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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAN 26, 2007
CONTACT: DAWN SINGH
857-544-0739
505-771-0417
BOSTON MAYOR THOMAS MENINO PROCLAIMS
APRIL 21-29, 2007 JAZZ WEEK IN BOSTON
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has officially proclaimed April 21 to 29 to be Jazz Week in the city, encouraging everyone to “participate in this citywide, community-based celebration of jazz in Boston.”
Jazz Week will be a major celebration of jazz throughout the city of Boston and its environs. Scheduled to tie into the Smithsonian Institution’s national observance of April as Jazz Month and culminate in a birthday tribute to Duke Ellington, born on April 29, it will include a wide array of performance and educational events in traditional and nontraditional venues.
The week-long celebration will be coordinated by the non-profit organization JazzBoston, which will provide overall direction and promotion, while most events will be produced independently by participating musicians, presenters, clubs, educational institutions, and other organizations.
Musicians or presenters who would like information about coordinating their programming with Jazz Week or sponsoring a Jazz Week event should go to:
http://jazzboston.org/about/initiatives-form.asp or email
info@jazzboston.org.
For information about JazzBoston go to the web site:
http://jazzboston.org/about/initiatives-form.asp or contact Dawn Singh, 505-771-0417, 857-544-0739 or
dawn@dawnsinghpublicity.com.
In his proclamation, Mayor Menino stated that, “The City of Boston has a world-renowned jazz past that includes being the launching pad for many of the music’s giants, hosting memorable music in some of jazz’s most legendary venues; and building a stellar reputation as a city at the cutting edge of jazz education.
“And the City of Boston has a vibrant jazz present with many of the music’s most respected artists calling Boston home, famed schools such as the New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music leading the way in jazz education, venues hosting world-class performances, and a unique mix of young musicians and internationally recognized artists living, teaching and performing here.
The rest of the proclamation reads:
WHEREAS:
The non-profit organization JazzBoston brings together representatives from every corner of the city’s diverse jazz community who are united by the common purpose of keeping Boston’s thriving jazz scene growing, and one of its key missions is to raise Boston’s profile as a jazz city that is a magnet for jazz fans and musicians from all over the United States and the world; and
WHEREAS:
JazzBoston will lead the effort to build audiences for jazz and stimulate cultural tourism in Boston by serving as coordinator of Jazz Week, a major celebration of jazz in the Greater Boston area to be held April 21 to 29, 2007, which will include a wide array of collaboratively planned, independently produced performance and educational events in all kinds of venues throughout the city of Boston and environs; and
WHEREAS:
Jazz Week has been scheduled to tie into the Smithsonian Institution’s national observance of April as Jazz Month and culminate with a birthday tribute to Duke Ellington, born on April 29;
NOW THEREFORE:
I, Thomas Menino, Mayor of the City of Boston, do hereby proclaim April 21-29, 2007, as Jazz Week in the City of Boston and encourage everyone to participate in this citywide. community-based celebration of jazz in Boston.
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