Festival Guide

Alice Coltrane’s son Ravi plays homage to his mother at the Detroit Jazz Festival

Generations of jazz

For over 40 years, the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation has celebrated Detroit’s rich history of jazz music by providing year-round concerts and educational programming, and of course, organizing the world’s largest free jazz festival, featuring world-class talent, over Labor Day weekend. “Sonically, jazz is genetically related to the city of Detroit,” says Chris Collins, president and artistic director of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation...