SIGN UP NOW. UNDER THE NEWSLETTERS TAB, CLICK ON DETROIT. IT’S TIME FOR MUSIC
MONDAY AND TODAY WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT HOW YOU CAN ENJOY SOME
JAZZ AT HISTORICAL LOCATION.
JAZZ AT THE VANITY IS BACK TO
COMMEMORATE JUNETEENTH AND
JOINING US TO GIVE US ALL THE
DETAILS IS JOSHUA ELLING OF
JEFFERSON EAST INC AND THE LOUIS
JONES, THE THIRD QUARTET WHO
WILL BE PERFORMING FOR US
SHORTLY, SO WELCOME EVERYONE TO
THE SHOW. WE’RE EXCITED TO HAVE
YOU HERE, SO LET’S TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT JAZZ AND AT THE VANITY
. WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT? YOU
KNOW WE’RE SHUTTING DOWN EAST
JEFFERSON AT LAKEWOOD STREET ON
JUNE 18TH AND 19TH TO BRING A
WORLD CLASS LINEUP OF JAZZ AND
BLUES ARTISTS TO REALLY
CELEBRATE THE HISTORIC JAZZ
HERITAGE OF THE HISTORIC
JEFFERSON CHALMERS BUSINESS
DISTRICT MUSIC THERE’LL BE FOOD
WILL BE A KIDS AREA. AND WILL BE
WORLD CLASS ART ON THE STREETS.
ALL RIGHT, SO TELL US ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VANITY
BALLROOM AND PERFORMING IN FRONT
OF IT BECAUSE SOME REALLY BIG
HISTORICAL NAMES HAVE PLAYED
THERE IN THE PAST. ABSOLUTELY
SO, YOU KNOW, THE JAZZ AND
VANITY BALLROOM CAB CALLOWAY,
DUKE ELLINGTON, BENNY GOODMAN,
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIVE
PERFORMED THE VANITY BALLROOM
WE’VE BEEN WORKING TO PRESERVE
AND RESTORE THAT FOR MANY YEARS.
BUT JAZZ AT THE VANITY IS A
CHANCE FOR FOLKS TO COME OUT
EXPERIENCE THE ARCHITECTURE OF
THAT BUILDING AND IN THE SHADOW
OF THE BUILDING WILL HAVE OUR
MAIN STAGE WHERE OUR FRIENDS
WILL BE PERFORMING ALL WEEKEND.
AND SO IT’S GONNA BE A GREAT
TIME TO COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE
ALL THE HISTORIC JEFFERSON
BUSINESSES HAS TO OFFER AND GET
OUTSIDE, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL
CAN’T WAIT TO DO, BUT NOW
THERE’LL BE SOME OTHER
ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE AT THE
EVENT. I HEAR THERE WILL BE LIVE
ART, FOOD TRUCKS AND MORE. GIVE
US A LITTLE PEEK INTO THAT
THERE’S GOING TO BE GREAT STUFF
FOR THE KIDS AREA WITH A LOT OF
FUN STUFF, INCLUDING BACK CITY
WHERE KIDS CAN HELP PLAN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
YOU KNOW, FOOD WILL HAVE MUSIC
LOVING KID ZONE, BUT ALSO THANKS
TO OUR FRIENDS, THE LIBRARY
STREET COLLECTIVE. WE’RE GOING
TO BE BRINGING OUT SOME MIXED
MEDIA ARTIST DOING SOME PIECES
THAT ARE INFORMED BY THE HISTORY
AND LEGACY OF JUNETEENTH. TO
TALK ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS, INCLUSION AND
EQUITY FROM THE MOMENT THAT
SLAVERY ENDED ALL THE WAY
THROUGH NOW, SO THAT’S GOING TO
BE A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH THAT
ART BE CREATED LIVE ON EAST
JEFFERSON AVENUE THERE AT
LAKEWOOD EDUCATION A LITTLE BIT
MORE. SO WHERE CAN PEOPLE GET
MORE INFORMATION ON JAZZ AND AT
THE VANITY JAZZ WITH THE VANITY
.COM THE LINEUPS THERE, YOU CAN
VOLUNTEER THERE. YOU KNOW, SO
JUST CHECK IT OUT FOR UPDATES
AND COME ON OUT JUNE 18TH AND
19TH TO HEAR SOME GREAT GREAT
MUSIC. THIS IS GOING TO BE
AWESOME. AND OF COURSE WE ARE
LIVE IN THE D HAVE OUR PERSONAL
PREVIEW OF THE EVENT. TELL US
ABOUT THE SONG THAT WE’RE ABOUT
TO HEAR. WELL, SO OUR FRIENDS
HERE FROM THE LOUIS JONES THIRD
QUARTET WAS GOING TO BE
PERFORMING WAYNE’S THING. AND
SO, YOU KNOW, LET’S LET THE
MUSIC SPEAK FOR ITSELF. THAT’S
RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND TAKE IT
AWAY WITH WAYNE’S THING. HMM.
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GOOD.