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Library Honors
Billy Strayhorn During Jazz Jam
Celebrate JAZZ JAM 2015 @ Kent Branch
Library @ccess Center
By Rhonda B. Sewell,
Governmental Affairs and Media Strategist
The Truth Contributor
Jazz, a type of expressive music created by
African-Americans, is honored annually by the Toledo-Lucas
County Public Library with an exciting day-long FREE
event titled JAZZ JAM. This event is in honor of
national Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM).
Come celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month (April 2015)
with us from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 for
a series of FREE performances and more at the Kent
Branch Library @ccess Center, 3101 Collingwood Blvd. |
April is Jazz Month, and the
Smithsonian National Museum of History creates an annual
poster featuring a great jazz artist. This year's honoree is
legendary composer, pianist and Dayton, Ohio native Billy
Strayhorn. Learn more about Strayhorn by visiting
www.billystrayhorn.com
or visit your neighborhood library for books, music and
other items on past and present jazz musicians. |
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This exciting day of jazz will feature performers, courtesy
of Professional Musicians of Northwest Ohio, Local 15-286; a
snack bar, children’s activities and more! Bring the entire
family!
This program was sponsored by the Art Tatum African American
Resource Center, Kent Branch Library @ccess Center, with
generous support from The Library Legacy Foundation.
Jazz Appreciation Month was created at the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2002 to
herald and celebrate the extraordinary heritage and history
of jazz. Through local and national jazz fans everywhere,
JAM is intended to stimulate the current jazz scene and
encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz - to
study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio
and recordings, read books about jazz, and support
institutional jazz programs. |
