Round up a quartet of your own and head down to Hart Plaza and Campus Martius for the 38th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival over Labor Day weekend! The four-day, four-stage jazz fest kicks off on Sept. 1 with a jam sesh led by hometown saxophonist George Benson and sounds you’ll dig!
The chosen ones with chops:
Sept. 1
Wayne Shorter Quartet featuring Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade
Miles Mosley
Herbie Hancock
George (Sax) Benson Detroit Jam Session
Sept. 2
HUDSON Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski and John Scofield
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Theo Croker Quintet
Chucho Valdés Joe Lovano Quintet
Donny McCaslin
Sept. 3
Henry Butler & the Jambalaya Band
Cameron Graves
Benny Golson
Sean Jones Quintet
John Beasley: MONK’estra
Sept. 4
Vijay Iyer
Regina Carter: Simply Ella
Stanley Clarke
Perla, Adam Niewood, Adam Nussbaum
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet
Johnny O’Neal Trio
Nearest Parking Garages:
500 Woodward Ave - $10 (0.2 mi away)
160 E. Congress St. - $10 (0.2 mi away)
419 E. Fort St. - $10 (0.4 mi away)
1001 Brush St. - $10 (0.4 mi away)
231 Gratiot Ave. - $10 (0.5 mi away)
