Lorin Brace: #RecordDET Interview
Detroit Sound Conservancy · Lorin Brace: #recorddet Interview
Blue Bird Inn
Sacramento Knoxx: DetroitSound5 Interview & Performance
Sacramento Knoxx, musician, community activist, and Anishinaabekwe Detroiter, discusses his relationship to Detroit music in this interview and performance.
Preserving and Archiving Detroit’s Black History: Discussion
Detroit Sound Conservancy participated in this roundtable discussion on preserving Detroit’s Black history organized by Noir Design Parti.
Cliff Coleman & Jim Ruffner: “Detroit Jazz: An Overview” Pamphlet
Cliff Coleman and Jim Ruffner present a chronological overview of Detroit jazz in this pamphlet published by the Graystone International Jazz Museum.
Paradise Valley: Collection
Detroit’s Paradise Valley, which was largely destroyed by “urban renewal” programs in the 1960s, was a center in the development of Black music in Detroit.
Wendell Harrison: Blue Bird Stage Performance
Detroit Sound Conservancy · Wendell Harrison: Blue Bird Stage Performance
Aloe Blacc: Blue Bird Stage Performance
Singer Aloe Blacc performs at Canadian Music Week on the Blue Bird Inn Stage sponsored by Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visit Detroit).
The Gabriel Brass Band: LaVell Williams Jazz Funeral Performance
We asked The Gabriel Brass Band to perform a tribute to LaVell Williams (1967-2018) on the Blue Bird Inn Stage at Light Box Performance.
Blue Bird Inn: Lock Cutting Video
On April 24, 2019 we put our own lock on the Blue Bird Inn with some help from bassist Marion Hayden and saxophonist De’Sean Jones.