Listen to the Detroit Jazz Festival on WDET Labor Day Weekend
View the full lineup and schedule and tune in on-air or online all weekend long to hear live Jazz Fest performances.
The Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage returns to the city Labor Day weekend.
In light of the current COVID-19 surge, largely driven by the delta variant, festival organizers have opted for an all-virtual format. The festival will be broadcast in full on WDET (available on-air and online), and will also be livestreamed on the Detroit Jazz Festival’s Facebook, YouTube, app and website.
WDET has a strong relationship and long history with co-broadcasting the Jazz Festival to the local community, dating back to the early 1980s when the festival was called the Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival. This year, the festival’s roster features live performances from jazz legends like Herbie Hancock and Artist-in-Residence Dee Dee Bridgewater.
“We are proud to partner with the Detroit Jazz Festival to broadcast live from virtual concert stages in downtown Detroit straight to your ears,” says WDET General Manager Mary Zatina. “WDET and the Detroit Jazz Festival stand together, determined to make the music and deliver it free to all in the Detroit region.”
Check out the full schedule below and tune in to WDET starting at 7 p.m. Friday.
| FRIDAY | |
| 7:00 – 7:45 p.m. | Artist-In-Residence Dee Dee Bridgewater and The Woodshed Network |
| 7:45 – 8:00 p.m. | WSU President M. Roy Wilson Mack Avenue Music Group Anchor Desk |
| 8:00 – 9:05 p.m. | Matthew Whitaker Quartet |
| 9:10 – 10:25 p.m. | Herbie Hancock |
| SATURDAY | |
| 11:35 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. | Collegiate Combo Competition Winner – L Stop |
| 12:40 – 1:40 p.m. | Etienne Charles & Creole Soul |
| 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. | Alicia Olatuja – “Intuition: Songs From The Minds of Women” |
| 2:50 – 3:55 p.m. | Kenny Barron Trio |
| 4:00 – 5:05 p.m. | Keyon Harrold presents Jazz and the Birth of Hip Hop with Special Guests Black Milk, Georgia Ann Muldrow & Chris “Daddy” Dave |
| 5:10 – 6:15 p.m. | Omar Sosa & the Havana-Detroit Jazz Project |
| 6:15 – 6:55 p.m. | Mack Avenue Music Group Anchor Desk |
| 6:55 – 8:55 p.m. | Kurt Elling’s The Big Blind featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater and Allan Harris: A Jazz Radio Play written by Kurt Elling & Phil Galdston |
| 9:00 – 10:05 p.m. | Jerry Bergonzi Quintet |
| 10:10 – 11:20 p.m. | The Summit: The Manhattan Transfer Meets Take 6 |
| 11:25 p.m. – 12:35 a.m. | David Binney Angeleno Group |
| SUNDAY | |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Scott Gwinell Jazz Orchestra |
| 12:35 – 1:35 p.m. | Randy Napoleon Quartet |
| 1:40 – 2:50 p.m. | Sean Jones’ Dizzy Spellz featuring Brinae Ali |
| 2:55 – 3:55 p.m. | Michael Mayo |
| 4:00 – 5:05 p.m. | Anat Cohen Tentet with Musical Director Oded Lev-Ari |
| 5:10 – 6:30 p.m. | The Brubeck Brothers Quartet: 100th Anniversary of Dave Brubeck featuring Jerry Bergonzi – Performance and Tribute |
| 6:35 – 7:40 p.m. | Kenny Garrett and Sounds From The Ancestors |
| 7:45 – 8:45 p.m. | 2021 Artist-in-Residence Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap |
| 8:50 – 9:55 p.m. | Gregory Porter |
| 10:00 – 11:10 p.m. | AZIZA featuring Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke and Eric Harland |
| 11:15 – 12:15 a.m. | Play! |
| MONDAY | |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Brandon Rose & Soul Therapy |
| 12:35 – 1:35 p.m. | Dave Sharpe Worlds Quartet |
| 1:40 – 2:50 p.m. | Keyon Harrold with the Collegiate Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra |
| 2:55 – 3:55 p.m. | Tyson Haynes |
| 4:00 – 5:05 p.m. | Celebrating Bird @ 100 Co-Music Directors: Rudresh Mahanthappa & Terri Lyne Carrington |
| 5:10 – 6:15 p.m. | Pamela Wise Ensemble |
| 6:20 – 7:30 p.m. | 2021 Artist-in-Residence Dee Dee Bridgewater with Big Band |
| 7:35 – 8:40 p.m. | Eddie Daniels and Bob James; Exploring New Worlds |
| 8:45 – 9:50 p.m. | Monty Alexander – HKX |
| 9:55 – 10:55 p.m. | Jimmy Greene Quintet |
| 11:00 p.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Zen Zadravec |
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