The Best of the Best Jazz from Detroit

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"The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit chronicles the defining impact of Detroit’s innovative and influential jazz legacy and the remarkable city that produced it. You can’t tell the history of jazz without telling the history of jazz from Detroit. Set within Detroit’s dramatic rise and fall as an industrial power and the struggles and triumphs of its creative and resilient African American community, the film weaves a compelling historical and cultural tapestry through the 20th and 21st centuries. From legends like Elvin Jones, Yusef Lateef, and Ron Carter to today’s stars like Karriem Riggins, Kenny Garrett, and Regina Carter, scores of world-class jazz musicians have rolled off Detroit’s assembly line—nurtured by a profound legacy of mentors such as Barry Harris, Marcus Belgrave, and Rodney Whitaker and the soulfulness of a great American city that never quits. The film reminds audiences that Detroit remains a mecca of Black musical excellence."