Detroit International Jazz Fest (Sept 1-4)

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Detroit Jazz Festival
Friday, Sept. 1
CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
6 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans
7 p.m.: The Funk Brothers
8:45 p.m.: The Temptations Revue starring Dennis Edwards
SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
1 p.m.: Nathaniel Mayer
2:30 p.m.: John Brannen
4:15 p.m.: CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
Saturday, Sept. 2
AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
12:15 p.m.: Steelheads
2:15 p.m.: Shahida Nurullah
4:30 p.m.: Brasil Brazil featuring Ana Gazzola & Sonia Santos
6:45 p.m.: Oscar Castro-Neves
9 p.m.: DJF Fireworks Display
9:30 p.m.: Sergio Mendes Brasil 2006 w/ special guests
PYRAMID STAGE
1:15 Ernie Rodgers & Rapa House Too
2:45 Jim Dapogny
4:30 Regal Brass Band of New Orleans
6:45 Charlie Gabriel's New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band
9:45 Buckwheat Zydeco
WATERFRONT STAGE
1:15 p.m.: Urban Transport
3:15 p.m.: Lewis Nash Quartet Tribute to Tommy Flanagan featuring Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Renee Rosnes and Steve Nelson
5:45 p.m.: "Papa" Lou Donaldson w/ Dr. Lonnie Smith
8 p.m.: Gerald Wilson Big Band
MUSIC HALL JAM ACADEMY STAGE
Noon: IAJE Reading Band
2:15 p.m.: Kennedy M.S. Jazz Ensemble
3:15 p.m.: Vincent York's Jazzistry
4:45 p.m.: Scholastic
6:00 p.m.: Scholastic
6:45 p.m.: Jazz Clinic
SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
1 p.m.: Root Doctor
3:30 p.m.: James Cotton Blues Band
6:15 p.m.: Taj Mahal
CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
Noon: Spyder Turner
2:15 p.m.: Joyce Cooling Band
5 p.m.: Hiram Bullock with Will Lee
7:45 p.m.: Rachelle Farrell
9:45 p.m.: Kirk Lightsey's Detroit Four + One featuring Kirk Lightsey, Bennie Maupin,
George Bohanon, Burt Myrick and Cecil McBee
Sunday, Sept. 3
AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
12:15 p.m.: Paul Keller Ensemble
2:15 p.m.: Donald Walden & Free Radicals
4:30 p.m.: Sean Jones
6:45 p.m.: Moutin Reunion Band
9:30 p.m.: Ahmad Jamal
PYRAMID STAGE
12:30 p.m.: Tumbao Bravo
2:15 p.m.: Terry Lower Sextet
4:30 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans
6:45 p.m.: Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
9:30 p.m.: Marcia Ball
WATERFRONT STAGE
1:15 p.m.: Sheila Landis & Brazilian Love Affair
3:15 p.m.: Ilona Knopfler
5:45 p.m.: Organissimo
8 p.m.: Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth with Will Lee
MUSIC HALL JAM ACADEMY STAGE
Noon: Troy High School Jazz Ensemble
2:15 p.m.: Northview High School Jazz Ensemble
3:15 p.m.: Vincent York's Jazzistry
4:45 p.m.: Ferndale High School Jazz Ensemble
6 p.m.: Lakeshore High School Jazz Ensemble
6:45 p.m.: Jazz Clinic
SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
12:15 p.m.: Orquesta Sensacional
2:15 p.m.: Steelheads with Andy Narell
4:45 p.m.: Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
7:15 p.m.: Richie Havens
CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
1:15 p.m.: Sun Messengers with Thornetta Davis
3:30 p.m.: Catherine "Cat" Russell
6 p.m.: The Holmes Brothers
8:45 p.m.: Joan Osborne
Monday, Sept. 4
AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
10 a.m.: 3-Band Gospel Extravaganza
2:00 p.m.: Ed Nuccilli & Plural Circle
4:15 p.m.: Joe Locke & Milt Jackson Tribute with Joe Locke, Mike LeDonne, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker
6 p.m.: Detroit Jazz All-Stars with Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, Charles McPherson and Barry Harris
9 p.m.: Diane Schuur & the Wayne State University Jazz Big Band
PYRAMID STAGE
Noon: Johnny O'Neal
2 p.m.: Buddy Budson Sextet
4:15 p.m.: Terrence Simien & Zydeco Experience
6:15 p.m.: Donald Harrison Quintet with Christian Scott
8:15 p.m.: Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet
WATERFRONT STAGE
1 p.m.: Gerard Gibbs & Re'Organyz
3:15 p.m.: The Hot Club of Detroit
5 p.m.: Clayton Brothers Quintet w/ Terrell Stafford
7:30 p.m.: Ed Palermo Tribute to Frank Zappa with Napoleon Murphy Brock
MUSIC HALL JAM ACADEMY STAGE
Noon: Northville Band Club
2:15 p.m.: Henry Ford Community College
3:15 p.m.: Vincent York's Jazzistry
4:45 p.m.: Eaton Rapids High School
6 p.m.: Scholastic
6:45 p.m.: Jazz Clinic
SPIRIT OF DETROIT STAGE
Noon: RJ'S Rhythm Rockers Joe Weaver Tribute
2 p.m.: Lyman Woodard
4 p.m.: Mose Allison
6:45 p.m.: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
CAMPUS MARTIUS STAGE
1 p.m.: John Sinclair & Motor City Blues Scholars
3 p.m.: Bon Temps Roullez
5:30 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans
8 p.m.: Dr. John & The Lower 911

I saw Buckwheat Zydeco this year in GR on Fat Tuesday, he puts on a great show.

has anyone gone in recent years? i'm really looking forward to checking it out this Labor Day weekend.

I've gone a few times -- probably once every other year or so on average -- and will try to make it again for a day. Part of me wishes I had the time (and Detroit had the perfect weather) to attend this and DEMF every year. One thing I'd recommend is to check out the kid's acts as well. Some of them are quite entertaining.

this weekend.....anyone going?

went to the Jazzfest last night and had lots of fun. FANTASTIC music. we listened to Rachelle Farrell in the beginning and her voice was unreal. her range was crazy and her on stage performance was real fun. we listened a little to a group called Serio Mendes Brasil 2006, but i didn't really care for it. fun music, but not really the jazz music i came for. the last group was an instrumental jaz group called Kirk Lightsey's Detroit Four. music was very nice. the crowd was thinning out, since it was towards the end, so we got to sit pretty close and listen. actually, the crowds weren't too heavy probably due to the weather, so we were always real close to the stage (4 stage with constant music, btw)

the food was really great. the ticket system sucks ($20 for 36 tickets). i ate a ton: fried catfish, chicken wings, a huge spicy sausage w/ peppers, ribs, and a funnel cake. there were tons of restaurants represented, too many to list.

there was a fireworks show on the river at around 10pm (30 min postponed probably due to weather). it was, well, a fireworks show. really long.....one of those "should have been about a third shorter" because people started to lose interest.

we parked at the Compuware building for $10 (can be validated at Hard Rock cafe or some other place, i forget). it was pretty cool, because it was literally around the corner from the Jazzfest.

the weather was cloudy and a bit cold, but definitely worth it. it's running until Monday, so if you have time, check it out. great food and great music.

Between a relative hospitalized in Alpena and the energetic disassembly of my car's bellypan, my Laborious Day weekend took me far away from Detroit and any chance of making this. <sigh>