I DIG JAZZ

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Monday, March 9, 2026

THE DETROIT JAZZ PRESERVATION CONCERT SERIES FINALLY CELEBRATES ITS FOUNDER, TROMBONIST VINCENT CHANDLER

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Trombonist Vincent Chandler After three years of outstanding programming, Trombonist Vincent Chandler, the founder of the Detroit Jazz Prese...
Monday, February 16, 2026

TERENCE BLANCHARD AND RAVI COLTRANE CELEBRATE MILE DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE’S CENTENNIAL AT THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERT SERIES

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  Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane On Sunday afternoon at Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus, a terrific concert commem...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WITH WYNTON MARSALIS PERFORMS ‘DUKE IN AFRICA’ AT THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERT SERIES

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  Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis What makes the annual Jazz at Lincoln Center concert with Wynton Marsalis, presented by the University Music Soc...
Monday, February 2, 2026

SAXOPHONIST MARCUS ELLIOT KILLS AT THE DETROIT JAZZ PRESERVATION CONCERT SERIES

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Saxophonist Marcus Elliot I was surprised when trombonist Vincent Chandler, founder of the Detroit Jazz Preservation Concert Series, announc...
Monday, December 15, 2025

THE DETROIT JAZZ PRESERVATION CONCERT SERIES CELEBRATES THE MUSIC OF THE LATE PIANIST HAROLD MCKINNEY

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Pianist Harold McKinney On Sunday evening, the Detroit Jazz Preservation Concert Series paid tribute to the late pianist and composer Harold...
Friday, December 12, 2025

THE LIVING LEGACY CONCERT SERIES HONORS JAZZ TRUMPETER DWIGHT ADAMS AT THE CARR CENTER

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    Trumpeter Dwight Adams Thursday evening, the Carr Center hosted a concert celebrating one of Detroit’s most influential jazz musicians: ...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

TRUMPETER TERENCE BLANCHARD REVIVES THE MALCOLM X JAZZ SUITE AT THE PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

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Trumpeter Terence Blanchard In 1993, the jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard recorded the landmark album “The Malcolm X Jazz Suite,” breaking n...
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Charles L. Latimer
is a veteran jazz journalist based in Michigan.Since 1997, he's covered jazz for the alternative newspaper the Metrotimes. He's been writing this jazz blog since 2007.
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