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09/19/2025

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09/02/2025

WJZD Radio Detroit.com was live and in person all weekend at Legendary Detroit Jazz Festival - STAY TUNED www.wjzdradiodetroit.com

09/02/2025

Detroit jazz trumpeter Allen Dennard performs at the Detroit Jazz Festival in Hart Plaza in Detroit on Detroit jazz trumpeter Allen Dennard performs at the Detroit Jazz Festival in Hart Plaza in Detroit on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. Photo by Finn Gomez, Detroit Free Press

08/30/2025

The historic Detroit International Jazz Festival

With the Detroit Jazz Festival returning this weekend, city officials announced they’ll be implementing additional safety measures “out of an abundance of caution,” citing last year’s still-unexplained incident that continues to dominate hushed conversations among regulars.

While details remain scarce, witnesses recall a rogue trombone, a power surge, and “an improvisation gone way too far,” leaving many attendees rattled. Though nothing has been confirmed, the memory lingers in quiet nods exchanged by festival veterans adjusting their berets and tiny round sunglasses.

“You’ll hear people whisper about it in the crowds,” said longtime attendee Jen Italia. “Nobody can agree on exactly what happened. I just know when I close my eyes, I still see the sunglasses.”

Local businesses have reportedly stocked up on even more berets and black shades in anticipation of the crowd, though some speculate it’s less about fashion and more about shielding themselves from whatever might unfold this year.

“I love jazz, but I’m not taking chances,” said past attendee Wayne King. “If something like that happens again, I want to at least look like I was part of the band before it all went wrong.”

Officials remain confident the event will run smoothly, though sources close to the festival admit the trombone player involved in last year’s incident has yet to resurface.

08/30/2025

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08/30/2025

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08/18/2025

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04/08/2025

Tonight on PBS's Independent Lens check out the funkomentary "We want the Funk" at 9pm EST

Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

04/06/2025

Peter White with Detroit's own Ollice Cooper of 313 Live Experience on keys Live in Southfield yesterday

04/06/2025

Lin Rountree live yesterday in Southfield

01/06/2025

Happy New Year with Mindi Abair Vincent Ingala Rebecca Jade and Ellis Hall, Live from Loews Coronado Bay Resirt in San Diego, CA

10/20/2024

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