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.More
May
31, 2005 - A single weekend was all it took for
Harry
Connick Jr. and Wynton
Marsalis to record a new offering titled
"Occasion". The album will be released
in June on the "Marsalis Music" label.
-
by Cheryl
Philips
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