Jazz Artists Help Katrina Victims
September 19, 2005 - Jazz Artists boast an impressive showing in support of relief efforts to aid New Orleans and the flood victims. Louisiana natives Harry Connick Jr. and Wynton Marsalis participated in the first Hurricane Relief Telethon mounted by NBC on September 2nd. Last week New York City's jazz and blues community kicked off a weeklong drive entitled "When the Saints go Marching In", with proceeds from all participating New York clubs and jazz bars going to the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund. In Toronto, Jane Bunnett and Richard Underhill are two of more than a dozen Toronto artists who will take part in a September 25th benefit show. The benefit is being organized by Kevin Clark a former New Orleans resident who now resides in the Toronto area, and is a well known jazz trumpeter. Proceeds from this show will go towards the New Orleans Musicians Clinic which offers health care benefits to musicians and their families. You can donate at http://www.redcross.org - by Cheryl Philips