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Detroit Cassette kids t-shirt

Children's T-Shirt

As the Jazz Age began, Detroit quickly emerged as an important musical center, standing alongside New Orleans, Chicago, and St. Louis. Among the musicians who relocated to Detroit were drummer William McKinney, who formed the seminal big band McKinney's Cotton Pickers, with jazz great Don Redman. Through the 1950s Detroit was one of America's most important jazz centers. Musicians from Detroit who achieved international recognition include Sippie Wallace, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Thad Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Lucky Thompson, Louis Hayes, Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, Marcus Belgrave, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter and Pepper Adams.