One Detroit contributor John Penney talks to Detroit Jazz Festival artist-in-residence Jason Moran. Acclaimed pianist and composer Jason Moran, the 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival artist-in-residence, held ...

With splendid weather and some operational changes, the 46th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival had both downtown and midtown bopping and grooving throughout Labor Day Weekend, with more than four dozen ...

“I know it’s jazz fest,” Detroit poet laureate Jessica Care Moore told the crowd at Hart Plaza on Friday night, Aug. 29, “but we’re doing something different.” No lie there. Moore’s remark came in the ...

The 46th Detroit Jazz Festival began Friday in Hart Plaza, drawing a large crowd. Performers included Dr. Valade's Brass Band, Keyon Harrold's Foreverland, and a collaborative set featuring Jason ...

I don’t envy the artistic director of the Detroit Jazz Festival Chris Collins one bit. Collins, a working jazz saxophonist and an educator, put together one of the most awe-inspiring Detroit jazz ...

A conversation with the head of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation and two of this year’s musician Over Labor Day weekend, the world’s largest free jazz festival will take place in downtown Detroit.