Thanks for the kind words! Re: Ron--we devote a substantial sequence to him and his influence, but the reason he's not interviewed on camera is that we just couldn't work out the logistics with him back in 2022-23 when it would have had to happen. He had a lot going on & we couldn't find a window.

He's fantastic in the film -- pulls a lot of threads together in elegant and eloquent fashion.

Very well said. He captures that feeling shared by so many jazz musicians in Detroit.

And once you watch this snippet of Pat, please consider subscribing to the film's YouTube Channel by clicking on the title, "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," and then on the word "subscribe." Management thanks you!

The event comes on the eve of Tuesday's streaming premiere on Prime Video of The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit, which I wrote & co-produced w/Daniel Loewenthal & Roberta Friedman. Watch the film! To reserve your free spot for Monday's conversation, go here:: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...

Here's Wynton in 1959 stealing the show from John Coltrane. Even before the solos, his accompaniment and fills run away with the track.

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"The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit" officially premieres on Prime Video in just over a week on Dec. 9.

"The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit" officially premieres on Prime Video in just over a week on Dec. 9.

I literally just posted about this album!

Among many other things, Frederick Douglass was one of the very first important theorists of photography, a fact that historians have been exploring for a couple decades — and that the white photography world continues to largely ignore. Here's an intro. www.nps.gov/articles/000...

It is AMAZING to the play the trumpet the way he contines to play at 80.