The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit weaves a compelling historical and cultural tapestry connecting Detroit's innovative and influential jazz legacy, the city's dramatic rise and fall as an industrial power, and the struggles and triumphs of its resilient African American community. From legends like Elvin Jones and Yusef Lateef, to contemporary stars like Regina Carter and Kenny Garrett, you can't tell the history of jazz without telling the history of jazz from Detroit and the profound tradition of mentor-ship nurturing Detroit jazz since the 1950s.