Keep in mind also, that jazz was created by people of color and transported throughout the African diaspora to all parts of the world. It embodies a spirit of freedom that impassioned an enslaved people in the American colonies to survive the rigors of chattel slavery and rise to be all that they can.
The goal of JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH (JAM) is to showcase and stimulate the current jazz scene, and encourage all people to join in the celebration.
So check out the special programs going on in your neck of the woods.
Go out to a jazz club or listen to recordings or a jazz radio station, (personally, I listen to wbgo.org, the jazz source. Pandora.com, which is free internet radio where you create your own music station is also an option), support jazz programming in your city, read a book, (I am currently reading, "John Coltrane," a biography by Bill Cole, an oldie but goodie book, copyright 1976, which I found and pulled down from my book shelf and dusted off. I'm sneezing a lot, but I'm reading a lot too.
Hey I remember now, I bought it from a public library book sale many years ago in Brooklyn, New York. Remember when they used to sell discarded books for next to nothing? I think they still do it now!
ANYWAY, get in the swing of things. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!
For more info click on americanjazzmuseum.org (Kansas City, Missouri) and then click on smithsonianjazz.org (Washington, D.C.) and then jazzmuseuminharlem.org (New York City)
GO LISTEN TO SOME JAZZ! RIGHT NOW!
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