Visions: Detroit Jazz Fest 2024 preview + more

Listen to “Visions” with host Kaleigh Wilder every Monday from 8-10 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.

Madlib performs at the opening night of the 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival at the Carhartt Amphitheatre in Hart Plaza (September 1, 2023)

Madlib performs at the opening night of the Detroit Jazz Festival at the Carhartt Amphitheatre in Hart Plaza on Sept. 1, 2023.


On this episode of Visions, I have another preview of artists you can soon see at the Detroit Jazz Festival, happening Aug. 30 – Sept. 2 in downtown Detroit.

You’ll hear music from Ravi Coltrane, Joshua Redman and Detroit Jazz Fest Artist-in-Residence Brian Blade. I tie it all together with selections from Angelica Sanchez, Lux Quartet (led by Myra Melford and Allison Miller), Mulgrew Miller, Pat Metheny and Immanuel Wilkins. Plus, you’ll hear from local legends Gayelynn McKinney, Marion Hayden and the late, great Alice Coltrane.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Visions Playlist for Aug. 12, 2024

  • “Intricate Drift” – Myra Melford, Allison Miller & Lux Quartet
  • “Klepto” – Ravi Coltrane
  • “Closing the Chapter” – Peter Gall
  • “Don Knotts” – Myra Melford & TrioM
  • “Manhattan” – Joshua Redman
  • “In Spite of Everything” – Brian Blade Fellowship
  • “Blues Again” – Mulgrew Miller
  • “Gwendolyn” – Gayelynn McKinney & The McKinney Zone
  • “Have You Heard” – Pat Metheny Group
  • “Face Value” – Alexa Tarantino
  • “Nobody Else But Me” – Bill Evans
  • “A Fungus Amungus” – Angelica Sanchez
  • “Omega” – Immanuel Wilkins
  • “Crescent” – Alice Coltrane
  • “The Uncrowned King” – Marion Hayden

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  • Kaleigh Wilder
    Kaleigh Wilder is a multi-instrumentalist and improviser based in Detroit. Speaking primarily through the baritone saxophone, Kaleigh combines elements of classical, jazz, avant-garde and Afro Diasporic influence into a unifying sound.