Detroit now and then: Jazz is in its soul
BY MARK STRYKER
FREE PRESS MUSIC WRITER
Think Detroit gets no respect? Well, in New York this week, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the cultural juggernaut led by Wynton Marsalis, is giving us our props, showcasing the remarkable jazz legacy that in the 1950s made Detroit the country's most prolific feeder of talent to the national jazz scene.
"Detroit: Motor City Jazz" will feature some of the city's most famous sons, including Ron Carter, Yusef Lateef, Geri Allen, Curtis Fuller, Charles McPherson and Marcus Belgrave performing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Lincoln Center also has commissioned Lateef to write a long-form work for the jazz orchestra and Carter has written music for a small group that will pay homage to Detroit jazz history.
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