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The accompanying video shows the dedication by Michelle Obama.
The N. Y. Times explains this "Jazz Studio":
On Monday afternoon, Michelle Obama invited about 150 high school jazz students to the White House for a program called Jazz Studio. There was a student clinic including five members of the Marsalis family and the clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, and then a short concert introduced by the first lady.
This is the first of three programs meant to educate students about music. It's a good program and a good use of the first lady's time and love of music.
That Jazz is the first of this three part series is fitting. Jazz is a distinctively American (indeed African-American) invention and it is probably the only true American art form.
It is nice to see the heritage of American music, especially connected so much with African-American history, being given such good treatment and respect by the White House.
Posted June 16th, 2009 by mattwion
