FORD DETROIT INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FEST
Saturday, Aug. 30FORD MOTOR AMPHITHEATRE
Noon: Northview High School
1:15 p.m.: IAJE Reading Band
2:30 p.m.: Marion Hayden Bass Summit
4 p.m.: Russell Malone & Benny Green
5:45 p.m.: Nnenna Freelon
7:30 p.m.: Ron Carter
9:30 p.m.: Chaka Khan
STANDARD FEDERAL PYRAMID STAGE
Noon: Kenny Green
1:30 p.m.: Jackie Allen
3:15 p.m.: Eugene Maslov
5 p.m.: 2003 Heineken Contest Winner
6:45 p.m.: Michael Zaporski/Future Visions
8:15 p.m.: Barbara Ware
9:45 p.m.: Greg Osby
ABSOPURE/METRO TIMES WATERFRONT STAGE
Noon: Keller Middle School
1:15 p.m.: U-M Flint/Mott Comm. Coll. Steelheads
3 p.m.: Jackson Middle School
4 p.m.: Kennedy Middle School
5 p.m.: Marcus Belgrave Trumpet Summit I
6:45 p.m.: Caribbean Jazz Project
8:30 p.m.: Larry Nozero — The Jobim Project
10 p.m.: Louis Smith
JAM ACADEMY TENT
1:30 p.m.: Jazz Clinic
4 p.m.: Meet the Artist
6:30 p.m.: Student Jam Session
Sunday, Aug. 31
FORD MOTOR AMPHITHEATRE
Noon: Ludington High School
1 p.m.: Brothers Groove
2:30 p.m.: Michael Royal
4:15 p.m.: Lizz Wright
6 p.m.: Donald Walden & the Detroit Jazz Orchestra
7:30 p.m.: James Moody
9:30 p.m.: Roberta Flack
STANDARD FEDERAL PYRAMID STAGE
Noon: Schoolcraft College
1 p.m.: Anchor Bay High School
2:15 p.m.: Bill Heid
3:45 p.m.: Thornetta Davis
5:15 p.m.: Ilona Knopfler
7 p.m.: Jazzeray
8:30 p.m.: Carl Cafagna & North Star Jazz
10 p.m.: Russell Gunn & Ethnomusicology
ABSOPURE/METRO TIMES WATERFRONT STAGE
Noon: CMU Jazz Lab I
1 p.m.: Jefferson High School
2 p.m.: Farmington Harrison High School
3 p.m.: Rayse Biggs
4 15 p.m.: Renaissance High School
5:30 p.m.: Marcus Belgrave Trumpet Summit II
7 p.m.: Gerard Gibbs & ORGANized Crime
8:30 p.m.: Ronnie Cuber & Cubism
10:15 p.m.: Larry Smith
JAM ACADEMY TENT
2:30 p.m.: Jazz Clinic
4 p.m.: Meet the Artist
5 p.m.: Jazz Clinic
6 p.m.: Student Jam Session
Monday, Sept. 1
FORD MOTOR AMPHITHEATRE
Noon: Henry Ford Big Band
1 p.m.: National Jazz Orchestra of Detroit
2:30 p.m.: Terry Gibbs
4:15 p.m.: Freddy Cole Quartet
6 p.m.: Peter Cincotti
8 p.m.: Natalie Cole
STANDARD FEDERAL PYRAMID STAGE
Noon: John Sinclair
1:45 p.m.: Northville High School
3 p.m.: Ed Cherry
4:45 p.m.: Marcus Belgrave Trumpet Summit III
6:45 p.m.: Bop Culture
8:15 p.m.: Hiromi
ABSOPURE/METROTIMES WATERFRONT STAGE
Noon: Stevenson High School
1:15 p.m.: Johnnie Bassett
3 p.m.: Orchard Lake Middle School
4:15 p.m.: Paul Keller Ensemble
5:30 p.m.: Urban Transport
7 p.m.: Joey DeFrancesco
8:45 p.m.: G.E.Q.
JAM ACADEMY TENT
3 p.m.: Meet the Artist
4 p.m.: Jazz Clinic
5 p.m.: Student Jam Session
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