Jazzpazazz Preservation Society inc

Mission

Jazzpazazz Preservation Society
was founded over 35 years ago , by the late jazz singer Joe Carroll and his wife Alma. Incorporated in 2001, as a not-for profit corporation, the organization sponsors various cultural and educational projects associated with jazz, including the development of a Brooklyn Jazz Archive. The organization is also recognized as tax exempt by the Internal Revenue Service and a charitable entity by the office of the New York State Attorney General.

With a mission to
Expand Existing Educational and Cultural Opportunities for Artistic Appreciation

To maximize the ability to attract scarce funding resources for the purpose of promoting educational and cultural enrichment opportunities for the public; particularly that segment of the population characterized as socially or economically disadvantaged. To seek efficient and meaningful ways to enhance and expand programming and performing venues for the public's enjoyment and understanding of jazz as a unique, American, art form.

Community Cultural/Tourist Promotion and Related Economic Development Activities
Working in conjunction with community-based not-for-profit organizations the Jazzpazazz Preservation Society seeks to complement its primary role by participating in related cultural enrichment activities including concert, production, hosting seminars and workshops and attracting tourists to Central Brooklyn . Additional benefits include implementation of joint public relations strategies and publication of promotional materials.

Broadening the understanding of what constitutes ‘Jazz” and the preservation of it’s legacy.

Jazzpazazz strives to play an major role in educating the Central Brooklyn community with respect to the cultural importance of jazz and its noted performers. What normarmally refers to the music was in fact a lifestyle that permeated in the 1940’s and 50’s. Dance, Comedy Poetry, Art, Politics. All were intwined in the day to day lifes of the people.In 2003 Jazzpazazzazz undertook to fully embrace this mission, with the Artist Mosaic project. Recently added emphasisi has been placed on documenting the is legacy from the people who lived it!.

Jazzpazazz, assisted by other local Brooklyn-based music organizations, has staged the Billie Holliday Jazz Festival as well as tributes to Eubie Blake and other noted Brooklyn based jazz musicians. Performances by former colleagues of "Lady Day" and other renowned musicians such as vocalists Jimmy Scott, Etta Jones, and Irene Reid, saxophonist Houston Person, and organist Gloria Coleman the Festivals have succeeded in providing meaningful cultural outlets for the citizens of Central Brooklyn and New York and fostering a greater public appreciation of jazz. This year Ms Alma Carrol celebrates 50 yrs in community service to the borough of Brooklyn.

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