2011

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Jeff Tain Watts

Detroit Jazz Festival 2011 Snapshots

Detroit Jazz Festival signThe 2011 Detroit Jazz Festival by all accounts was a musical success, even though it was challenged by Michigan's ever-changing weather. Opening night juxtaposed a focus on percussion in its varied forms with Jeff Tain Watts' Drum Club and a trio of vocalists who celebrated truth-telling. The vocalists were clearly the favor- ites with the large crowd at Campus Martius. Here are some snapshots of the marvelous variety of jazz artists heard at the festival.

 

TOP: Jeff Tain Watts' Drum Club with Joe Locke (vibes), Horacio Hernandez (drums), Bob Hurst (bass), Pedro Matinez (congas), Watts (drums).

RIGHT: Rivera
Paquito D'Rivera (alto sax) with Oscar Stagnaro (electric bass) and Mark Walker (drums) on the Waterfront Stage on Sunday.

BELOW, LEFT: Drummer Josh Duffee dressed up as Jean Goldkette to commemorate one of Detroit's legends from the 1920s.

BELOW, RIGHT: Pianist Amina Figarova in the Jazz Talk Tent

  

Paquito D'Rivera

Josh Duffee; Jean Figarova

Kidjo Wright
Angelique Kidjo and Lizz Wright. Photo: Darrell Harris

 

 Angelique Kidjo and Lizz Wright
 

LEFT: Dianne Reeves.

RIGHT: Soul Rebels Brass Band at Campus Martius on opening night.

BELOW: Jazz Talk Tent panel with (from left) guitarist Romero Lubambo, singer Luciana Souza, and Mary Catherine Smith (WEMU).

photographs by Lars Bjorn and Darrell Harris

Dianne Reeves; Soul Rebels

Romero Lubambo, Luciana Souza, Mary Catherine Smith

I N - T H I S - I S S U E :
1. EDGEFEST 2011 PREVIEW ---2. DAVE SHARP'S SECRET 7
3. DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 SNAPSHOTS
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