CALLING ALL FRIENDS, FAMILY & FELLOW-KANSAS CITY MUSICIANS! Join Us For A 65th Birthday Celebration & Music JAM Session A Benefit Event For Noted Kansas City Drummer Sam Johnson, Jr. (Let’s Honor One of Our Community’s Finest Musicians for 50 years of Performing & Teaching KC Blues & Jazz) On Thursday, September 26, 2013 5PM UNTIL 11PM At The Blue Room Jazz Club No Charge for Admission Complimentary Food Buffet & Cash Bar *Donations Accepted to Help Pay for Sam’s Medical Expenses Not Covered by Insurance September 10, 2006. In 1983, during the first Kansas City Jazz Festival featuring William “Count” Basie and the Count Basie Orchestra, 38 senior musicians were inducted into the Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz. This festival celebrated Count Basie’s 79th and final birthday. After that Labor Day weekend festival, Sam Johnson, Jr. along with other musicians from the Mutual Musicians Foundation and Eddie Baker of the Charlie Parker Memorial Foundation began assessing the needs of the senior music community. This resulted in the formal development of a not-for-profit corporation that became known as the Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz, Inc. Several induction ceremonies have been held throughout the years to honor the achievements of senior musicians and music industry supporters as the organization’s primary function. In 1999, the “Frank Smith Spirit of Kansas City Jazz Awards” (FSSOKCJA) was created and developed in memory of pianist, Frank Smith. These awards recognize musicians, industry promoters and supporters who have made recent noteworthy accomplishments that favorably impact Kansas City’s jazz and blues community. The Elder Statesmen sponsor annual performances featuring the ever popular “Elder Statesmen Big Band” and an “Outreach to Neighborhood and Community Organizations.” The purpose of these performances is to team Kansas City area high school music students with high quality senior musicians as mentors. The Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz provides additional services to area indigent and disabled musicians and assist in identifying other community resources available to musicians in order to help them maintain a better quality of life. Photo: CALLING ALL FRIENDS, FAMILY & FELLOW-KANSAS CITY MUSICIANS! Join Us For A 65th Birthday Celebration & Music JAM Session A Benefit Event For Noted Kansas City Drummer Sam Johnson, Jr. (Let’s Honor One of Our Community’s Finest Musicians for 50 years of Performing & Teaching KC Blues & Jazz) On Thursday, September 26, 2013 5PM UNTIL 11PM At The Blue Room Jazz Club No Charge for Admission Complimentary Food Buffet & Cash Bar *Donations Accepted to Help Pay for Sam’s Medical Expenses Not Covered by Insurance September 10, 2006. In 1983, during the first Kansas City Jazz Festival featuring William “Count” Basie and the Count Basie Orchestra, 38 senior musicians were inducted into the Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz. This festival celebrated Count Basie’s 79th and final birthday. After that Labor Day weekend festival, Sam Johnson, Jr. along with other musicians from the Mutual Musicians Foundation and Eddie Baker of the Charlie Parker Memorial Foundation began assessing the needs of the senior music community. This resulted in the formal development of a not-for-profit corporation that became known as the Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz, Inc. Several induction ceremonies have been held throughout the years to honor the achievements of senior musicians and music industry supporters as the organization’s primary function. In 1999, the “Frank Smith Spirit of Kansas City Jazz Awards” (FSSOKCJA) was created and developed in memory of pianist, Frank Smith. These awards recognize musicians, industry promoters and supporters who have made recent noteworthy accomplishments that favorably impact Kansas City’s jazz and blues community. The Elder Statesmen sponsor annual performances featuring the ever popular “Elder Statesmen Big Band” and an “Outreach to Neighborhood and Community Organizations.” The purpose of these performances is to team Kansas City area high school music students with high quality senior musicians as mentors. The Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz provides additional services to area indigent and disabled musicians and assist in identifying other community resources available to musicians in order to help them maintain a better quality of life.
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