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    American Black Journal
            2023 Detroit Jazz Festival preview and poster reveal
                
                    
                        
                            Season 51
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 33
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation President Chris Collins and artist Brittini Ward, who created this year’s official Jazz Festival poster, speak with “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson to preview the 2023 Jazz Festival lineup and talk about the inspiration behind this year’s festival poster. Plus, watch a performance from this year’s Rocket Mortgage artist-in-residence Karriem Riggins.
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