
Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, Danilo Pérez and Brian Blade (from left) at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Danilo Pérez, Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci and Brian Blade (from left) at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Wayne Shorter opens the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Theo Croker at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Terrace Martin performs with Herbie Hancock at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

John Scofield performs in Hudson at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Panamonk: Danilo Pérez, Jared Henderson and Terri Lyne Carrington (from left) at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Bassist Miles Mosley and the West Coast Get Down at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

John Patitucci leads his Electric Guitar Quartet at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

John Medeski performs in Hudson at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Joe Lovano at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

James Genus performs with Herbie Hancock at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Jack DeJohnette performs in Hudson at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Herbie Hancock at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival (photo by Marek Lazarski)

Herbie Hancock at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival (photo: Marek Lazarski)

Donny McCaslin at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre, Donny McCaslin and Mark Guiliana (from left) at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci and band at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Dee Dee Bridgewater at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Chucho Valdés and Joe Lovano at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

Brian Blade at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival
The 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival is underway in downtown Motor City, and continues admission-free through Monday evening. Enjoy this photo gallery, by Marek Lazarski, of the action thus far, including opening-night sets by this year’s artist-in-residence, Wayne Shorter, and his quartet, and Herbie Hancock.
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