Duante Beddingfield

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Detroit Jazz Festival reveals 2025 lineup for Labor Day weekend

1 week ago | freep.com | Duante Beddingfield

The Detroit Jazz Festival announced its 2025 lineup, featuring prominent national and international jazz acts. Jason Moran will be the 2025 artist-in-residence. The free festival takes place Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, in downtown Detroit. Local musicians can still apply to perform until June 1. The Detroit Jazz Festival – the world’s largest free jazz festival – announced its 2025 lineup on April 15 during a livestreamed preview event at the Gretchen C.
Detroit Jazz Festival reveals 2025 lineup for Labor Day weekend

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Duante Beddingfield

The Detroit Jazz Festival – the world’s largest free jazz festival – announced its 2025 lineup on April 15 during a livestreamed preview event at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, on the campus of Wayne State University. The evening featured live performances from the 2025 Artist-in-Residence Jason Moran, as well as the Detroit Jazz Festival All-Stars Generation Quintet.
Stellar Latin jazz band Aguankó playing Michigan Jazz Festival fundraiser Sunday afternoon

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Duante Beddingfield

Inject some fun into your afternoon this Sunday with the sunny rhythms and cool breeze of swinging Latin jazz while helping a local organization. The Michigan Jazz Festival, held the third Sunday in July each year, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2025. The free-entry, one-day event features over 40 musical groups across seven stages, and exclusively includes Michigan musicians or those who have Michigan ties.
Stellar Latin jazz band Aguankó playing Michigan Jazz Festival fundraiser Sunday afternoon

1 week ago | freep.com | Duante Beddingfield

The Michigan Jazz Festival's annual spring fundraiser will take place on Sunday, April 13, at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. The fundraiser will feature the Latin jazz group Aguankó, and proceeds help keep the festival free to the public. The 30th Michigan Jazz Festival will be held on Sunday, July 20, at the same location. The festival features over 40 Michigan-based musical groups across seven stages.
Internationally flavored Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet celebrate album release in Ann Arbor

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Duante Beddingfield

Moody. Earthy. Soulful. Passionate. The evolving, ever-shifting sounds of the Ann Arbor-based Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet have garnered recognition from Jazz Times magazine and earned them fans around the world as well as at home in metro Detroit.
Internationally flavored Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet celebrate album release in Ann Arbor

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Duante Beddingfield

Moody. Earthy. Soulful. Passionate. The evolving, ever-shifting sounds of the Ann Arbor-based Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet have garnered recognition from Jazz Times magazine and earned them fans around the world as well as at home in metro Detroit.
Janis Siegel, Grammy-winning Manhattan Transfer vocalist, singing in Ann Arbor this week

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Duante Beddingfield

Janis Siegel, a founding member of The Manhattan Transfer, will perform two sets at Ann Arbor's Blue Llama Jazz Club on Sunday, April 13. Siegel will collaborate with local musicians Ellen Rowe and Paul Keller for the first time. In addition to performing, Siegel teaches vocal harmony at NYU with Lauren Kinhan of the New York Voices. Jazz singer Janis Siegel’s voice is known around the world.
Detroit Opera's AI-centered 'Così fan tutte' a sloppy disappointment

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Duante Beddingfield

Over the last five years, Detroit Opera has forcefully reestablished itself as a lightning bolt of creativity, a tastemaker in the industry famed for respecting tradition while fearlessly forging new ground with unlimited imagination. Has that vision finally gone too far? On April 5, the company premiered artistic director Yuval Sharon’s new, tech-flavored take on chestnut “Cosi fan tutte,” an opera that probably shouldn’t even be performed anymore due to its rampant misogyny.
Shinola partners with rapper Big Sean to launch collection honoring hip-hop legend J Dilla

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Duante Beddingfield

Shinola, a Detroit-based luxury brand, is releasing limited-edition watches and a record bag honoring the late producer J Dilla. Dilla's daughters, Ja'Mya Yancey and TyMonae Whitlow, expressed their approval and honor regarding the collaboration. Shinola's Director of Brand & Partnerships, Phil Pirkovic, emphasized the organic nature of the partnership and shared excitement for the release. In the city of Detroit, it is now officially Dilla Time.
Grosse Pointe Shores' historic, scenic Ford House to host free Community Day this Saturday

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Duante Beddingfield

Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores will host a free Community Appreciation Day on April 5, offering free admission to the estate's grounds and a glimpse into the life of Edsel and Eleanor Ford. Visitors can explore the gardens, lakefront paths, and historic buildings, with an option to tour the main residence where the Ford family resided. The event aims to thank the community and fulfill Eleanor Ford's wish to share the estate's beauty and history with the public.

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