The Best of the Best: Jazz From Detroit

The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit explores the landmark influence of Detroit’s innovative jazz musicians. Framed by Detroit’s dramatic rise and fall as an industrial power and its dynamic Black community, the documentary weaves a compelling tapestry. Great jazz musicians roll off Detroit’s assembly line—nurtured by profound mentorship and the resiliency of a city that never quits.

• Daniel LoewenthalDirector