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Allan Metropolis

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Never watched the fireworks from Belle Isle. Last year I watched them from the Book Tower, and the year before I camped out on the roof of the Donovan (Motown) Building. I'm not sure where I am watching them from this year. I was considering Belle Isle, but yes, that gets very crowded, so you have to get there early.

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Never watched the fireworks from Belle Isle. Last year I watched them from the Book Tower, and the year before I camped out on the roof of the Donovan (Motown) Building. I'm not sure where I am watching them from this year. I was considering Belle Isle, but yes, that gets very crowded, so you have to get there early.

I'm thinking that I might set up a tent in the morning and spend the day just taking in the views and relaxing. I cant tell you the last time I just relaxed. :(

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Well, I think I've secured my legal access to a good fireworks viewing spot. :)

There's lots happening this weekend in Detroit....

Exposure.Detroit, a photo show featuring Detroit area photographers, is opening at 7:00pm on Friday at Karras Bros. Tavern, 225 Joseph Campau Street. 8 photographers will represented, including one from UrbanPlanet. ;) There will be sushi, as well as 3 DJ's coming in from Pittsburgh. The show is on display until July 21.

Jazzin' on Jefferson is occurring over on East Jefferson just west of Alter on Friday & Saturday.

The International Tug Boat Race starts at 1:00pm on Saturday under the Ambassador Bridge, and finishes off of Dieppe Park in Windsor. I will be riding along in the Magnetic....

If none of that appeals to you, you could always take one of the Preservation Wayne tours, which happen every Saturday at 10:00am.

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Food Network will be at this year's Detroit Jazz Fest. On September 2nd and 3rd 2006.

'Food Network is Coming to Detroit' per a post over at Metroblogging.

Click the link below to visit the post.

http://detroit.metblogs.com/archives/2006/...etwork_is.phtml

Food Network is also having a Challenge, and the prize is a trip to Detroit.

http://fnchallenge.com/

Here's a link for the Detroit Jazz Fest: http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/

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Jazz festival schedule

September 1, 2006

TODAY:

Chase Campus Martius Stage

6 p.m. Regal Brass Band of New Orleans: Coming days after Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Regal Brass Band's daily marches down Woodward at last year's festival carried the weight of catharsis.

7 The Funk Brothers: The once anonymous studio musicians who formed the backbone of all those legendary Motown records have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. It remains a great party band, and all these years later, it's nice that the cats are getting their due -- Eddie Willis on guitar, Bob Babbitt on bass and Uriel Jones on drums.

8:45 The Temptations Revue featuring Dennis Edwards: Edwards has been a staple of Detroit's R&B scene since joining the Tempts in 1968 as replacement for the David Ruffin. His approach to the group's sprawling catalog blends Edwards' gruff soul with an ample splash of Vegas polish

Ford Spirit of Detroit Stage

1 p.m. Nathaniel Mayer: A Detroit-born stalwart of soul, Mayer hit the charts in the early '60s, disappeared for what seemed like forever and re-emerged a couple of years ago with a new album.

2:30 John Brannen: An articulate singer-songwriter with a storyteller's reputation for digging into the cultural and emotional landscape of the South.

4:15 CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band: The son of zydeco legend Clifton Chenier, CJ Chenier assumed leadership of his father's band upon his death in 1987.

SATURDAY:

Amphitheatre Stage

12:15 p.m. Steelheads: A 12-member crew of percussionists and steel drummers from U-M Flint and Mott Middle College.

2:15 Shahida Nurullah: A front-rank Detroit singer applies a voluptuously rich voice to standards, ballads and, perhaps most evocatively, Brazilian songs she essays in Portuguese.

4:30 Brasil Brazil featuring Ana Gazzola & Sonia Santos: A Brazilian pop band from Los Angeles built on south-of-the-border rhythms, vocals, dance movements and eye-candy color.

6:45 Oscar Castro-Neves: Guitarist and vocalist Castro Neves was there in Rio De Janeiro when the bossa nova revolution went down in the '50 and later played with countless stars.

9 Fireworks display

9:30 Sergio Mendes Brasil 2006: It's been 40 years since the album "Sergio Mendes and Brasil 1966" launched the Brazilian-born keyboardist into pop stardom, creating his signature brand of Brazilian crossover.

Boogie Bayou Pyramid Stage

1:15 p.m. Ernie Rodgers & Rapa House: The beloved Detroit educator and baritone saxophonist leads a tribute to the Rapa House jam sessions that used to light up the after-festival scene. (Rodgers is reviving the sessions from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday on the third-floor lobby of the Marriott at the Renaissance Center.)

2:45 James Dapogny: The longtime U-M music professor leads a double life as a first-class scholar of early jazz and a respected pianist-bandleader in pre-bop styles associated with New Orleans, Chicago and New York's 52nd Street.

4:30 Regal Brass Band of New Orleans: A march down Woodward symbolizes the resilience of New Orleans.

6:45 Charlie Gabriel's New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band: Veteran Detroit reed man Charlie Gabriel was born into a musical family in New Orleans 74 years ago, and the soul of the Crescent City has never left his music. No clarinet player in town does New Orleans with more rough-and-ready authenticity.

9:45 Buckwheat Zydeco: Buckwheat Zydeco (nee Stanley Dural Jr.) helped zydeco go mainstream in the late '80s and early '90s, mixing his Cajun accordion and repertoire with a rent-party vibe.

Absopure Waterfront Stage

1:15 p.m. Urban Transport: A rousing hard-bop quintet with a deep book of originals, a rhythm section anchored by drummer Sean Dobbins and a sleek front line of fiery alto saxophonist Dean Moore and fluent trombonist Vincent Chandler.

3:15 Lou Donaldson with Dr. Lonnie Smith: At 79, Papa Lou, an alto saxophonist with deep roots in Charlie Parker and bluesy funk, teams with organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, who lays down some of the most lethal boogaloo grooves to be found on Earth.

5:45 Lewis Nash Quartet tribute to Tommy Flanagan: The late Detroit-born pianist Tommy Flanagan was one of the great poets of jazz, and this A-list quartet promises a sterling tribute. Drummer Nash and bassist Peter Washington played with Flanagan for years and pianist Renee Rosnes and vibist Steve Nelson work with elegance and invention within Flanagan's suave bebop idiom.

8 Gerald Wilson Big Band: The composer, arranger, bandleader, former Detroiter and American treasure -- who turns 88 on Monday -- led the most important big band on the West Coast for decades, and his recent recordings for Mack Avenue have helped refocus attention on his gifts. His orchestrations roar with tannic bite, chewy ensembles, sunlit melodies and unmitigated swing. The band assembled for the festival is full of top talent, including Wess (Warmdaddy) Anderson, Dennis Wilson, Sean Jones, Derrick Gardner, Rodney Whitaker and Carl Allen.

Music Hall Jam Academy Stage

Noon IAJE Reading Band

2:15 Kennedy Middle School Jazz Ensemble

3:15 Jazzistry with Vincent York

4:45 Eaton Rapids High School

5:30 Jazz Clinic

Ford Spirit of Detroit Stage

1 p.m. Root Doctor: A versatile blues, soul and R&B band with Lansing roots has a bent for classic covers and original material.

3:30 James Cotton Blues Band: Still on the road after all these years, the blues legend commands an audience with his ferocious harmonica and a swaggering Mississippi-to-Chicago style.

6:15 Taj Mahal: Blues preservationist and guitarist Taj Mahal has an academic's eye for American music history, but a genuine musician's ear for the soul underneath.

Chase Campus Martius Stage

Noon Spyder Turner: Spyder Turner's early R&B hit "Stand By Me" in the 1960s launched a career that's still going more than 40 years later.

2:15 Joyce Cooling Band: The popular singer, guitarist and songwriter has become a mainstay of smooth jazz radio.

5 Hiram Bullock with Will Lee: A fusion band led by first-call session guitarist Hiram Bullock with longtime musical running buddy, Will Lee, on bass.

7:45 Rachelle Ferrell: A dynamic singer who can do pretty much anything with authority, from straight-ahead jazz to contemporary crossover.

9:45 Kirk Lightsey's Detroit Four + One: An intriguing reunion of world-class former Detroiters who worked around the city in the early '60s before matriculating to the national scene. With exploratory multi-reed man Bennie Maupin and bassist Cecil McBee in the lineup, the band can play well past the mainstream. Pianist Lightsey is a flexible dynamo, and George Bohanon, an underrated trombonist, hasn't performed here in eons. Local drummer Bert Myrick completes the group.

Jazz Talk Tent

12:30 p.m. Presentation: Detroit Jazz Before Motown featuring Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn

1:30 Meet the Artist: Lou Donaldson

2:30 Panel discussion: New Orleans Brass Band with moderator Kim Heron and guests Sean Jones, Lajoie Gomez, Charlie Gabriel and Howard Mandel

4 Panel discussion: Keys to the City (Detroit pianists) with moderator Lars Bjorn and guests Kirk Lightsey, Kenn Cox, Bess Bonnier and Ira Gitler

5:30 Meet the artist: Bennie Maupin

6:30 Detroit Jazz Griots featuring Johnny Allen, John Dana, Bert Myrick and Phil Lasley: A showcase for Detroit elder statesman, including an all-too-rare appearance by alto saxophonist Phil Lasley.

Family Jazz Stage

1 p.m. Jazz a ma Tazz with Hayes Greenfield

2:15 The Art of the Folk Tale with Sumarah Karen Smith

3:15 Jazzistry with Vincent York

4:45 Storytelling with Rob McCabe

Detroit Princess

11 a.m. Michigan State Jazz Combo and the Curtis Taylor Quintet

3 p.m. University of Michigan Jazz Combo

SUNDAY:

Amphitheatre Stage

12:15 p.m. Paul Keller Ensemble: An indefatigable stalwart on the local scene, Keller is a big-toned bassist with a rock-solid pulse and a host of national credits, including extensive touring with Diana Krall.

2:15 Donald Walden & Free Radicals: A top Detroit tenor saxophonist has a new sextet, and you can sense the energy and adventure of the group from its evocative name. The players are among the city's best: Walden, Dwight Adams, Cassius Richmond, Rick Roe, Marion Hayden and Andre Wright.

4:30 Sean Jones Quintet: A young trumpeter with a clarion tone, lickety-split technique and cocksure elocution, Jones has a new CD coming in two weeks, "Roots" (Mack Avenue).

6:45 Moutin Reunion Band: Anchored by Parisian twins Francois Moutin on bass and Louis Moutin on drums, the Moutin Reunion Quartet offers animated post-bop and a garrulous tenor saxophonist who has special resonance around here: native Detroiter Rick Margitza.

9:30 Ahmad Jamal Trio: Even after 50 years, the influential pianist's innovations -- a dramatic use of space, orchestral detail and a controlled reconfiguring of form -- keep his music fresh and theatrical. He's evolved into playing a much denser style than he did in the old days, smashing into the music like a wrecking ball at times, but then clearing away the debris to let bassist James Cammack and drummer Idris Muhammad resurrect the groove.

Boogie Bayou Pyramid Stage

12:30 p.m. Tumbao Bravo: A spirited, locally based Afro-Cuban septet.

2:15 Terry Lower Sextet: A showcase for a fine Michigan pianist who is also a compelling composer.

4:30 Regal Brass Band of New Orleans: A second-line march down Woodward Avenue symbolizes the resilient spirit of a battered New Orleans.

6:45 Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas:Originally inspired by Clifton Chenier and Buckwheat Zydeco, accordionist Nathan Williams now leads a top zydeco band himself.

9:30 Marcia Ball: A barrelhouse pianist and singer blends Gulf Coast styles into a rush of high-energy music.

Absopure Waterfront Stage

1:15 p.m. Sheila Landis & Brazilian Love Affair: A lithe soprano at home in many settings, Landis takes to Brazilian rhythms with special glee.

3:15 Ilona Knopfler: A sweet-voiced singer whose latest Mack Avenue release documents her gaining much by way of maturity, expression and taste.

5:45 Organissimo: An overdue Detroit festival debut by a smoldering Lansing-based organ-guitar-drums trio rooted in the classic soul-jazz language of greasy boogaloo grooves, blues, funky swamp beats, Latin derivatives and barbecue swing.

8 Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth Big Band with Will Lee: A big band devoted to the music and memory of the virtuoso electric bassist Jaco Pastorius, an influential comet who streaked across jazz in the 1970s and 1980s before his death.

Music Hall Jam Academy Stage

Noon Troy High School. Jazz Ensemble

2:15 Northview High School Jazz Ensemble

3:15: Jazzistry with Vincent York

4:45 Ferndale High School Jazz Ensemble

5:45 Jazz Clinic

Ford Spirit of Detroit Stage

12:15 p.m. Orquesta Sensacional: One of the top Detroit salsa bands should get feet moving and bodies swaying.

2:15 Steelheads with Andy Narell: Afro-Caribbean-flavored steel pans virtuoso Andy Narell joins Michigan percussion ensemble.

4:45 Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers: A stalwart of Latin music for four decades, Henry (Pucho) Brown helped forged a Latin boogaloo style, a commercial marriage of salsa, soul, funk and jazz.

7:15 Richie Havens: Forever immortalized by the "Woodstock" concert film, acoustic guitarist Havens has enjoyed a four-decade career built around his rhythmic, percussion-heavy take on folk, pop and rock.

9 p.m. Harri Stojka: Tribute to Gypsy Swing: A Django Reinhardt-inspired band from Austria led by a Vienna-born guitarist.

Chase Campus Martius Stage

1:15 p.m. Sun Messengers with Thornetta Davis

3:30 Catherine Russell: A real-deal jazz singer with a sultry lilt in her phrasing, the sass and power to take it up a notch and the taste to keep her balance.

6 The Holmes Brothers: Wendell and Sherman Holmes summon a time when R&B was still called rhythm & blues and still on speaking terms with country and gospel.

8:45 Joan Osborne: A pop-soul belter best known for her mid-'90s hit "One of Us."

Jazz Talk Tent

2 p.m. Presentation: Detroit Jazz History with Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn

3 Panel discussion: Detroit Invasion of NYC with moderator Jim Gallert and guests Barry Harris and Ira Gitler

4:30 Panel discussion: Great Bass: The Extraordinary Jaco Pastorius with moderator Linda Yohn and guests Peter Graves, Will Lee, Bill Milkowski and Howard Mandel

6 Meet the artist: Kirk Lightsey

7 Detroit Jazz Griots featuring Charles Boles, John Dana, Bert Myrick and David (Fathead) Newman: The soulful bop 'n' blues tenor saxophonist Fathead Newman, who cut his teeth with Ray Charles, makes a guest appearance with some distinguished Detroit veterans.

Family Jazz Stage

1 p.m. Jazz a ma Tazz with Hayes Greenfield

2:15 The Art of the Folk Tale with Sumarah Karen Smith

3:15 Jazzistry with Vincent York

4:45 Storytelling with Rob McCabe

Detroit Princess

12:30 p.m. Theodore Croker Quartet: Oberlin College

3 p.m. Michigan State University Jazz Band conducted by Rodney Whitaker

MONDAY:

Amphitheatre Stage

10 a.m. Gospel Extravaganza featuring Sean Jones, Minister R. Janae Pitts, Wayne State University Gospel Chorale, University of Detroit Mercy Ensemble of Praise, Chosen K.L.A.S. and Triumph Church Mass Choir

2 Ed Nuccilli & Plural Circle: A big band led by an underrated Detroit composer, arranger, trumpeter and octogenarian, who writes compelling charts full of intriguing choices and emotional resonance.

4:15 Joe Locke and the Milt Jackson Tribute Band: Locke, a dynamic and versatile vibraphonist gets back to bebop basics in this tribute to the Detroit-born innovator of the vibes, Milt Jackson. The red-carpet trio behind him was Jackson's last rhythm section: Mike LeDonne on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Mickey Roker on drums.

6 Detroit Jazz All Stars: A grand Motor City reunion with four of the greatest living jazz musicians produced by Detroit's golden age of bebop in the 1950s -- pianist Barry Harris, trombonist Curtis Fuller, alto saxophonist Charles McPherson and drummer Louis Hayes -- along with two Detroit heroes of more recent vintage. Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave didn't arrive in Detroit until 1963, while young bassist Rodney Whitaker burst onto the national scene in the late '80s.

9 Diane Schuur and the Wayne State University Jazz Big Band: A big-voiced singer who sometimes has issues with taste, Schuur did record with Count Basie early on and she has a following. She teams with Wayne State's big band.

Boogie Bayou Pyramid Stage

Noon Johnny O'Neal: The Detroit-born pianist Johnny O'Neal, who worked with Ray Brown, Art Blakey and others, stands for solid mainstream values of swing and bluesy-gospel roots.

2 Buddy Budson Sextet: The Detroit pianist's recent sextet CD, "On with Their Heads," crackled with invention --Budson's originals radiated lyricism and joy.

4:15 Terrance Simien & Zydeco Experience: A native Creole of Louisiana, Terrence Simien adds his own personal touches to the zydeco tradition.

6:15 Donald Harrison Quintet with Christian Scott: At the 2000 festival, Harrison, a sleek and slippery saxophonist from New Orleans, introduced an unknown but fire-breathing trumpeter, his 17-year-old nephew Christian Scott. Six years later, Harrison and Scott are back with the trumpeter now sporting a reputation as one of the hot young lions on his instrument.

8:15 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet: A stalwart Cajun band, BeauSoleil represents a melting pot of Gulf Coast styles, including zydeco, Tex-Mex, country and blues.

Absopure Waterfront Stage

1 p.m. Gerard Gibbs & Re'Organyz: On the road, Gibbs is the cornerstone of saxophonist James Carter's organ trio. At home, he leads his own Technicolor band that showcases his blistering technique, groovy ideas and exuberant personality.

3:15 The Hot Club of Detroit: With a newly released CD on Mack Avenue, Detroit's Hot Club is perhaps on the brink of a national breakthrough. The band walks a tricky tightrope between re-creating the chugging gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt and bringing the genre forward in repertoire and style.

5 The Clayton Brothers Quintet: West Coast stalwarts John Clayton (bass) and Jeff Clayton (reeds) lead a swinging and subtle mainstream quintet that includes the impressive post-bop trumpeter Terrell Stafford.

7:30 Ed Palermo Big Band Tribute to Frank Zappa with Napoleon Murphy Brock: An intriguing big band built on Palermo's wildly inventive arrangements of Frank Zappa's nutty, sophisticated and wholly original music. Guest saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock worked extensively with Zappa in the '70s.

Music Hall Jam Academy Stage

Noon Northville Band Club

2:15 Henry Ford Community College

3:15 Jazzistry with Vincent York

4:45 Louis Smith Dedication

5:30 Jazz clinic

Ford Spirit of Detroit Stage

12:15 RJ's Rhythm Rockers Joe Weaver Tribute:

2 Lyman Woodard: A veteran Michigan organist who pilots his Hammond B-3 through down and dirty funk, finger popping swing, slick rhythmic hits -- and quick-changing grooves just to make sure everybody's paying attention.

4 Mose Allison: An American original, Allison is a gravelly-voiced singer, pianist and songwriter with a wicked, literate sense of humor and a jazz meets rhythm-and blues aesthetic.

6:45 Dirty Dozen Brass Band: This electrifying New Orleans group helped spark a brass band renaissance, especially after recordings and tours brought its eclectic repertoire and vision to the world in the 1980s.

8:30 p.m. Harri Stojka: Tribute to Gypsy Swing: A Django Reinhardt-inspired band from Austria led by a Vienna-born guitarist.

Chase Campus Martius Stage

1 p.m. John Sinclair & Motor City Blues Scholars: The political activist, poet, journalist, blues scholar and performer returns to the festival.

3 Bonne Temps Roulle: A Detroit R&B outfit with a lot of shuffling New Orleans funk in the mix.

5:30 Regal Brass Band of New Orleans: A second-line march down Woodward Avenue to symbolize the resilience of New Orleans.

8 Dr. John and the Lower 911: The timeless New Orleans institution is a rollicking pianist and raspy singer who grew out the swampy shuffle of Creole music and the rhythm and blues piano of Professor Longhair.

Jazz Talk Tent

1 p.m. Presentation: Birth of the Detroit Sound with Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn

2:15 Meet the artist: Mose Allison

3:45 Panel discussion: Brown Shoes Don't Make It: The Music of Frank Zappa with moderator Bill Milkowski and guests Ed Palermo, Michael G. Nastos and Napoleon Murphy Brock

6 Panel discussion: Bag's Groove -- Milt Jackson with moderator Jim Gallert and guests Ira Gitler, Joe Locke, Wilbur Jackson, Tony Mowod and Dave Usher

Family Jazz Stage

1 p.m. Jazz a ma Tazz with Hayes Greenfield

2:15 The Art of the Folk Tale with Sumarah Karen Smith

3:15 Jazzistry with Vincent York

4:45 Storytelling with Rob McCabe

Detroit Princess

12:30 p.m. Oberlin Jazz Septet

3 p.m. Phillip Jones II Sextet: Oberlin College

7:30 University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble

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This would be worth attending just for the T-shirt!

5th Annual Tour de Troit

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Take a bike ride and explore the fascinating urban area of Detroit on your bike! This leisurely, 35 mile police-escorted ride will occur at a pace of approximately 10-12 miles per hour. It will explore some of the cityвЂ

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