Jazzed Up: Detroit Jazz Festival has earned its bragging rights

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Danilo PĂ©rez is the 2013 Festival headliner

 

by Sharon Banks

Jazz can never be put in a box. It cannot be classified as one musical genre, style or artist.

It takes its rightful place in modern music traditions and legacies. As eclectic as it is electric, jazz is resilient and proudly confident wherever it is played. The Detroit Jazz Festival is Detroit and has been for 34 years, never missing a beat.

When the Detroit Jazz Festival descends on Detroit, it does not come quietly.

With more than 250,000 enthusiastic fans, the free outdoor music festival attracts some the top names in jazz from around the world and the city. Detroit’s music legacy and traditions have earned it bragging rights as an uncompromised jazz hub.

A pivotal agent in the molding of America’s jazz sounds, the city has long been an urban incubator for all genres of jazz. Its native sons and daughters stand tall among jazz greats. Detroit and jazz are connected.

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