Jazz News: BringMusic.org impacts Archuleta Elementary; LA plans 25-day jazz festival; Jazz Journalists nominate 7 for Book of the Year
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9News: BringMusic.org impacts Lena Archuleta Elementary
Shout out to Byron Reed at 9News for covering the impact that a local instrument drive is having on school music programs. The 500 students at Northeast Denver’s Archuleta Elementary School are getting refurbished instruments, transforming their music program. The annual Bringing Music to Life instrument drive is underway now through April 5, collecting, cleaning, and repairing gently used musical instruments statewide. Find the drop-off location near you at BringMusic.org.
Program note: Bringing Music to Life executive director Seve Holley will be on Evening Jazz with Paul Donovan this afternoon in the 4 p.m. hour.
SOURCE: 9NEWS/Bringing Music to LIfe
LA planning 25-day jazz festival
A former Los Angeles city councilman and long-time concert promoter Martin Ludlow has dreamed of a jazz festival that spans the entire city over several days, including free concerts in each of the city’s 15 districts. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass made the announcement a few weeks ago, with Pete Escovedo and Ray Charles, Jr. at her side. The Los Angeles Times reports they’re aiming to ban fossil fuels from the festival footprint. Offerings include a street fair, a large two-night concert at Dockweiler Beach, and the inclusion of LA’s black history and jazz history throughout. The inaugural Los Angeles Jazz Festival has been scheduled for August 8 through 23.
Jazz Journalists nominate 7 for Book of the Year
The Jazz Journalists Association has nominated seven books for their annual Book of the Year awards. In the Biography and Autobiography category, the nominees were: Steven C. Bowie’s “Concerto for Cootie – The Life and Times of (trumpeter) Cootie Williams,” drummer Billy Hart’s autobiography “Oceans of Time – as told to Ethan Iverson,” another book about Pops, this time from Ricky Riccardi, called, “Stomp Off, Let’s Go – the Early Years of Louis Armstrong,” and Elizabeth J. Rosenthal’s bio on Gene Krupa, “The Master of Drums.”
In the History/Criticism/Culture category, the three nominees are: “Writing Jazz – Conversations with Critics and Biographers,” a book about the forerunner of the jazz academy – Music Inn - in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, “The Jazz Barn,” and visionary pianist Matthew Shipp’s book of prose and poetry called, “Black Mystery School and Other Writings.”
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