Festival History / 1980-2001 http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/
Takes place during the labor day WE.
"The Detroit Jazz Fest was conceived as an effective means to combat the
challenges facing the city in the late 1970s. Its creators believed that
this world-class cultural event would bring both people and positive media
attention to downtown Detroit, which was suffering from dwindling
populations, businesses and visitors.
From its birth in 1980, the festival attracted hundreds of artists and
hundreds of thousands of visitors to Hart Plaza, Detroit's beautiful
riverfront park, each year. The combined effect of the outstanding
programming, great family activities, unsurpassed educational offerings and
exceptional setting resulted in an international reputation for excellence.
In 1994 this legacy and all it meant to the area was endangered when its
founder, Detroit Renaissance, refocused on its core mission of economic
development. Special events like the jazz festival would no longer be a part
of the southeast Michigan community life unless other organizations adopted
them.
Detroit's Renaissance president, Robert E. McCabe (also known as the
Godfather of Detroit Jazz), approached Music Hall Center for the Performing
Arts, a non-profit historical theatre in downtown Detroit, urging them to
take on this massive, but rewarding project. The artistic tradition and
significance to the community motivated the trustees to add the festival to
Music Hall's annual line-up of theatre, dance, music, family and comedy
presentations."
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: marc christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, marc
christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: Lester Kenyatta Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jongsma, K.J."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'313@hyperreal.org'" <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: [313] Interesting Indeed
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:18:30 -0500
hey when IS that jazz festival?
I saw dizzy gillespy (sp?) there when I was a kid and would
like to go back for some live jazz
:)
-Joe
Indeed, though *most* of what you've said is correct, the
first point -- that the name is inconsequential -- is the
only one under real question.
let's not forget that the other big 3-day festival (jazz,
you know, during whichever one of those labor day/memorial
day weekends isn't in may and is in september, right?)
built an *enormous* international reputation, and
generated almost as much foreign tourism to detroit, and
almost as many festival attendees, as the DEMF did in its
first year.
and what is that festival called now? i can't remember
anymore, now that it's not montreaux. i mean, i'm serious
-- no one knows what the name is. but ask anyone
connected to detroit's rather limited tourism industry
(with the exception of the boileau dude, right?) and
they'll tell you that the lack of the name hurt
international tourism for the jazz fest. at least for the
first two years.
and, BTW, let's not forget that teh way the freep article
was written, May gets only six or seven words to give his
framework for the suit. and any six or seven words that
end and begin with the possibilty of the DEMF being bought
by a foreign concern are gonna sound like the rantings of
someone who's a little paranoid, or just into getting
promotion.
until you remember what happened to that other festival.
you know. whatever its name is now -- i can't remember.
cheers,
-marc
At 10:42 AM -0500 3/11/02, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>the name is rather inconsequential.
>
>the city of detroit owns hart plaza
>
>the city of detroit fronts the money for the festival (it
is later paid
>back by the sponsors)
>
>the city will decide who gets the contract next year.
>
>this strikes me as a publicity stunt.
>
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