Detroit’s Cultural Center Hosts Free In-Person Jazz Performances This October

The New Standards Jazz Crawl is a unique 13-part music series, free to the public, featuring works by a wide range of women composers, from unique to popular, from historic to current, from blues to bebop, and beyond performed by an outstanding line-up of jazz musicians hailing from New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Detroit. It is scheduled for Oct. 14–15, 20–21 and 28, 2022, at several Cultural Center institutions.

All concerts consists of 75-minutes sets. COVID-19 protocols may be in place at some of the venues, and the organizers advises attendees to reach out directly to each venue to see what rules are in place:

• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History,
• Detroit Historical Museum,
• Detroit Institute of Arts,
• Detroit Public Library,
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
• Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD),
• The Scarab Club, and
• the brand-new Carr Center Performance Studio

The New Standards Jazz Crawl is a special music series linked to the “New Standards: Part 1 of Shifting the Narrative: Jazz and Gender Justice,” a world premiere multimedia installation, curated and conceived by National Endowment for the Arts Jazzmaster, three-time Grammy winner and Carr Center Artistic Director Terri Lyne Carrington. The series runs from Oct. 14–Nov. 27, 2022, at The Carr Center Performance Studio inside the historic Park Shelton.

The New Standards Jazz Crawl was curated by Terri Lyne Carrington and The Carr Center with support from the Detroit Institute of Arts, Midtown Detroit, Inc. and the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation.

Schedule of Performances

Oct. 14 — 3 Performances

6:30 p.m.
Featuring Nicole Mitchell Trio
at the Detroit Historical Museum, The Allesee Gallery of Culture, 5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48202

7:30 p.m.
Featuring Andy Milne, La Tanya Hall and Gregoire Maret
at The Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, Michigan 48202

9:00 p.m. 
Featuring Jazzmeia Horn with The Gathering Orchestra Nonet
at The Carr Performance Studio inside The Park Shelton, 15 E. Kirby Street, Detroit, Michigan 48202

Oct. 15 — 3 Performances

6:30 p.m.
Featuring The Gathering Orchestra Nonet featuring Sean Jones and Terri Lyne Carrington and Matthew Stevens
at the Detroit Public Library – Woodward Lawn, 5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48202 (This is an outdoor performance)                                                         

8:00 p.m.
Featuring “Duos and Duets” – An Evening with Ms. Lisa Fisher and SOMI
at the Detroit Orchestra, The Cube, 3711 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48201

9:00 p.m.
Featuring Carmen Lundy
at the The Carr Performance Studio inside The Park Shelton, 15 E. Kirby Street, Detroit, Michigan 48202

Oct. 20 — 2 Peformances

6:00 p.m.
Featuring Savannah Harris and Nicole Glover, featuring Rashaan Carter and Jeremy Corren
at The Carr Performance Studio inside The Park Shelton, 15 E. Kirby Street, Detroit, Michigan 48202

7:30 p.m. 
Featuring Charenée Wade
at the The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202

Oct. 21 — 3 Performances

7:00 p.m.
Featuring The Tia Fuller Band
at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Film Theatre, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202

8:00 p.m.
Featuring Linda May Han Oh
at the MOCAD, 4454 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201

9:00 p.m.
Featuring Camille Thurman
at The Carr Performance Studio inside The Park Shelton, 15 E. Kirby Street, Detroit, Michigan 48202

Oct. 28 — 2 Performances

7:30 p.m.
Featuring Susie Ibarra
at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Lecture Hall, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202

9:00 p.m.
Featuring Darynn Dean, featuring Paul Cornish
at The Carr Performance Studio inside The Park Shelton, 15 E. Kirby Street, Detroit, Michigan 48202