Detroit jazz is soon to enter the 21st Century blowing strong. But to tell the story, we begin in the 1800s.
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Intro to the Reading Room - The Beginning:Black Music in Detroit - 1850-1920
by Herb Boyd - Stompin' at the Graystone: Jazz in Detroit - 1917-1940
by Lars Bjorn - Bebop in Detroit: Nights at the Blue Bird Inn
by Lars Bjorn and Jim Gallert - Black Bottom and Beyond: The View in the '80s
by Herb Boyd - What the Cultural Warriors Won: A '90s View
by W. Kim Heron
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Swinging Through Time - Graystone - Reading
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Updated on 27 Oct 2005
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