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Jazz Appreciation Month @ Kent Branch Library
By Rhonda B. Sewell, Library Media Relations Coordinator
For the
seventh year, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is
swinging out and blaring its horns to the up-tempo as we
celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month via JAM 2014
from noon to 5p.m. on Saturday, April 26 in the
auditorium of Kent Branch Library Public @ccess Center, 3101
Collingwood Blvd. This year’s theme, Jazz Alchemy: A
Love Supreme, pays tribute to the late saxophone
legend John Coltrane.
This FREE
celebration is organized by officials of Kent and the
Art Tatum African American Resource Center, who will host
members of the Professional Musicians of Northwest Ohio,
Local 15-286. The daylong event will include live music,
crafts and a snack bar.
Observed each
April, Jazz Appreciation Month is celebrated nationally and
internationally, and it is the Smithsonian’s National Museum
of American History which operates the world’s most
comprehensive set of jazz programs to honor the month.
Jazz is an
American musical art form first started in the early 20th century
in African American communities in the South. Its influence
is based on West African and European traditions.
For more
information, visit
toledolibrary.org or
call Kent Branch at 419.259.5340. |
