2008 Detroit Jazz Fest Line Up: A Love Supreme: The Philly/Detroit Summit
Carhartt Amphitheatre
SATURDAY AUG 30
Detroit Jazz Fest All-Star Youth Ensemble
1:15-2:00
Michigan State University Big Band Tribute to Thad Jones with Jon Faddis
2:30-3:30pm
Swiss Movement Revisited: Javon Jackson Band with Les McCann
4:45-6:00pm
Christian McBride Band
7:30-8:45pm
Latin Jazz All-Stars Tribute to Hilton Ruiz & Mario Rivera with Arturo O'Farrill, Pete Escovedo, Ray Vega, Steve Turre & Dave Valentin
9:15-10:45pm
FIREWORKS
SUNDAY AUG 31
Henry Ford Community College Big Band
12:30 -1:30pm
Wayne State University Big Band with Jimmy Heath
2:00-3:00pm
Ravi Coltrane's Tribute to Alice with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnnette, Geri Allen Brandee Younger
4:30-6:00pm
Kenny Garrett
7:15-8:30pm
Gerald Wilson Orchestra with Kenny Burrell vs Count Basie Orchestra with Nnenna Freelon
9:15-11:15pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Jazz Digs Labor with BillMeyer & Friends
12:00pm
DSO Civic Jazz Orchestra with Christian McBride
2:15-3:00pm
Temple University Jazz Band with Benny Golson
4:15-5:15pm
James Carter Septet
6:30-7:45pm
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band with Roberta Gambarini
8:45-10:15pm
Mack Ave. Records Pyramid Stage
SATURDAY AUG 30
Pat Prouty Quintet
12:30-1:30pm
Western Michigan University Jazz Ensemble
2:00-3:00pm
Ellen Rowe Quartet
3:30-4:30pm
Bonerama
5:00-6:15pm
3 - B3 Blow-out!!! Robin Eubanks+ EB3 with Orrin Evans & Kenwood Dennard
6:45 - 8:00pm
Godfathers of Groove: Reuben Wilson, Grant Green Jr., Bernard Purdie
8:30-10:00pm
FIREWORKS
SUNDAY AUG 31
Eastern Michigan Univ. Jazz Ensemble
12:45-1:45pm
Juilliard Jazz Quartet
2:15-3:15pm
Detroit Torino Project
3:45-5:00pm
Tribute to Donald Walden with Marion Hayden, Charles McPherson, Rick Roe, Diego Rivera & special friends
5:30-7:00pm
Gerald Cleaver's Detroit
7:30-8:45pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Johnny Allen Quartet
1:45-2:45pm
ICP Orchestra
3:15-4:45pm
Gerald Clayton Trio
5:15-6:30pm
Matt Wilson's “Arts & Crafts" with Terell Stafford, Gary Versace, Martin Wind
7:00-8:15pm
Absopure Waterfront Stage
SATURDAY AUG 30
Naima Shamborguer
12:00-1:00pm
Ted Nash Quartet: Mancini Project
1:30-2:45pm
Philly-Detroit Summit with Christian McBride, Karriem Riggins, Randy Brecker, Geri Allen, Perry Hughes, Bootsie Barnes
3:45-4:45pm
Sonny Fortune Quartet
6:15-7:45pm
FIREWORKS
SUNDAY AUG 31
Shahida Nurullah and Good Company
12:00-1:00pm
Leebop:Tribute to Lee Morgan with Dominick Farinacci, Jeremy Pelt, Brandon Lee
1:30-2:45pm
Pat Martino Quartet
3:15-4:30pm
Benny Golson Quartet
6:00-7:30pm
Roy Hargrove Quintet
8:00-9:15pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Charlie Gabriel's Fats Waller
1:00-2:15pm
Kenny Barron Trio
3:00-4:15pm
Barry Harris Trio with Rodney Whitaker and Lewis Nash
5:15-6:30pm
The Heath Bros. Quartet with Jimmy Heath, Jeb Patton, Tootie Heath, David Wong
7:30-8:45pm
Compuware Here & Now Stage
FRIDAY,AUG 29
University of Michigan (Flint) SteelHeads
6:00-7:00pm
SATURDAY AUG 30
Music Hall Discovery Series Winner
1:002-1:00pm
Central Michigan University Jazz Ensemble
1:30-2:30pm
Berklee College of Music Jazz Quartet
3:00-4:00pm
Esperanza Spalding
4:30-5:30pm
Sean Dobbins and the Modern Jazz Messengers
6:00-7:00pm
Stratospheerious
8:30-9:45pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
Oberlin Jazz Ensemble
12:00-1:00pm
Alma College Steel Ensemble
1:45-2:45pm
Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet (w Christian McBride)
3:30-4:30pm
Bugs Beddow Band
5:30-6:30pm
Hot Club of Detroit with special guest Kruno
7:15-8:30pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
University of Michigan Jazz Trombone Ensemble
1:00-2:00pm
DeSean Jones Quintet
2:30-3:30pm
Sachal Vasandani
4:00-5:15pm
Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey
5:45-7:00pm
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave.
7:30-8:45pm
Chase Main Stage
FRIDAY AUG 29
Dianne Reeves
7:00-8:15pm
Tribute to Marvin Gaye with Lalah Hathaway, Rahsaan Patterson, Jose James, Christian McBride, Motown All-Star Big Band
8:45-10:30pm
SATURDAY AUG 30
Mikhal Caldwell Project
1:30-2:30pm
Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance
3:15-4:30pm
Dee Dee Sharp
5:15-6:45pm
Mike Stern Band featuring Lincoln Goines, Lionel Cordew, Richie Morales
7:30-8:45pm
Lalah Hathaway
9:00-10:30pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
Larry Lee & Back in the Day
3:00-4:00pm
Spangler & O'Donnell Planet D Nonet
5:00-6:00pm
Stanley Jordan Trio
7:00-8:15pm
Brian Bromberg with Randy Brecker & Jeff Lorber
8:45-10pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Ron English and the Psalm 150 Ensemble
12:45-1:45pm
Second Ebenezer Majestic Voices
2:00-2:30pm
Dorinda Clark Cole
2:30-3:15pm
Calvin Cooke & Friends Sacred Steel
3:45-5:15pm
Derek Trucks Band
6:00-7:30pm
Alexander Zonjic's Philly-Detroit Smooth Connection with Maysa, Jeff Lorber, Doc Gibbs, Motor City Horns
8:15-9:45pm
JazzGardenStage
FRIDAY,AUG 29
Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts Jazz Ensemble
5:15-6:00pm
Renaissance High School Jazz Band
6:15-7:00pm
SATURDAY AUG 30
Troy Boulan Park Middle School Jazz Band
11:45-12:30pm
Utica Eppler Middle School Jazz Band
12:45-1:30pm
Fraser Middle School Jazz Band
2:30-3:15pm
Grand Rapids NorthviewHigh School Jazz Band
4:30-5:15pm
Mt. Pleasant High School Jazz Band
6:45-7:30pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
St. Clair Shores Kennedy Middle School Jazz Band
12-12:45pm
Lakeshore High School Jazz Band
1:00-1:45pm
Romulus High School Jazz Band
2:00-2:45pm
Grosse Pointe South High School Jazz Band
4:15-5:00pm
Northville High School Jazz Band
6:15-7:00pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Warren Mott High School Jazz Band
12:00-12:45pm
MIAJE Reading Band
5:15-6:00pm
MSBOA All-Star High School Jazz Band
7:30-8:15pm
Pepsi Jazz Talk Tent
SATURDAY AUG 30
Spiritual Side of Alice Coltrane with Franya Berkman
2:00-2:45pm
The B3 and the Blues with Bob Porter, Reuben Wilson, Grant Green Jr.
3:00-4:15pm
Now's the Time: The Hucklebuck 60 years later with Bob Porter, R.J. Spangler, Jim Gallert, George Benson
4:30-5:45pm
Trane's Freight: The Impact of John Coltrane with Ashley Kahn, Jimmy Heath, Chris Collins, David Adler, Kim Heron
6:15-7:30pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
The Music Continues with Randy Brecker and Lois Gilbert
1:00-1:45pm
Endless Wisdom: The Legacy of Alice Coltrane with Geri Allen, Franya Berkman, Sandy Stevenson-Krell
2:00-3:15pm
Meet the Artist:Kenny Burrell talks to Lars Bjorn
3:45-4:30pm
Meet the Artist: Jimmy Heath talks to Francis Davis
5:15-6:00pm
Meet the Artist: Pat Martino talks to Tony Mowod
6:15-7:00pm
Detroit-Philly Tenors: Charlie Gabriel/Bootsie Barnes
7:30-8:30pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Detroit Jazz Before Motown Lars Bjorn, Jim Gallert
1:30-2:15pm
What's Goin' On: Marvin Gaye and his Music with Susan Whitall, Christian McBride, Lem Barney
2:30-3:45pm
Birk's Works: Diz in Detroit and Elsewhere with Slide Hampton, James Moody, Dave Usher, John Lee
4-5:5:15pm
Meet the Artist: Benny Golson talks to Linda Yohn
6:00-6:45pm
Meet the Artist: Barry Harris talks to Christian McBride, Ed Love
7:15-8:00pm
Kid Bop Area
SATURDAY AUG 30
“Around the World in a Daze" with Rob McCabe
2:00-2:45pm
Snazzy Jazzy Tales with Ivory D
3:30-4:15pm
HANDS ON! with the Juilliard Jazz Quintet
4:30-5:15pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
“Around the World in a Daze" with Rob McCabe
2:00-2:45pm
Scat 101 with Jahra Michelle McKinney
3:00-3:40 pm
Scat With Me with Jahra Michelle McKinney
4:00-4:40pm
Snazzy Jazzy Tales with Ivory D
5:00-5:45pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
“Around the World in a Daze" with Rob McCabe
2:00-2:45pm
Scat 101 with Jahra Michelle McKinney
3:00-3:40pm
Scat with Me with Jahra Michelle McKinney
4:00-4:40pm
Snazzy Jazzy Tales with Ivory D
5:00-5:45pm
SATURDAY AUG 30
Detroit Jazz Fest All-Star Youth Ensemble
1:15-2:00
Michigan State University Big Band Tribute to Thad Jones with Jon Faddis
2:30-3:30pm
Swiss Movement Revisited: Javon Jackson Band with Les McCann
4:45-6:00pm
Christian McBride Band
7:30-8:45pm
Latin Jazz All-Stars Tribute to Hilton Ruiz & Mario Rivera with Arturo O'Farrill, Pete Escovedo, Ray Vega, Steve Turre & Dave Valentin
9:15-10:45pm
FIREWORKS
SUNDAY AUG 31
Henry Ford Community College Big Band
12:30 -1:30pm
Wayne State University Big Band with Jimmy Heath
2:00-3:00pm
Ravi Coltrane's Tribute to Alice with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnnette, Geri Allen Brandee Younger
4:30-6:00pm
Kenny Garrett
7:15-8:30pm
Gerald Wilson Orchestra with Kenny Burrell vs Count Basie Orchestra with Nnenna Freelon
9:15-11:15pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Jazz Digs Labor with BillMeyer & Friends
12:00pm
DSO Civic Jazz Orchestra with Christian McBride
2:15-3:00pm
Temple University Jazz Band with Benny Golson
4:15-5:15pm
James Carter Septet
6:30-7:45pm
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band with Roberta Gambarini
8:45-10:15pm
Mack Ave. Records Pyramid Stage
SATURDAY AUG 30
Pat Prouty Quintet
12:30-1:30pm
Western Michigan University Jazz Ensemble
2:00-3:00pm
Ellen Rowe Quartet
3:30-4:30pm
Bonerama
5:00-6:15pm
3 - B3 Blow-out!!! Robin Eubanks+ EB3 with Orrin Evans & Kenwood Dennard
6:45 - 8:00pm
Godfathers of Groove: Reuben Wilson, Grant Green Jr., Bernard Purdie
8:30-10:00pm
FIREWORKS
SUNDAY AUG 31
Eastern Michigan Univ. Jazz Ensemble
12:45-1:45pm
Juilliard Jazz Quartet
2:15-3:15pm
Detroit Torino Project
3:45-5:00pm
Tribute to Donald Walden with Marion Hayden, Charles McPherson, Rick Roe, Diego Rivera & special friends
5:30-7:00pm
Gerald Cleaver's Detroit
7:30-8:45pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Johnny Allen Quartet
1:45-2:45pm
ICP Orchestra
3:15-4:45pm
Gerald Clayton Trio
5:15-6:30pm
Matt Wilson's “Arts & Crafts" with Terell Stafford, Gary Versace, Martin Wind
7:00-8:15pm
Absopure Waterfront Stage
SATURDAY AUG 30
Naima Shamborguer
12:00-1:00pm
Ted Nash Quartet: Mancini Project
1:30-2:45pm
Philly-Detroit Summit with Christian McBride, Karriem Riggins, Randy Brecker, Geri Allen, Perry Hughes, Bootsie Barnes
3:45-4:45pm
Sonny Fortune Quartet
6:15-7:45pm
FIREWORKS
SUNDAY AUG 31
Shahida Nurullah and Good Company
12:00-1:00pm
Leebop:Tribute to Lee Morgan with Dominick Farinacci, Jeremy Pelt, Brandon Lee
1:30-2:45pm
Pat Martino Quartet
3:15-4:30pm
Benny Golson Quartet
6:00-7:30pm
Roy Hargrove Quintet
8:00-9:15pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Charlie Gabriel's Fats Waller
1:00-2:15pm
Kenny Barron Trio
3:00-4:15pm
Barry Harris Trio with Rodney Whitaker and Lewis Nash
5:15-6:30pm
The Heath Bros. Quartet with Jimmy Heath, Jeb Patton, Tootie Heath, David Wong
7:30-8:45pm
Compuware Here & Now Stage
FRIDAY,AUG 29
University of Michigan (Flint) SteelHeads
6:00-7:00pm
SATURDAY AUG 30
Music Hall Discovery Series Winner
1:002-1:00pm
Central Michigan University Jazz Ensemble
1:30-2:30pm
Berklee College of Music Jazz Quartet
3:00-4:00pm
Esperanza Spalding
4:30-5:30pm
Sean Dobbins and the Modern Jazz Messengers
6:00-7:00pm
Stratospheerious
8:30-9:45pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
Oberlin Jazz Ensemble
12:00-1:00pm
Alma College Steel Ensemble
1:45-2:45pm
Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet (w Christian McBride)
3:30-4:30pm
Bugs Beddow Band
5:30-6:30pm
Hot Club of Detroit with special guest Kruno
7:15-8:30pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
University of Michigan Jazz Trombone Ensemble
1:00-2:00pm
DeSean Jones Quintet
2:30-3:30pm
Sachal Vasandani
4:00-5:15pm
Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey
5:45-7:00pm
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave.
7:30-8:45pm
Chase Main Stage
FRIDAY AUG 29
Dianne Reeves
7:00-8:15pm
Tribute to Marvin Gaye with Lalah Hathaway, Rahsaan Patterson, Jose James, Christian McBride, Motown All-Star Big Band
8:45-10:30pm
SATURDAY AUG 30
Mikhal Caldwell Project
1:30-2:30pm
Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance
3:15-4:30pm
Dee Dee Sharp
5:15-6:45pm
Mike Stern Band featuring Lincoln Goines, Lionel Cordew, Richie Morales
7:30-8:45pm
Lalah Hathaway
9:00-10:30pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
Larry Lee & Back in the Day
3:00-4:00pm
Spangler & O'Donnell Planet D Nonet
5:00-6:00pm
Stanley Jordan Trio
7:00-8:15pm
Brian Bromberg with Randy Brecker & Jeff Lorber
8:45-10pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Ron English and the Psalm 150 Ensemble
12:45-1:45pm
Second Ebenezer Majestic Voices
2:00-2:30pm
Dorinda Clark Cole
2:30-3:15pm
Calvin Cooke & Friends Sacred Steel
3:45-5:15pm
Derek Trucks Band
6:00-7:30pm
Alexander Zonjic's Philly-Detroit Smooth Connection with Maysa, Jeff Lorber, Doc Gibbs, Motor City Horns
8:15-9:45pm
JazzGardenStage
FRIDAY,AUG 29
Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts Jazz Ensemble
5:15-6:00pm
Renaissance High School Jazz Band
6:15-7:00pm
SATURDAY AUG 30
Troy Boulan Park Middle School Jazz Band
11:45-12:30pm
Utica Eppler Middle School Jazz Band
12:45-1:30pm
Fraser Middle School Jazz Band
2:30-3:15pm
Grand Rapids NorthviewHigh School Jazz Band
4:30-5:15pm
Mt. Pleasant High School Jazz Band
6:45-7:30pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
St. Clair Shores Kennedy Middle School Jazz Band
12-12:45pm
Lakeshore High School Jazz Band
1:00-1:45pm
Romulus High School Jazz Band
2:00-2:45pm
Grosse Pointe South High School Jazz Band
4:15-5:00pm
Northville High School Jazz Band
6:15-7:00pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Warren Mott High School Jazz Band
12:00-12:45pm
MIAJE Reading Band
5:15-6:00pm
MSBOA All-Star High School Jazz Band
7:30-8:15pm
Pepsi Jazz Talk Tent
SATURDAY AUG 30
Spiritual Side of Alice Coltrane with Franya Berkman
2:00-2:45pm
The B3 and the Blues with Bob Porter, Reuben Wilson, Grant Green Jr.
3:00-4:15pm
Now's the Time: The Hucklebuck 60 years later with Bob Porter, R.J. Spangler, Jim Gallert, George Benson
4:30-5:45pm
Trane's Freight: The Impact of John Coltrane with Ashley Kahn, Jimmy Heath, Chris Collins, David Adler, Kim Heron
6:15-7:30pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
The Music Continues with Randy Brecker and Lois Gilbert
1:00-1:45pm
Endless Wisdom: The Legacy of Alice Coltrane with Geri Allen, Franya Berkman, Sandy Stevenson-Krell
2:00-3:15pm
Meet the Artist:Kenny Burrell talks to Lars Bjorn
3:45-4:30pm
Meet the Artist: Jimmy Heath talks to Francis Davis
5:15-6:00pm
Meet the Artist: Pat Martino talks to Tony Mowod
6:15-7:00pm
Detroit-Philly Tenors: Charlie Gabriel/Bootsie Barnes
7:30-8:30pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
Detroit Jazz Before Motown Lars Bjorn, Jim Gallert
1:30-2:15pm
What's Goin' On: Marvin Gaye and his Music with Susan Whitall, Christian McBride, Lem Barney
2:30-3:45pm
Birk's Works: Diz in Detroit and Elsewhere with Slide Hampton, James Moody, Dave Usher, John Lee
4-5:5:15pm
Meet the Artist: Benny Golson talks to Linda Yohn
6:00-6:45pm
Meet the Artist: Barry Harris talks to Christian McBride, Ed Love
7:15-8:00pm
Kid Bop Area
SATURDAY AUG 30
“Around the World in a Daze" with Rob McCabe
2:00-2:45pm
Snazzy Jazzy Tales with Ivory D
3:30-4:15pm
HANDS ON! with the Juilliard Jazz Quintet
4:30-5:15pm
SUNDAY AUG 31
“Around the World in a Daze" with Rob McCabe
2:00-2:45pm
Scat 101 with Jahra Michelle McKinney
3:00-3:40 pm
Scat With Me with Jahra Michelle McKinney
4:00-4:40pm
Snazzy Jazzy Tales with Ivory D
5:00-5:45pm
MONDAY SEPT 1
“Around the World in a Daze" with Rob McCabe
2:00-2:45pm
Scat 101 with Jahra Michelle McKinney
3:00-3:40pm
Scat with Me with Jahra Michelle McKinney
4:00-4:40pm
Snazzy Jazzy Tales with Ivory D
5:00-5:45pm
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