Made in Detroit

Join electronic music artist Carl Craig and jazz bassist, composer, and educator Rodney Whitaker for an in-depth conversation on creativity, improvisation, and artistic practice. Both born in Detroit around the same time, Craig and Whitaker bring perspectives shaped by sustained creative inquiry and a shared attention to process. Craig, one of the current MSUFCU Arts Power Up artist-in-residence at Michigan State University, and Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University, will explore the creative processes that connect techno and jazz, reflecting on how structure, spontaneity, collaboration, and intuition inform their work across genres.

Presented by the MSU Museum, part of the MSUFCU Arts Power Up artists-in-residence at MSU, in partnership with the MSU College of Music, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), and ArtsMSU.

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