WSU Jazz Conf.

The second annual Detroit Jazz Conference will be held on Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9 at Wayne State University’s McGregor Memorial Conference Center, the Community Arts Auditorium and the Music Wing.

More than 75 musicians and speakers will participate in the week-end program of live performances, discussions and lecture-demonstrations. Headliners include conference artist -in-residence pianist Cecil Taylor and his quartet, guitarist Kenny Burrell, critic-author A.B. Spellman, and Frank Kofsky, FIFTH ESTATE jazz columnist.

Local groups that will perform include the Dorothy Ashby Trio, the Hal McKinney Combo, the WSU Improvisation Ensemble, and the Jack Brokensha Concert Jazz Quartet.

Sponsored by the Detroit Jazz Society, the WSU Division of Conferences and Institutes and Music Department, and the University Center for Adult Education, the Conference will focus on the theme “Jazz in our Time.”

Conference and registration information may be obtained at University Center for Adult Education, Rackham Education Memorial Building, Detroit, Mich., Phone: 831–4310.