Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances. Learn more about ...

Detroit’s historic Blue Bird Inn has a new lease on life. Once a jazz venue where legends like John Coltrane and Miles Davis performed, by the early 2000s the building at 5021 Tireman Ave.

Upcoming jazz masters like Christian McBride took notice. Recorded live at the Pershing Hotel Ballroom in 1950, on this track Freeman proves that he’s a worthy soloist alongside Bird during a ...