Detroit Jazz Festival Presents: Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2026-09-20 | Detroit Jazz Festival Presents: Jazz From The Cellar
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-10-18 | TONIGHT (and a correction!): Friday programming will be Jazz After Hours, a set from the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University, featuring bassist Ralphe Armstrong and sax man Nate Topolewski, along with some special guests. Check it out at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org. (This corrects a deleted earlier posting with incorrect information.)
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-10-11 | TONIGHT: It's Jazz After Hours, another set recorded in January at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. This one features 16-year-old wunderkind Jacob Hart on piano and John Douglas on trumpet, sitting in with Ian Finkelstein, Ray Parker and Louis Jones III. It all starts at 9 pm ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
After Hours Jazz Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-10-04 | TONIGHT: Flash back to a cold night in January, when we recorded a hot Jazz After Hours set at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University with a house band of Ian Finkelstein on keys, Ray Parker on bass, and Louis Jones III at the kit. They'll be joined by Stephen Grady and Jake Shadick, both on 🎷. This will be a good one, a #nextgendetjazz ensemble, supported by Carolyn Patrick-Wanzo and friends. Starts at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-09-27 | TONIGHT: It's Jazz After Hours, a set recorded this summer at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. The house band this week features Nate Winn, Scott Gwinnell, and Noah Jackson. Our guest artists are Gayelynn McKinney and Cyrus Keshtkar. This is a Next Generation performance, sponsored by Carolyn Patrick-Wanzo and friends, and you can catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, on YouTube or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org. See you there!
After Hours Jazz Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-09-20 | Join us this Friday for a special "After Hours Jazz" set with our house band and featuring (Kavon Williams, and Alex Colista) recorded Live on July 14th 2025 at the Gretchen C Valade Center for Jazz @ Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.The performance starts at 9PM EST and you can watch it at our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org or one of our social channels on Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube. #DetroitJazzFest
After Hours Jazz Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-09-13 | TONIGHT: Friday-night programming is BACK, with a set recorded earlier this summer. Sonder, winners of the 2025 Collegiate Combo Competition presented by Central Michigan University at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe. You can catch this quintet from the Manhattan School of Music at 9 p.m. ET here on Facebook Live, on YouTube or at our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-08-16 | TONIGHT: It's Jazz After Hours, with a set recorded earlier this summer at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. A house band of Matthew Balos (piano), Brynn Hilliker (bass) and Samuel Melkonian (drums) performs with guest artists Josie Ala (trumpet) and Erinn Alexis (sax). Check it out at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-08-09 | TONIGHT: It's Jazz From the Cellar with a very special ensemble -- the J.C. Heard JazzWeek@Wayne All-Stars, recorded last month at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. Check out these high-school phenoms at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-07-26 | TONIGHT: On Jazz From the Cellar, a set recorded last month at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University: The Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet. This ensemble features Dave Sharp on bass, Henrik Karapetyan on violin, Igor Houwat on oud and Mike List, drums. ➡️ Check it out at 9 p.m. on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-07-19 | TONIGHT: It's Jazz After Hours, recorded in June at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. A house band of Nate Winn, Chris Collins, Noah Jackson and Scott Gwinnell will be joined by Brendon Davis and Rafael Leafar. Everything starts at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-07-12 | TONIGHT: Recorded earlier this summer at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University, it's Jazz From the Cellar! Tonight you'll hear a set from pianist William Hill III and friends. It all starts at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-06-28 | TONIGHT: It's Jazz After Hours, recorded earlier at one of our bimonthly FREE tapings at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. This week, you can hear drummer Caleb Robinson and saxophonist James Hughes playing with the house band of Chris Collins, Jeff Pedraz, Aya Sekine and Louis Jones III. Catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours: Joan Belgrave and The Detroit Sound Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-06-21 | Tune in this Friday, June 20th for Joan Belgrave and The Detroit Sound. Recorded at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. Please stop by at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-06-14 | TONIGHT: The Detroit Jazz Festival All-Star Generations Band is in the house for Jazz From the Cellar, recorded at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. Following a spring tour of Japan, it features Allen Dennard, Kasan Belgrave, Rocco Popielarski, Louis Jones III, and Tom Bartelmay. Please stop by at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-06-07 | TONIGHT: The Detroit Jazz Festival All-Star Generations Band is in the house for Jazz From the Cellar, recorded at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. This group toured Japan and features Allen Dennard, Kasan Belgrave, Rocco Popielarski, Louis Jones III, and Tom Bartelmay. Stop by at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-05-31 | TONIGHT: Jazz After Hours returns with another set recorded at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. This one features DJF president / artistic director Chris Collins, Jordan Anderson, Sean Perlmutter, and Jonathon Muir-Cotton in the house band, with Dominic Bierenga and Trunino Lowe stopping by to jam. As always, come through at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-05-24 | TONIGHT! It's Jazz From The Cellar, with Jacob Hart at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. Catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-05-17 | TONIGHT! It's Jazz After Hours, with bassist Ralphe Armstrong and saxman Nate Topolewski joining the house band -- Chris Collins, Jonathon Muir-Cotton, Jordan Anderson, and Sean Perlmutter -- at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. Catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-05-10 | Join us on Friday, May 9th at 9 PM Eastern for a special Jazz From The Cellar evening event featuring Dr. Prof. Leonard King’s Proportioned Orchestra. Recorded at the Gretchen C Valade Center for Jazz @ Wayne State University.Streaming starts at 9 PM sharp and you can find the broadcast on our YouTube Channe, Facebook, Twitch and our website live.detroitjazzfest.org
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-05-03 | Join us this this Friday, May 2nd for a special Jazz After Hours with James Hughes and Caleb RobinsonStreaming starts at 9PM Eastern and can be viewed on our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Twitch and our website live.detroitjazzfest.org
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-04-26 | Jazz From the Cellar returns with a set recorded last month at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. It's drummer Tariq Gardner and Evening Star, with Coleman Ward on vocals, Caelin Amin on bass, and @LeRoy Mickens at the piano. Catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org
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Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-04-12 | TONIGHT: On Jazz From the Cellar, enjoy this great, fun set recorded in March at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. It's Dr. Professor Leonard King's Proportioned Orchestra – with King on drums, Eli Bucheit at the piano, and four double bassists – Kenji Lee, Sam Copperman, Samuel Chase Harris and Rocco Popielarski – in between. It all happens at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-04-05 | TONIGHT: It's Jazz After Hours with a set recorded at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University, featuring Caleb Robinson and Louis Jones III on drums, James Hughes and Chris Collins on sax, Aya Sekine at the piano, and Jeff Pedraz on bass. You can catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar: Featuring The Jauron Perry Quintet Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-03-29 | Due to a technical issue last week, we are pleased to present Jazz From the Cellar, which features a set captured at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University on February 25th, 2025. The Jauron Perry Quintet won last summer's Collegiate Combo Competition presented by Central Michigan University. They are coming into their own with a new album, recorded live at last year's festival. You can hear them on Friday, March 28th, at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, Twitch, and or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-03-22 | TONIGHT: Jazz From the Cellar features a set captured at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University earlier this month. The Jauron Perry Quintet were winners of last summer's Collegiate Combo Competition presented by Central Michigan University, and are really coming into their own with a new album, recorded live at last year's festival. You can hear them at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-03-15 | TONIGHT: Our Friday Jazz After Hours show features the first set recorded earlier this week at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. This one featured Michael Abbo and Vincent Chandler in front of a multi-generational house band of Aya Sekine, Jeff Pedraz and Louis Jones III. Everything starts at 9 pm ET on Facebook Live, YouTube and/or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-03-08 | TONIGHT: Join us for a Jazz From the Cellar set recorded earlier at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. We'll revisit the Eric Nachtrab Quartet -- Eric on bass; Tim Haldeman, tenor sax; James Hughes, tenor and soprano sax; and Sean Perlmutter, on drums. It all starts at 9 p.m. ET here on Facebook Live, on YouTube, or at our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz Chat Live w/ Cameron Graves Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-03-01 | TONIGHT: Rewind with us and catch up with 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival artist and keyboard master Cameron Graves. We'll be replaying our JazzChat LIVE between DJF president / artistic director Chris Collins and the Planetary Prince, starting at 9 p.m. ET. No registration necessary -- just show up on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org. Hope to see you there!@camonpiano #jazz #detroit #jazzchatlive
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-02-23 | Join us this evening for our Detroit Jazz Fest Jazz After Hours set from the Grechen C Valade Center for Jazz @ Wayne State University. Tonight's performance was recorded on February 10th, 2025, and features Chris Collins - tenor saxophone, Aya Sekine - piano Jeff Pedraz - bass Louis Jones III - drums, with special guests: Travis Aukerman - drums and Kris Johnson - trumpet.You can catch this stream on Facebook, Youtube, Twitch, and our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-02-15 | We'll feature our house band tonight, with Leonard King and Kenji Lee guesting on drums and sax. It all starts at 9 p.m. ET, with support for the Next Generation of Detroit Jazz from Carolyn Patrick-Wanzo. Come through!
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz From the Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-02-08 | TONIGHT: Check out Jazz From the Cellar, when we'll be rewinding the recording made at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University earlier this month, featuring the Kasan Belgrave Quintet. Playing that night were Michael Abbo (trombone), Louis Jones III (drums), Allen Dennard (trumpet), Jonathon Muir-Cotton (bass) and Jordan Anderson (piano) and Kasan on saxophone and flute. Catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org.
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz From The Cellar Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-02-01 | TONIGHT: Jazz From the Cellar brings you one of the sets taped at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University earlier this week. You can watch and hear the Russ Macklem Quintet at 9 p.m. Friday, January 31 on Facebook Live, YouTube or at our website, detroitjazzfest.org. Hope you can join us!
Detroit Jazz Fest - Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-01-25 | FRIDAY! It’s another Jazz After Hours set from the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. We recorded this show, supported by Carolyn Patrick-Wanzo and friends, earlier in the month, and it features some exciting players from Detroit’s Next Generation of Jazz, including Jacob Hart on piano and John Douglas on trumpet. You can catch it January 24 at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-01-18 | Join us this evening for our Jazz After Hours performance of the House Band featuring (Ray Parker on bass, Louis Jones III on drums, Chris on tenor sax, with special guests Ian Finkelstein, piano Stephen Grady Jr., tenor Jake Shadik, alto sax.)Recorded live from the Gretchen C Valade Center for Jazz at Wayne State University on Monday, January 13th, 5:00 PM EST.Streaming at 9 PM EST on Friday, January 17th, 2025, on Youtube, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, and our website live.detroitjazzfest.org
Detroit Jazz Fest - Rewind Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-01-11 | Join us tonight for an encore presentation of the Tom Bartelmay Quartet from the 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival. Performed initially live on the Absopure Waterfront Stage: Sept. 4, Sunday, at 2 PM EST.Check it out at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org!
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2025-01-04 | TONIGHT: Catch the first Jazz After Hours in 2025, when we'll revisit the Detroit Jazz Festival set by the winners of our Collegiate Combo Competition presented by Central Michigan University, the Jauron Perry Quintet. Check it out at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, or on our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org!
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz Chat Live - Brian Blade Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-12-21 | Tune in this evening for an encore broadcast of Chris Collins, DJF president/artistic director, having a special chat with Brian Blade for JazzChat LIVE tonight (Original Zoom Chat Wednesday, Dec 18th). Blade, percussionist and the 2024 DJF Arist-in-Residence will discuss his experience at last summer's festival. You can find the stream on our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org, Twitch, YouTube, and Instagram tonight at 9 PM Eastern.#Jazz
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz Chat Live - Brian Blade Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-12-21 | Tune in this evening for an encore broadcast of Chris Collins, DJF president/artistic director, having a special chat with Brian Blade for JazzChat LIVE tonight (Original Zoom Chat Wednesday, Dec 18th). Blade, percussionist and the 2024 DJF Arist-in-Residence will discuss his experience at last summer's festival. You can find the stream on our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org, Twitch, YouTube, and Instagram tonight at 9 PM Eastern.#Jazz
The Detroit Jazz Festival All-Stars Celebrate The Music of Dave Brubeck Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-12-14 | TONIGHT! 🕘 Catch a replay of last month's Dave Brubeck celebration 🎹 at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe on Jazz After Hours. We'll be kicking it off at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or on our website, detroitjazzfest.org. Hope to see you there!
Detroit Jazz Fest: Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-12-07 | Join us for Jazz After Hours, the Next Generation Edition, a set we recorded in November at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. The band includes DJF president / artistic director Chris Collins on tenor sax, Cliff Monear on piano, Trevor Lamb on bass, Louis Jones III, on drums, Allen Dennard, on trumpet, and Joshua Gaudin, on alto sax.This set also included a jam with some Wayne State students, including Hanna Kharchenko bass; Bre Vendittelli, guitar; Brad Fritcher, trumpet; Colin Gronert, tenor saxophone; Ben Dannug, piano; and Noah Koslen, drums.All this great music starts at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, or at our website, live.detroitjazzfest.org.
JAZZ FROM THE CELLAR Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-12-05 | The Detroit Jazz Festival proudly Presents: Jazz from the Cellar, This week we present: THE SEAN DOBBINS ENSEMBLE: A CALL TO ACTION!JAZZ AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTDuring the Civil Rights era musicians such as Max Roach,Abby Lincoln, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and more composed pieces that depicted the history of African Americans in the United States and simultaneously demanded a call to action for equal rights and opportunities. Professor Sean Dobbins Ensemble will present these works, focusing on the importance of these compositions and their cultural impact.visit us online at www.detroitjazzfest.org or live.detroitjazzfest.org
Detroit Jazz Festival proudly presents: Jazz from the Cellar, (AK) Squared! Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-12-05 | The Detroit Jazz Festival proudly Presents: Jazz from the Cellar, This week we present: Join us LIVE on @wdet, our website, @YouTube or Facebook LIVE for this #freejazz event. Presenting a previously recorded performance from the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation's 2020 Collegiate Combo Competition winner, (AK) Squared.Featuring:Albert Kuo - Alto SaxophoneCaelan Cardello - PianoJesse Lear - Double BassAustin Klewan - Tenor SaxophoneTyler Santee - Drumsvisit us online at www.detroitjazzfest.org or live.detroitjazzfest.org
Detroit Jazz Festival proudly Presents: Jazz from the Cellar, Cliff Monear Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-12-05 | The Detroit Jazz Festival proudly Presents: Jazz from the Cellar, This week we present: CLIFF MONEARFew pianists possess the craftsmanship, artistry, historic knowledge and intuitive leadership qualities on par with Cliff Monear. On this episode of Jazz From the Cellar, Cliff’s classic piano trio will present new versions of jazz standards and original music with a degree of communicative spontaneity that is rarely heard.visit us online at www.detroitjazzfest.org or live.detroitjazzfest.org
Detroit Jazz Fest - Jazz After Hours Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-11-30 | We are so excited for our return to weekly streaming. We invite you to join us tonight at 9 PM Eastern for the first of two sets recorded earlier this month. This was recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. These sets showcase some exciting young players in the Next Generation of Detroit Jazz, including Louis Jones III, Trevor Lamb, and Tom Bartelmay, supported by DJF president / artistic director Chris Collins, Cliff Monear, and Wendell Harrison. Again, you can catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, our YouTube channel, live.detroitjazzfest.org, Twitch, and our Instagram account.
Dee Dee Bridgewater Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-08-30 | Dee Dee Bridgewater talks about "Dee Dee Bridgewater's," the intimate venue within the newly remodeled Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. #deedeebridgewater #jazz #detroit #waynestate
Kasan Belgrave Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-08-30 | Saxophonist Kasan Belgrave talks about the support he received from the Detroit Jazz Festival as he grew up, as well as his upcoming set at the 2024 DJF.
Brian Blade Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-08-30 | Drummer Brian Blade talks about his upcoming performances as Artist-in-Residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival. #detroit #jazz #brianblade #detroitjazzfestival
Brandon Waddles3 SD 480p Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-08-20 | Brandon Waddles will be the conductor for a very special Detroit Jazz Festival performance: On Friday, August 30, Brandon will take the Carhartt Amphitheater Stage at 7 p.m. ET with Ravi Coltrane, Brandee Younger, Reggie Workman and the Detroit Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra, to perform "Translinear Light," the first event in "The Year of Alice," honoring Alice Coltrane. Brandon, son of Detroit pianist Alvin Waddles, serves as director of choral activities at Wayne State University Department of Music and artistic director of the Rackham Choir. This won't be one to miss. If you can't be there, watch the livestream, presented by AARP! #jazz #detroit #alicecoltrane #theyearofalice #music
Carmen Lundy Detroit Jazz Festival 2024-08-19 | Carmen Lundy is a fantastic vocalist and an adventurous visual artist as well. You can see her perform at this year's festival, where she'll be on the Absopure Waterfront Stage Sunday evening at 8 p.m. Or watch her on the festival livestream, presented by AARP at detroitjazzfest.org! #jazz #detroit #musician #artist
