Jazz is all over the world. Nearly or every nationality performs jazz. However, let us not loss sight of where and whom jazz originates, and cultural heritage.
The origins of jazz is rooted in the African-American community, starting in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the first commercial place for jazz in the late 19th century. Jazz is firmly established over time in blues and ragtime music.
African American Jazz Caucus Inc. has as their mission to preserve the cultural heritage and legacy of jazz. African American Jazz Caucus goal is to connect music students, and developing musicians with musicians specializing in music areas as performance, composition, publication, education, music business, and arts administration. The African American Jazz Caucus strives to promote a rich cultural heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominately Black Institutions. This is accomplished through their partnership with the Jazz Education Network. Each year African American Jazz Caucus selects a musical group from either a HBCU or PBI, and features that ensemble at the JEN conference held in January, at a selected city and location.
African American Jazz Caucus is dedicated to protecting and preserving jazz`s cultural heritage and legacy as an indigenous art form rooted from Africa. When you get the opportunity, check-out African American Jazz Caucus, and see what programs they offer as they fulfill their mission to preserve the cultural heritage and legacy of jazz.
