Table of Contents

Tale of 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: Jonesims

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