The Jazz Network Foundation
Media & Archive
Images and films preserving the people, places, and performances of the Jazz Network Foundation.
A living archive
The media collection presents the Foundation not as a closed chapter, but as a living network of people, places, performances, and ideas.
Across decades of concerts, gatherings, workshops, and civic partnerships, the Jazz Network Foundation has created moments in which Detroit artists, audiences, elders, and emerging musicians could meet one another through the music. This archive preserves those moments while making them available to new generations.
Jazz-Off Detroit
Film, performance, and the Blue Bird Inn
Back to the SereNgeti
A landmark anniversary celebration
Detroit Jazz Hero
Recognition of cultural stewardship
Marion Hayden
Renowned Detroit bassist and longtime Jazz Network Foundation collaborator
Places of Memory
Returning attention to historic jazz spaces
The City
Detroit as creative source and public stage
Back to the SereNgeti · 2014
The 22nd Anniversary
The Jazz Network Foundation’s 22nd anniversary brought musicians, friends, and community together in a celebration of Detroit’s living jazz lineage. The performance featured the SereNgeti Quartet with renowned percussionist Winard Harper, joined by Ralph Armstrong on bass, Marcus Elliot on saxophone, and Mike Jellick on piano, and Joan Belgrave as featured guest. Together, they honored the past by putting the music fully in motion.
Watch and Listen
Films from the archive
A growing film collection documents the Foundation’s performances, civic outreach, artist relationships, and commitment to bringing audiences of every age into direct contact with jazz.
The 22nd Anniversary
A film record of the Foundation’s milestone celebration featuring percussionist Winard Harper with Ralph Armstrong on bass, Marcus Elliot on saxophone, and Mike Jellick on piano, and Joan Belgrave as featured guest.
Winard Harper · Ralph Armstrong · Marcus Elliot · Mike Jellick · Joan Belgrave
Marcus Belgrave at the 22nd Anniversary
A separate anniversary excerpt captures Detroit trumpet master Marcus Belgrave performing during the Foundation’s milestone celebration, preserving the spontaneous spirit and deep artistic relationship he shared with Bill Foster.
Michael Rabinowitz at Orchestra Hall
Bill Foster organized a two-hour educational jazz masterclass featuring Michael Rabinowitz, Harold McKinney, Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and George Davidson.
Remembering the Blue Bird Inn
Jazz-Off Detroit returns attention to one of the city’s most consequential historic jazz spaces.