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Detroit
Jazz
Festival
will be
streaming
live
across
North
America
this
Labor
Day
Weekend
DETROIT
– The
Detroit
Jazz
Festival,
the
world’s
largest
free
jazz
festival,
is now
offering
online
registration
for its
new
mobile
app that
will
live
stream
performances
from
downtown
Detroit
over the
four-day
festival
weekend
Sept. 2
– 5.
“Detroit
Jazz
Fest
LIVE!,”
will be
available
beginning
Aug. 10,
but fans
can
register
now at
www.detroitjazzfest.com/detroit-jazz-fest-live-streaming-app
and
receive
a
special
discount.
The
streaming
app was
made
possible
with the
help of
a
generous
donation
from the
Doris
Duke
Charitable
Foundation
(DDCF).
In
addition
to live
streaming
of
one-of-a-kind
performances
throughout
the
weekend,
the app
will
offer
instant
access
to the
complete
event
schedule,
festival
map,
artist
info and
additional
details
about
the
festival.
“Year
after
year, we
strive
to make
this
festival
a unique
and
unsurpassed
musical
experience,
creating
lasting
impressions
of the
eclectic
collection
of
performances
for jazz
fans of
all ages
and
interests,”
said
Chris
Collins,
president
and
artistic
director
of the
Festival.
“We’re
incredibly
excited
to
extend
the
festival
stage
experience
this
year
with
Detroit
Jazz
Fest
LIVE,
offering
jazz
fans
across
North
America
the
chance
to
musically
join us
here in
Detroit.”
The app,
available
for any
mobile
device,
tablet
or
desktop
computer,
will be
available
for $30
for full
weekend
access,
but the
festival
is
reducing
the cost
by 50
percent
through
Aug. 10.
You can
register
for the
app at
detroitjazzfest.com/detroit-jazz-fest-live-streaming-app.
Users
can
watch
performances
from all
four
stages,
with
more
than 15
performances
per day
and over
50
throughout
the
weekend.
This
year’s
Artist-in-Residence,
legendary
Detroit
bassist
Ron
Carter,
will
perform
four
times
throughout
the
weekend
–
including
nonet,
trio,
quartet
and big
band
sets –
in
addition
to
hundreds
of other
performers,
ranging
from
up-and-coming
artists,
to
well-respected
industry
veterans,
to
student
bands.
Part of
the
festival
focus is
on
performance
series’
including
the
Homecoming
Series
featuring
Detroit-focused
programming
and
artists
and two
new
series,
the “New
Voices”
series
and
“Legacy”
this
year
celebrating
the
artistry
of Kenn
Cox.
Homecoming
Series:
• Ron
Carter:
Nonet,
Ron
Carter
Quartet,
Ron
Carter
Trio and
Ron
Carter
Great
Big Band
•
Stanley
Cowell
Quintet
featuring
Billy
Harper
and
Charles
Tolliver
• The
Homecoming
Band:
Kirk
Lightsey/Louis
Hayes
Trio
•
PUBLIQuartet
•
Charlie
Gabriel
Quartet
• David
McMurray
Trio/Detroit
3
Mentor
Disciple
Series:
• Randy
Weston’s
African
Rhythms
& the
Wayne
State
University
Big Band
– 90th
birthday
celebration!!!
• Robert
Hurst:
Celebrating
David
Baker
and Jazz
Education
•
Gregoire
Maret &
Inner
Voices
with
Special
Guest,
Jean
Baylor
Legacy
Series:
• Kenn
Cox
Reunion
Celebration
• David
Weiss
and
Point of
Departure
Celebrate
the
Music of
Kenn Cox
and
Charles
Moore
•
Detroit
Jazz
Festival’s
Rising
Stars
Alumni
Band
New
Voices
Series:
• Daniel
Meinecke
Big Band
•
Michael
Malis
Trio
Other
2016
performers:
• George
Benson
•
Scofield
Mehldau
Guiliana
• Roy
Hargrove
Quintet
with
Strings
• The RH
Factor
• Freddy
Cole and
the
Detroit
Jazz
Festival
String
Orchestra
- The
Cole
Family
Legacy -
Remembering
Nat and
Natalie
•
Cyrille
Aimée
• Omar
Sosa
Quarteto
AfroCubano
• Terri
Lyne
Carrington’s
Mosaic
Project
• Chris
Potter
Underground
Orchestra
• Ms.
Lisa
Fischer
& Grand
Baton
• Jason
Moran
and the
Bandwagon
•
Roberta
Gambarini
and
Jimmy
Heath –
Celebrating
Jimmy
Heath’s
90th
• Marcus
Roberts
and the
Modern
Jazz
Generation
•
Luciana
Souza:
“Speaking
in
Tongues”
•
Alfredo
Rodríguez
Trio
• Harold
López-Nussa
Trio
• The
Soul
Rebels
• John
Abercrombie
Organ
Trio
•
Vanguard
Jazz
Orchestra:
Established
by Thad
Jones &
Mel
Lewis
Celebrate
50 years
at the
Village
Vanguard
•
Charenée
Wade
• Herlin
Riley
Quintet
• United
States
Air
Force
Airmen
of Note
The
Detroit
Jazz
Festival
Foundation
was
granted
this
support
through
the DDCF
Leadership
Grants
Program
for
Jazz,
designed
to
support
the
long-term
value of
jazz
festivals
throughout
the
U.S.,
and
promote
the
artistic
viability
of jazz
artists
and
their
presenters.
Other
grantees
in 2016
include
the City
Parks
Foundation,
the Jazz
Institute
of
Chicago,
the
Monterey
Jazz
Festival
and the
Newport
Festivals
Foundation.
About
the
Doris
Duke
Charitable
Foundation
The
mission
of the
Doris
Duke
Charitable
Foundation
(DDCF)
is to
improve
the
quality
of
people's
lives
through
grants
supporting
the
performing
arts,
environmental
conservation,
medical
research
and
child
well-being,
and
through
preservation
of the
cultural
and
environmental
legacy
of Doris
Duke's
properties.
The Arts
Program
of DDCF
focuses
its
support
on
contemporary
dance,
jazz and
theater
artists,
and the
organizations
that
nurture,
present
and
produce
them.
For more
information,
please
visit
www.ddcf.org.
About
the
Detroit
Jazz
Festival
The
Detroit
Jazz
Festival
is an
independent,
non-profit
organization
that
presents
jazz and
educational
workshops
throughout
the
year.
The
Detroit
Jazz
Festival
is the
largest
free
jazz
festival
in the
world
and a
major
tourist
attraction
for the
City of
Detroit,
with 23
percent
of its
audience
coming
from out
of
state.
The
Festival
receives
grant
funding
from the
Kresge
Foundation,
National
Endowment
for the
Arts,
Michigan
Council
for Arts
and
Cultural
Affairs,
Erb
Family
Foundation,
Arts
Midwest
Touring
Fund,
Carolyn
P. Wanzo
and the
Detroit
Public
Schools
Foundation.
Hundreds
of
individual
donors
also
contribute
to the
Festival
through
membership
and
donations.
Major
corporate
partners
include
JPMorgan
Chase &
Co.,
Quicken
Loans,
DTE
Energy
Foundation,
Carhartt,
Ford
Motor
Company,
Greektown
Casino-Hotel,
Absopure,
Mack
Avenue
Records
and
Comcast.
Additional
partners
include
AMTECH
International,
Central
Michigan
University,
Cliff
Bell’s,
Detroit
Marriott
at the
Renaissance
Center,
Detroit
300
Conservancy,
Dirty
Dog Jazz
Cafe,
Fathead,
Great
Lakes
Beverage,
Merrill
Lynch,
MGM
Grand
Detroit,
Opportunity
Detroit,
Pepsi,
Plante
Moran,
PNC
Bank,
St. John
Providence,
Wayne
State
University,
Whole
Foods
Market
and
Woodward
Gallery.
Media
partners
include
Fox 2,
WJR,
WDET-FM,
WEMU-FM,
WRCJ-FM,
DownBeat,
JazzTimes
and
MetroTimes.
The
Greening
of the
Detroit
Jazz
Festival
is
supported
by a
generous
grant
from the
DTE
Energy
Foundation.
For more
information,
visit
www.detroitjazzfest.com.
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