FORD MOTOR COMPANY AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
3:15 p.m.: Jazz Avengers
4:30 p.m.: Vincent York’s Young New York Force
6 p.m.: Straight Ahead
7:45 p.m.: Mavis Staples
9:30 p.m.: Legends of the Bandstand featuring Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Cedar Walton and David "Fathead" Newman
CHARTER ONE BANK PYRAMID STAGE
3:30 p.m.: Burt Myrick Quintet
5 p.m.: Bess Bonnier Quartet
6:30 p.m.: David Sanchez Quintet
8:15 p.m.: Dwight Adams Trio
9:45 p.m.: Carl Allen & New Spirit
ABSOPURE WATERFRONT STAGE
3 p.m.: Chandler/Dobbins Quintet
4:15 p.m.: Buddy Budson
5:45 p.m.: Carl Michel Group
7:15 p.m.: Leroy Jones Quintet
9 p.m.: Sheila Landis & Brazilian Love Affair
10:30 p.m.: Astral Project
JAM ACADEMY STAGE
4 p.m.: Jackson Middle School at Parkside
5:15 p.m.: Beal City High School
6:30 p.m.: SEMJA Master Clinic
7:45 p.m.: Student Jam Session
9:15 p.m.: Quick Quintet
Saturday, August 31
noon-midnight
FORD MOTOR COMPANY AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
noon: Rayse Biggs Quartet
1:30 p.m.: Henry Ford Community College
3 p.m.: Rodney Whitaker Quartet
4:30 p.m.: The David McMurray Show
6:15 p.m.: Frank Morgan Quartet
8:15 p.m.: Jeff "Tain" Watts Quintet
10:15 p.m.: Branford Marsalis Quartet
CHARTER ONE BANK PYRAMID STAGE
noon: Northview High School
1:15 p.m.: IAJE Reading Band
2:45 p.m.: Meet The Artist TBA
3:45 p.m.: Eaton Rapids High School
5 p.m.: Giacomo Gates & Trio
6:45 p.m.: Mark Moultrup Group
8:15 p.m.: Barbara Ware & The Matt Michaels Trio
9:45 p.m.: Sonny Fortune Quartet
ABSOPURE WATERFRONT STAGE
noon: Hastings High School
1:30 p.m.: Charles Boles & The Exploration Unit
3 p.m.: CMU Jazz Lab I
4:15 p.m.: Oopapada
5:45 p.m.: Ingrid Jensen Quartet
7:30 p.m.: Chris Collins Jazz from the Shamrock Shore
9 p.m.: Larry Smith & Company
10:30 p.m.: Toby Foyeh & Orchestra Africa
JAM ACADEMY STAGE
noon: Western International High School
1:15 p.m.: SEMJA Master Clinic
2:45 p.m.: Roseville High School
4 p.m.: Comstock Park High School
5:15 p.m.: SEMJA Master Clinic
6:45 p.m.: Student Jam Session
8:15 p.m.: Bon Temps Roulle
Sunday, September 1
noon-midnight
FORD MOTOR COMPANY AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
noon: Alma Smith Quintet
1:30 p.m.: Thornetta Davis
3 p.m.: Francisco Mora Latin American Jazz
4:30 p.m.: Gerard Gibbs & ORGANized Crime
6 p.m.: National Jazz Orchestra of Detroit
7:45 p.m. Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
9:30 p.m.: Regina Carter Quintet
CHARTER ONE BANK PYRAMID STAGE
noon: Utica High School
1:15 p.m.: CMU Wails Saxophone Orchestra
2:15 p.m.: Meet the Artist w/Regina Carter
3:45 p.m.: The Brothers Groove
5:15 p.m.: Curtis Stigers Jazz Group
7 p.m.: Bopourri
8:30 p.m.: Mike Longo Trio
10:15 p.m.: Mark Whitfield Trio
ABSOPURE WATERFRONT STAGE
noon: Anchor Bay High School
1:30 p.m.: Jazzhead
3 p.m.: Oberlin College
4:15 p.m.: Naima Shambourger
5:45 p.m.: D.D. Jackson Trio
7:30 p.m.: Larry Nozero Quartet/Quintet
9 p.m.: Louis Smith Quartet
10:30 p.m.: Roy Ayers & Ubiquity
JAM ACADEMY STAGE
noon: West Bloomfield High School
1:15 p.m.: SEMJA Master Clinic
2:45 p.m.: Monroe High School
4 p.m.: Farmington Harrison High School
5:15 p.m.: SEMJA Master Clinic
8:15 p.m.: Schoolcraft College
9:30 p.m.: The Gittinger Group
Monday, September 2
noon-11 p.m.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY AMPHITHEATRE STAGE
noon: Johnny Trudell Big Band Tribute to Stan Kenton
1:45 p.m.: Charlie Gabriel Quartet
3 p.m.: Johnny O’Neal Trio
4:30 p.m.: Geri Allen Trio
6:15 p.m.: Joey DeFrancesco Trio
8 p.m.: Pete Fountain
CHARTER ONE BANK PYRAMID STAGE
noon: Jazz for a New Generation
1:15 p.m.: Ernie Rogers & The Rapa House Band
3 p.m.: Gary Schunk Quartet
4:45 p.m.: Chuchito Valdes Afro Cuban Latin Jazz Band
6:30 p.m.: Donald Walden Quartet
8 p.m.: Dee Dee McNeil
9:45 p.m.: Oliver Lake Steel Quartet
ABSOPURE WATERFRONT STAGE
2:15 p.m.: George Davidson Quartet
3:45 p.m.: Ron Brooks Trio
5:15 p.m.: George Benson Quartet
6:45 p.m.: Laurel Masse
8:30 p.m.: James Tatum Trio Plus
JAM ACADEMY STAGE
1:15 p.m.: North Farmington High School
2:30 p.m.: SEMJA Master Clinic
4 p.m.: Meet the Artist w/Joey DeFrancesco
5:15 p.m.: Student Jam Session
6:45 p.m.: Northville High School
8 p.m.: Koli Givens
Schedule tentative — all times and performers subject to change.
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