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Discover the rich history of the Detroit Jazz Festival, from its founding in 1980 to its status as a global jazz landmark. Explore key milestones, notable performances, and the festival's impact on Detroit's cultural scene.
This decade is perhaps the heyday of jazz in Cincinnati, with both a thriving scene of local musicians, especially The Modern Jazz Disciples, and of venues that presented all the major stars of the day.
25 lip 2017 · The Cincinnati Music Festival is the type of annual event seemingly built to last forever. But that doesn’t mean it can outlast change. Beginning in 1962 as a jazz concert, the festival evolved...
26 lut 2006 · By the 1930s, crowds shimmied and shook at the Cotton Club on Mound Street. Cincinnati was fertile ground for some of the biggest jazz talent in the country. Today that legacy is endangered. The days of streets lined with jazz clubs are long gone and players must leave town to find work.
21 lip 2022 · The Cincinnati Music Festival, 60 years old this year, has evolved as much as the music scene has over the decades. It began in 1962 as the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival, founded by George...
The Detroit Jazz Festival is a free jazz festival held every year during Labor Day Weekend at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius Park in Detroit, Michigan. The festival began in 1980. [1] . Until 2000, it was known as the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival. [1] .
2 lip 2024 · For over 40 years, the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation has celebrated Detroit’s rich history of jazz music by providing year-round concerts and educational programming, and of course, organizing the world’s largest free Jazz festival, featuring world-class talent, over Labor Day weekend.
