Great Lakes region Great Lakes region The Great Lakes region of North America is a bi-national Canada-American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. The region centers on the Great Lakes and forms a distinctive historical, economic, and cultural identity. A portion of the region also encompasses the Great Lakes Megalopolis. The Great Lakes Commission, authorized by the region's American states and Province of Ontario, and the additional Canadian Province of Quebec, comprises a bi-national authority with specified powers to protect and
The Great Lakes Suites meditation on the "restrained, yet explosive" formation of North America's five Great Lakes isn't as grand in scope as 2013's "Occupy the World" (with a 22-piece orchestra) or 2012's four-disc, 19-part Civil Rights miniseries "Ten Freedom Summers" — but the 90-minute bustle of his stripped-down all-star quartet still stands as 2014's jazz epic." Disc 1 Disk 2 The Great Lakes Suites The Great Lakes Suites is a two-disc studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. The album was released on September 16, 2014 via Finnish TUM Records label. The album includes six original jazz compositions written by Smith,