Jazz From Detroit

Contents
Preface
A Note on Sources and Recordings
Part One: Setting the Stage
	Jazz in Detroit, 1900–1950
Part Two: The Golden Age, 1940–60
	Opening Chorus
	Gerald Wilson: Head and Heart
	Yusef Lateef: Gentle Giant
	Milt Jackson: Bags’ Groove
	Sheila Jordan: Sheila’s Blues
	Barry Harris: Professor of Bebop
	Tommy Flanagan: A Legendary Touch
	Kenny Burrell: Community Builder
	Donald Byrd: Renaissance Man
	Roland Hanna: Magician
	Curtis Fuller: Trombone on Top
	Louis Hayes: The (Cymbal) Beat Goes On
	Ron Carter: The Right Note at the Right Time
	Joe Henderson: The Phantom
	Charles McPherson: Reminiscing by Ear
Part Three: The Jones Brothers
	Opening Chorus
	Hank Jones: One Extra Ace
	Thad Jones: Jonesisms
	Elvin Jones: Philosopher King
Part Four: Taking Control— Self-Determination in the 1960s and ’70s
	Opening Chorus
	Detroit Artists Workshop, Detroit Creative Musicians Association, and Focus Novii
	Contemporary Jazz Quintet and Strata Corporation
	Tribe
	Coda
Part Five: Marcus Belgrave and His Children
	Marcus Belgrave: The Nurturer
	Geri Allen: Back to the Future
	Kenny Garrett: Sound and Spirit
	Regina Carter: Searching for Roots
	Gerald Cleaver: The Big Picture
	Robert Hurst: Platonic Ideal
	Rodney Whitaker: Family Man
	James Carter: Volcano
	Karriem Riggins: Dual Identity
Part Six: Tradition and Transition in the 21st Century
	Opening Chorus
	Present and Future: Ralphe Armstrong, Marion Hayden, Michael Malis, Marcus Elliot
	Coda
Appendix A: Jazz Musicians from Detroit
Appendix B: List of Interviews
Acknowledgments
Index