If you attend a JazzFest Heritage Music Weekend, then you already know the beauty, the power, and the art of Jazz.
You probably know that the roots of Jazz are in the African American community, and reach out to inspire all other forms of music, worldwide.
You may even know that Jazz Unites, Inc. was the organization that first brought jazz home to Chicago in a free outdoor concert, and that JazzFest is the only African American-produced jazz festival in the USA.
But do you know about the other events – concerts, jazz workshops, master classes, and historical tributes – that JUI puts on every year?
Do you know about the Geraldine de Haas Scholarship Fund that helps gifted students facing economic challenges to realize their dreams of formal musical training?
Jazz Unites is more than JazzFest, and JUI membership means more than ticket discounts. It means you are helping to support, promote and preserve this great art form in one of the places that first gave it birth – Chicago. |
