Jazz Scene in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor Summer '70

Documentary of the Free Summer Park Concerts and the Video footage of Ann Arbor Blues Festival during the summer and fall of 1970. The film was paid for by a grant from the City of Ann Arbor to advertise their success in building good relationships with student activists and demonstrators by utilizing city parks for weekly free live rock concerts that alleviated some of the student stress being felt at major universities around the country.

Archie Shepp, 1972

Archie Shepp playing the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, 1972.

Bird Of Paradise

Bird of Paradise jazz club to test its wings this fall

Newspaper clipping describing the plans to open the Bird of Paradise jazz club

Bird Of Paradise: Ron Brooks' Long-Awaited Jazz Club Is...Finally...On The Brink Of Opening

Crowd at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival

Crowd gathers to listen to performers at the 1973 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival

Eclipse and WIQB Present Free Summer Concerts Poster

Eclipse Jam Session Poster

Eclipse Jazz, Michigan Union Office

Eclipse Winter Concert Series 1978 Poster

Ella Fitzgerald at Hill Auditorium Poster

Poster advertising the Ella Fitzgerald concert at Hill Auditorium on April 6.

Ella Fitzgerald in Concert at Hill Auditorium, April 1978

Ella Fitzgerald performing at the University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium, 1978.

George Adams at Trotter House

Golden Falcon, 1975

Loma Linda, 1975

Mandingo Griot Society Concert Poster

Miles Davis at Hill Auditorium

Miles Davis at Hill Auditorium on September 19, 1981

Miles Davis Poster

Poster for Miles Davis concert on September 19 at the Hill Auditorium.

Police Arrests at Blues & Jazz Festival

Article in the Ann Arbor Sun about a quote in a previous issue about the interaction between police and concert-goers at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, 1972.