Wayne State Turning Jazzy with New Center

A new Jazz Center will be part of a proposed educational entertainment complex at Detroit’s Wayne State University.

Students at Wayne State University will soon be practicing, performing and learning about all things jazz at a new center being created at the Hilberry Theater.

The building will be remodeled and renamed the Gretchen Valade Jazz Center in honor of the philanthropist who is donating about $7.5 million to make the project a reality.

One of Wayne State’s Board of Governors, Kim Trent, tells WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter the new jazz center will become part of the university’s effort to create an entertainment education complex.

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  • Quinn Klinefelter is a Senior News Editor at 101.9 WDET. In 1996, he was literally on top of the news when he interviewed then-Senator Bob Dole about his presidential campaign and stepped on his feet.