Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. ~Ella Fitzgerald~
On a Mission
Welcome, and thank you for visiting the Jazz Legacy Foundation website! With your help, it is our mission to transform lives through charitable support by way of educational scholarships, creative arts, leadership development, mentoring, workshops, and community partnerships; all with the aspirations of enhancing the appreciation and preservation of the Art of Jazz, America's only true original art form. Please feel free to explore our website! We hope that you will join us on this journey and support our mission.
In the News!
How important is Jazz & Music Education?
Check out the interviews below!
What do the Artists have to say about the importance of music education?
Check it out with these great interviews conducted and produced by
Ray White of Coool CAT syndicated radio.
2 Grammy Nominated Saxophonist /Vocalist /Author
MINDI ABAIR |
Jazz & Soul Flutist ALTHEA RENEE
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Jazz / R&B
Singer / Songwriter Actress CHANTE MOORE |
Jazz Saxophonist
Composer MARION MEADOWS |
Jazz Saxophonist Song writer
Producer BONEY JAMES |
Jazz / R&B Vocalist
WILL DOWNING |
Jazz / R&B
Singer/Songwriter MAYSA LEAKE |
Jazz / Funk / R&B Musician/Composer/
Producer BRIAN CULBERTSON |
Singer/Songwriter
PHIL PERRY |
Smooth & Saxy
KIM WATERS |
Grammy Award
Nominee GERALD ALBRIGHT |
JAZZ TRUMPETER
RICK BRAUN |
2014 Jazz Legacy youth performer JORDAN LASTER
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Pieces of a Dream
CURTIS HARMON |
Classically trained & Berkley Graduate
Smooth Jazz Saxtress JEANETTE HARRIS |
The electrifying
Urban Jazz Harmonicist FREDERIC YONNET |
"King of Strings "
Electric Violinist KEN FORD |
Winner of the 2009 Capital Jazz Fest Challenge.
MARCUS ANDERSON |
Producer
CHRIS "BIG DOG" DAVIS |
Special Guest of the 2013 Jazz Legacy Foundation Gala! WILLIAM
"MO BETTA" LEDBETTER |
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Board of Directors
Alvin E. Keels Sr.
Jeri lyn Horne Cynthia Melton |
Staff
Alvin E Keels-President / CEO
Jerilyn Horne-Executive Director Cynthia Melton-Education Liaison Reginald Dillard -Production Director Jose' Umstead - Logistics Coordinator Cheryl Wilkerson-Assistant Education Committee: Cynthia Melton |