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Jazz mixed cultures and sounds along the Mississippi, and an American art form was born

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Saxophonist Donald Harrison, when he listens to the earliest jazz recordings, hears even older sounds. In the playing of those Black musicians from the early 20th century, ...
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Ron Myers

Belzoni, Mississippi) - As the Artistic Director of the Mississippi Jazz & Heritage Program, minister, physician and jazz musician, Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., works to keep Mississippi's ...
Jackson Free Press

Jumpstarting Mississippi Jazz

When Jackson bassist Raphael Semmes and Tripp Douglas, who is the owner of Fusion Coffeehouse (1111 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite A, Ridgeland), created the Fusion Jazz Series 10 years ago, they had ...