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December/January Events
"Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World" is an exceptional collection of photographs and documents, now showing at the American Jazz Museum, drawn from important archives around the country that chronicles the tours of American jazz legends as they traveled the globe on behalf of the U.S. State Department.
Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World is an exceptional collection of photographs and documents drawn from important archives around the country that chronicles the tours of American jazz legends as they traveled the globe on behalf of the U.S. State Department. From the mid-1950s through the 1970s, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and others served as cultural diplomats, transcending national boundaries, and making friends for our country.
Jam Session includes nearly 100 compelling images of musicians visiting 35 countries in four continents - each of which provides a unique insight into this successful diplomatic initiative. Millions of people experienced these concerts and thrilled to the many styles and variations of the remarkable American art form called jazz music. We've taken the liberty to add two additional components including non-stop screening of selected films taken from our John H. Baker Jazz Film Collection and selected artifacts from the UMKC Marr Sound Archives and American Jazz Museum Collections. These added dimensions will bring to life many of the themes and accentuate selected artists from within the exhibition. Moreover, they will provide YOU with a heightened educational experience!
To highlight the far-reaching impact of these great musicians' voyages abroad, the American Jazz Museum will host a grand opening celebration and public programs and focus tours to accentuate the exhibit during the course of its run here in Kansas City - through February 21, 2010.
Educating The Masses...Public Programs of Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World
January 18, 2010, Atrium - American Jazz Museum
Jammin' for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Jazz Poetry Jams Special Event
Join host, Glenn North, student poets, spoken word artists and KC jazz musicians in action as we pay special tribute to an American legend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose words of justice inspire words of hope from these talented young poets. Also enjoy light refreshments, a funs scavenger hunt and light refreshments. $5 Admission
February 4, 2010- 6:30 pm, Atrium - American Jazz Museum
Jammin' for Wellness: Jazz as an International Catalyst for Medical and Spiritual Healing
This session will feature a spirited and healthy discussion examining the power Jazz as an International Catalyst for Medical and Spiritual Healing. Join our guest panelists and NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston LIVE IN CONCERT! Program also includes hors d' oeuvres!
February 19, 2010 - 10:00 a.m., Atrium - American Jazz Museum
Satchmo Blows Up the World: A Jazz Storytelling Special Event
In this special inter-active Jazz Storytelling session, children will learn how one of the world's greatest jazz ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, trumpeted the message of jazz across the globe.
All programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. A suggested $10 donation to support future programming is encouraged. For additional details and to RSVP for any of these public programs, please contact Glenn North at (816)474-8463, ext. 221 or gnorth@kcjazz.org.
For more information visit www.americanjazzmuseum.org.
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