2013 Season Kick-Off Annual Black History Concert!

Mar 10, 2013 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM

The Detroit Jazz Festival will celebrate the tremendous effect of Duke Ellington on jazz music, presenting his “Black, Brown and Beige” symphony for big band and other noteworthy works – including “Creole Love Cal,” “Diminuendo and Cresendo in Blue,” “Black Tan Fantasy” and “Black Beauty” – with the first Concert of the 2013 Detroit Jazz Festival Community Series on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at 3 p.m. at The Fillmore, Detroit. The performance will feature world-renowned conductor David Berger, featured Detroit-native tenor sax soloist James Carter and Detroit vocalists Alice McAllister Tillman and Shahida Nurullah will be joining the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra.

Concert tickets range in price from $15 to $40.

Visit www.detroitjazzfest.com to learn more about the Annual Black History Concert.