Museum of Jazz & Art

The power of Music... This little 21 month old gets it.

Feliz cumpleaños Ernesto Tito Puente. Un gran hombre de jazz ritmos latinos y afro! Azúcar !!!

Smithsonian Jazz Month! Get connected to both MOjazz Art & Smithsonian

Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon uses her Jazz music to ease grief. #Jazz #nnennafreelon #museumofjazzandart

We miss you Michael White & Leisei Chen The light that shines from you will always be with me...

Glide 2020 top Jazz Albums... Apologize.... Given Covid and our crazy juggling schedule, we forgot to add the Glide 2020 top twenty Jazz albums... Great Listening

Jazz/Architecture= an Innovative Art Form: Jazz like Architecture requires the team/players to operate within guidelines. Songs & buildings have themes, structured forms, & harmonic frameworks. Please define in Jazz Vocabulary one of my designs shown. Think about Harmony, Rhythm & Melody

Happy Mother’s Day to all you Jazz Fans & Music Lovers

Happy Birthday Edward Kennedy Ellington Born: April 29, 1899

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A Song for Cesar. A story that need to be told by Abel Sanchez and his team. History from a Cultural Perspective.

OAKLAND WE LOVE YOU I just received this video. Powerful & helps me remember & answers the question Why Oakland... https://vimeo.com/255713647

I just received this video. Powerful & helps me remember & answers the question Why Oakland...

Franz Schubert Feeling a little Poetic mixed. A great thinking artist with a great wealth of technical finesse. Hear complex structures, shapes & color tones.

Revolution Why Preserving Jazz History is Important? Because it can help teach us about American history from a cultural perspective. We are struggling with the seeds of racism, uncontrollable prejudice and all the Irrational Behavior & incidents happening in our country. A Revolution is happening & its not the first time. Consider specific art forms such as Jazz Bebop Music as a revolution, Hip Hop Music as a revolution and the Museum of Jazz and Art’s design approach & ...programming as revolutionary. In his talk, David will use the music and language of Jazz Bebop to design the museum and will discuss Harmony and Melody music vocabulary. Enjoy

National Hispanic Heritage Guiro ...How this instrument started by being a fruit! Making beautiful music. Curtesy of Sesame Street.

National Hispanic Heritage Israel López Valdés, más conocido como Cachao, fue un bajista y compositor cubano. Cachao es ampliamente conocido como el co-creador del mambo y un maestro de la descarga. A lo largo de su carrera también actuó y grabó en una variedad de estilos musicales que van desde la música clásica hasta la salsa.... Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. Jazz rise: September 14, 1918, Havana Cuba JazzSet: March 22, 2008, https://youtu.be/QPUhfMnf_KY

Making the connection between arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music & The Museum of Jazz and Art. Hope you enjoy.

Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana National Hispanic Heritage Month Mario Bauza (Afro Cuban Jazz) Creator and Jazz Musician. Jazzrise April 28, 1911... Jazzset July 11, 1993 One of the first to Introduce Cuban Music to the US. As Dizzy told me, ...Mario Introduced me to Chano Pozo.... https://youtu.be/YJApCK4q4B4

Power of Music & What our Children can become.

A Brighter tomorrow depends upon how we prepare Today. David A.