School Showcase: Grosse Ile High School Jazz Band, East Kentwood High
School Jazz 1, Meridian High School Jazz Ensemble, Rochester Adams High
School, Northview High School Jazz Ensemble

10:30 pm         Rodney Whitaker Sextet Performs the Music of Joe Henderson (Midtown After Hours Special)

Monday, Sept. 1

Carhartt Amphitheater Stage

1:30 pm           Nick Collins Sextet

3:00 pm           Louis Jones III & The Flood

4:45 pm           John Scofield Quartet featuring Vicente Archer, Bill Stewart and Nicholas Payton

JPMorgan Chase Main Stage

1:00 pm          University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble (under the direction of Professor Ellen Rowe)
and University of Michigan Jazz Trombone Ensemble (under the direction of
Professor Dennis Wilson)

2:30 pm           Kris Davis Trio featuring Robert Hurst & Johnathan Blake

4:15 pm           James Francies Trio

6:00 pm         2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran and the Bandwagon w/ special guests Meshell Ndegeocello and Akili Bradley

Absopure Waterfront Stage

1:30 pm           Tiffany Gridiron & Friends

3:15 pm           Collegiate Combo Competition Winner

5:00 pm           Marion Hayden and Legacy with special guest Kamau Kenyatta

Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University

12:00 pm        Detroit Public Schools Community District Showcase: Edward ‘Duke’ Ellington
Conservatory of Music and Art at Beckham Academy, Cass Technical High School,
Henry Ford High School, Renaissance High School, Detroit School of Arts

The Detroit Jazz Festival will be held in downtown and midtown Detroit on Aug. 29 – Sept. 1 (Labor Day weekend).

 

I'm currently not as mobile as usual, but I'm still going to see (and hear!)

• Kenny Barron
• Maria Schenider
• JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO!!!!!
• Lakechia Benjamin
• Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos (maybe)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet (maybe)
•  2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran and the Bandwagon w/ special guests Meshell Ndegeocello and Akili Bradley

Perhaps not as stuffed with "must see"s as in the past, but still, that a good weekend. And there are othe acts that I would think about going to if mobility was not an issue. But hey, that's still a good, full weekend of music!

[kh1958]

5 hours ago, JSngry said:

That sounds good to me!

 

I'm currently not as mobile as usual, but I'm still going to see (and hear!)

• Kenny Barron
• Maria Schenider
• JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO!!!!!
• Lakechia Benjamin
• Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos (maybe)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet (maybe)
•  2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran and the Bandwagon w/ special guests Meshell Ndegeocello and Akili Bradley

Perhaps not as stuffed with "must see"s as in the past, but still, that a good weekend. And there are othe acts that I would think about going to if mobility was not an issue. But hey, that's still a good, full weekend of music!

 

[JSngry]

What is most impressive to me is that the whole thing is free!