Michigan Jazz Festival 2010
The free Michigan Jazz Festival is one of the jewels of the jazz life of Southeastern Michigan. Great music in a very comfortable and friendly environment and you have a choice of listening inside or outside. This year’s festival will be hel d on Sunday, July 18, at Schoolcraft College from noon until 9:15 p.m. It is dedicated to Eileen Standley, one of the main forces behind the scene at the festival.
There will be music on six stages inside buildings or under a tent on the lawn, performed by 23 groups and five big bands, for a total of 150 musicians. The complete schedule is found inside this issue, along with that of other festivals in the next two months.
Schoolcraft College features high quality food services, and plenty of opportunities for socializing. SEMJA will have a table there as usual, so please drop by and say hello. For further information please call 248-474-2720 or 734-459-2454 or go to the festival website.
Jeannine and Russ Miller at last year’s festival. They will be the last act in Lower Waterman at 7:45 p.m. on July 18.
photographs by Lars Bjorn