Montreux-Detroit Jazz Fest Schedule

[George Klein]

The 17th Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival takes place Labor Day weekend at
Hart Plaza on Detroit's riverfront. All shows are free. Three stages
plus clinics, meet-the-artist sessions, and stuff for kids. The schedule
for the two main stages follows. Music from both these stages will be
broadcast from 6 until 11 each evening on some public radio stations.
Check your local listing, as they say. For a brochure or more info, call
the Music Hall: 313-963-7622. Hotels very close by: Westin 313-563-8200,
Ponchartrain 313-965-0200.
George

FRI, AUG 30
Amphitheater/Ford Stage
12-1:30 Kimmie Horne
2-2:45 Alcatraz Sax Quartet (from Switzerland)
3:15-4:30 Straight Ahead
5-6:15 David Myles & Mylestones
6:45-8 Francisco Mora & Cuba's Afro Cuban de Matanzas Dance Troupe
9-11 Motown & All That Jazz

Pyramid/Absoult Stage
12-12:45 Russell Green Quintet
1:15-2:15 Al Winters & Swing Street
2:45-3:45 Hugh Leal's Classic Motown Jazz Band
4:15-5:15 Charlie Gabriel's New Orleans Jazz Band
5:45-7 Jim Stefanson's Latin Jazz Combine
7:30-9 Edgar Leon y Orquestra Tradicion Latina
9:30-11 Jane Bunnett Sextet

SAT, AUG 31
Amphitheater/Ford Stage
12-1 IAJE Reading Band
1:30-2:30 Marion Hayden Sextet
3-4 Naima Shambourger and her Quartet
4:30-5:45 Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
6:15-7:30 Chico Hamilton Quartet
8-9:15 Kenn Cox & Guerilla Jam Band
9:45-11 Carla Bley Big Band

Pyramid/Absoult Stage
12-1 Phillippe LeJeune & Gerard Fremaux (from France)
1-2 Mr. B Trio
2:30-3-30 Chico Hamilton Quartet
4-5:15 Norman Thrasher & Friends
5:45-7 Patti Richards & Friends
7:30-9 Johnnie Bassett & Blues Insurgents
9:30-11 Jimmy Witherspoon

SUN, SEP 1
Amphitheater/Ford Stage
12-1:30 James Tatum Trio Plus
2-3:15 Ron English & Psalm 130
3:45-5 U.S. Air Force Night Flight Jazz Band
5:30-7 Kenny Burrell with Ed Nuccilli's Plural Circle
7:30-9 Ralphe Armstrong & Detroit Internationals
9:30-11 Stanley Turrentine Quintet

Pyramid/Absoult Stage
12-1 Ange Smith
1:30-2:30 University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra
3-4:30 Malachi Thompson Freebop Band
5-6:30 A. Spencer Barefield String Ensemble
7-8:30 Orange Then Light Blue
9-10:30 Henry Threadgill On the Move

MON, SEP 2
Amphitheater/Ford Stage
12-1:30 Central Michigan University Percussion Ensemble
2-3:15 Jack Brokensha-George Benson Quintet
3:45-5 Tom Peron-Bud Spangler Quartet
5:30-7 Toots Thielemans Quartet
7:30-9 Rodney Whitaker Sextet with Chicago Pete
9:30-11 Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith

Pyramid/Absoult Stage
12:30-1:45 Gerard Gibbs & Organized Crime
2-3 Kenny Burrell Solo
3:30-4:30 Bill Heid Trio
5-6 Lyman Woodard Trio
6:30-7:45 Randy Johnson & the Murphys with Claude Black
8-9:15 Teddy Harris, Jr. Quintet
9:45-11 The David McMurray Show