April 23, 2009
A Jazz-Appreciation Effort Hits Blue Notes in These Hard Times
Jazz, Louis Armstrong once said, is the only form of music that always produces sly smiles.
But among those who run Jazz Appreciation Month, smiles of any kind are in short supply — because money is, too. Jazz Appreciation Month is an eight-year-old national festival run each April by the Smithsonian Institution. Throughout its existence, it has attracted money from many sources, most of them family foundations and corporations. JAM has grown in size and scope each year,
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