April is Jazz Appreciation Month and Detroit’s Carr Center is shining a spotlight on renowned female jazz artists from Detroit.

The Center will host “Great Jazz Women of Detroit: Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby, and Betty Carter” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Detroit School of Arts at the Ford Theatre, 123 Selden St. Tickets are $35 to see the concert in person or $10 to watch a livestream.

Directed by three-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, composer, drummer, and educator Terri Lyne Carrington, the concert will feature Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn and harpist Brandee Younger.

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