BOARD MEMBER WITH THE FESTIVAL AND DRUMMER. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THE FESTIVAL?
>> 28 YEARS RUNNING? THIS
FESTIVAL WAS STARTED 28 YEARS
AGO BY MY FATHER, JOHNNY
TRUDELL, WHO IS NOW DECEASED, A
MEMORIAL LOCAL JAZZ TRUMPETER
MIDGE ELLIS AND THEY WANTED TO
HAVE A FESTIVAL THAT REPRESENT
NOTED DETROIT’S LOCAL MUSICIANS
. AS NOW WE ALL LOVE THE DETROIT
JAZZ FESTIVAL. IT’S AMAZING THAT
THE NATIONAL ACTS USUALLY THAT
ARE BROUGHT IN FOR THAT THIS
FESTIVAL FEATURES OUR LOCAL
TALENT, WHICH IS VAST. I ALWAYS
COMPARE US TO CITIES LIKE NEW
ORLEANS, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, THE
FINEST MUSICIANS ARE REALLY
RIGHT HERE IN DETROIT.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE JUST AS
GOOD HERE AS ANYWHERE ELSE IN
THE WORLD, RIGHT?
>> THAT’S A FACT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SO LET’S DIGRESS
FROM THE MUSIC JUST A LITTLE
BIT, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT’S GOING
TO BE A FESTIVAL FILLED WITH
GREAT TALENT. YES. BUT TALK TO
US ABOUT THE FOOD THAT’S GOING
TO BE THERE FOR A SECOND. I HEAR
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT
BE MISSED.
>> SCHOOLCRAFT OFFERS AN AMAZING
CULINARY SELECTION. THEY DO
CRAFT BEERS ALONG WITH FOOD.
THERE AS YOU MENTIONED, ABOUT
MUSIC. SIX STAGES, 30 BANDS,
MUSIC, MUSIC AND FOOD ALL OVER
THE PLACE. THE FESTIVAL IS FREE
. WOW. WE’VE GOT TO KNOW BEFORE
YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS
A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT BECAUSE
THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA ABOUT
PARKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT’S GOING ON AT THE FESTIVAL.
OUR TALENT AT WHO’S, WHO’S
THERE, WHO’S PERFORMING COMING.
WE JUST WE’RE JUST VERY EXCITED
TO BE DOING IT AGAIN. WE’VE GOT
CORPORATE SPONSORS, PEOPLE LIKE
GALEN RICE, LOCAL SPONSORS,
PEOPLE LIKE SALLY BOWLEY AND
NANCY SALDERN THAT REALLY HELP
THE FESTIVAL AND HAVE BEEN THERE
FOR US FOR 28 YEARS. SO WE’RE
VERY PROUD OF THAT.
>> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON 28
YEARS. THANK YOU. SO FOOD, MUSIC
AND TO GET OURSELVES READY FOR
THE FESTIVAL, WHAT’S THE
WEBSITE? WE SHOULD GO TO
MICHIGAN JAZZ FESTIVAL.
>> ALL RIGHT. IS OUR WEBSITE. SO
PLEASE GO THERE TODAY. LOOK ON
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND PLEASE JOIN
US THIS SUNDAY FOR A FANTASTIC.
WE START ABOUT NOON AND WHEN I’M
DONE WITH MY LAST SOLO, IT’S
ABOUT 830.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, TO GET US
ALL WARMED UP, YOU’RE GOING TO
GIVE US A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE
MUSIC THAT WE’RE GOING TO HEAR
AT THE FESTIVAL IN JUST A BIT.
RIGHT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE
PLAYING FOR US?
>> WE’RE GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE
JAZZ STANDARD. THERE’LL NEVER BE
ANOTHER. YOU AND I WANT TO
FEATURE TALK ABOUT REAL QUICKLY
, MR. WALTER WHITE, MR. CHUCK
SHERMAN AND MR. RAY TEENY WILL
BE JOINING ME THIS MORNING. ALL
DETROIT AT ALL STAR JAZZ
MUSICIANS, NATIONAL JAZZ
MUSICIANS FROM DETROIT, FROM
FROM DETROIT.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU CAN SEE
JEFF AND OTHERS THIS WEEKEND AT
THE MICHIGAN JAZZ FESTIVAL. NOW,
HERE HE IS, JEFF TRUDELL AND
COMPANY TAKING US TO BREAK. ONE,
TWO,
TWO, THREE.