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Jacques Lesure Trio and The Spirit of Thailand Mekhong Tasting at Emmy Lu Gallery
November 29, 2009 from 4pm to 8pm
You are cordially invited this Sunday to The Spirit of Thailand Mekhong Tasting and Live Jazz, featuring “Jacques Lesure Trio”
Emmy Lu Gallery
418 S Clark Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(One Block west of Robertson Blvd., South of Olympic)
http://www.s…
Jacques Lesure Trio and The Spirit of Thailand Mekhong Tasting at Emmy Lu Gallery
November 29, 2009 from 4pm to 8pm
You are cordially invited this Sunday to The Spirit of Thailand Mekhong Tasting and Live Jazz, featuring “Jacques Lesure Trio”
Emmy Lu Gallery
418 S Clark Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(One Block west of Robertson Blvd., South of Olympic)
http://www.s…
Art & SmoothAhead Jazz Extravaganza at Emmy Lu Gallery
November 22, 2009 from 5pm to 9pm
November 22, 2009
“SMOOTHAHEAD JAZZ & ART EXTRAVAGANZA”
You are cordially invited to attend a special Beverly Hills
Jazz and Art extravaganza,
Featuring “Spectrum Jazz Trio”
Celebrity Invited guests; Holland Dozier Holland, Freda Payne, Kenny Bur…
Art & SmoothAhead Jazz Extravaganza at Emmy Lu Gallery
November 1, 2009 from 5pm to 9pm
November 1, 2009
"Art & SmoothAhead Jazz Extravaganza"
Featuring Bradley Young Trio
Fine Jazz Art Pieces by Emmy Lu
Visit www.EmmyLuGalleries.com
Specialty Table Vendors Wanted
Email info@smoothahead.com
Art & SmoothAhead Jazz Extravaganza at Emmy Lu Gallery
November 1, 2009 from 5pm to 9pm
November 1, 2009
"Art & SmoothAhead Jazz Extravaganza"
Featuring Bradley Young Trio
Fine Jazz Art Pieces by Emmy Lu
Visit www.EmmyLuGalleries.com
Specialty Table Vendors Wanted
Email info@smoothahead.com
Hello PJN family, I'm on a mission and I need your help or assistance. I need to find as many jazz camps, clinics or workshops that are happening in your neighborhoods for children. Does not matter what the size of the program. Please email me at li…
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- I am a Straight Ahead Jazz Band Manager, A SmoothAhead Jazz Promoter and a Jazz fan on a National crusade to bring the full awareness of Jazz back into the Inner City Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Jazz is known all over the world as America's Art Form, or as HR-57 so eloquently says, Whereas, jazz has achieved preeminence throughout the world as an indigenous American music and art form, bringing to this country and the world a uniquely American musical synthesis and culture through the African-American experience and
1. makes evident to the world an outstanding artistic model of individual expression and democratic cooperation within the creative process, thus fulfilling the highest ideals and aspirations of our republic,
2. is a unifying force, bridging cultural, religious, ethnic and age differences in our diverse society,
3. is a true music of the people, finding its inspiration in the cultures and most personal experiences of the diverse peoples that constitute our Nation,
4. has evolved into a multifaceted art form which continues to birth and nurture new stylistic idioms and cultural fusions,
5. has had an historic, pervasive and continuing influence on other genres of music both here and abroad, and
6. has become a true international language adopted by musicians around the world as a music best able to express contemporary realities from a personal perspective;
Whereas, this great American musical art form has not yet been properly recognized nor accorded the institutional status commensurate with its value and importance;
Whereas, it is important for the youth of America to recognize and understand jazz as a significant part of their cultural and intellectual heritage;
Whereas, in as much as there exists no effective national infrastructure to support and preserve jazz;
Whereas, documentation and archival support required by such a great art form has yet to be systematically applied to the jazz field; and
Whereas, it is now in the best interest of the national welfare and all of our citizens to preserve and celebrate this unique art form;
Now, therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that it is the sense of the Congress that jazz is hereby designated as a rare and valuable national American treasure to which we should devote our attention, support and resources to make certain it is preserved, understood and promulgated.
With that being said, I have made it my life passion to bring this Art form back into the lives of inner-city Youths, so that they can understand and treasure this music. Won't you join me...
I have helped in the production of Jazz Festivals. I have successfully created and implemented many events. I love listening and promoting Jazz. SmoothAhead®. Traditional Jazz and Smooth Jazz coming together for the love of this art form. Let's make it happen together!
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Are Jazz Musicians Willing to Leave This Earth Empty?
The Survival of Jazz, an interesting topic of sorts. I am located on the West Coast and I have quite frankly been doing a lot of soul searching in regards to this very topic. With the demise of radio stations that play jazz, whether it's Traditional or Contemporary, the economic boom, and all the other reasons to make one take note to the demise of Jazz. How is Jazz surviving? If one were to look at the recent closures of Jazz Festivals across the country, you would think that jazz fans would be… Continue
Posted on June 14, 2009 at 10:00pm —
IT'S TIME FOR SMOOTHAHEAD TO TAKE CENTER STAGE
Hello fellow Jazz lovers, I believe it's time that we start to take a serious look at this concept called SmoothAhead. I know some people may think the name is a little corny or not easy to say, but get pass the name and think about what it represents. With the demise of so many Smooth Jazz radio stations across the country and only a few NPR stations at all, wouldn't it be great if we had stations that played both genres. They could rotate (Traditional or Straight-Ahead) with (Contemporary or S… Continue
Posted on May 24, 2009 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments
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Merry Christmass...Happy New year!....keep up your great work...big hug from the rock coast of Maine...please mail me some sunny warm southern California warm air....sooo cold here...but we play our jaz hot through the winter...to keep the love flowin'....all my best to you...bcI wish you an awesome weekend!
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The journalists over the years have labeled and re-labeled it until many think that there are distinct genres of music. In fact, unfortunately among the jazz pedagogy of today and the marketplace, people are learning music as though the genres labels are real. It's all the same music. There are only 12 notes in the Western Musical Scale. The Africans twisted and bended them to conform more closely to their native scales which produced the blues based sound of American music that did not exist in European music before then. I'll post a photo of the African American Music tree compiled by my friend Dr. Portia Maultsby of Indiana U. in Bloomington that will illustrate the point. Remember... the Funk Brothers who played n all the Motown hits were all jazz musicians. Thanks for asking.
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