![]() ![]() But did you know that such early jazz pioneers as James Reese Europe (who was born in Mobile, Ala., but moved to DC when he was 10) and Will Marion Cook were also Washingtonians? Or that sons of a Turkish ambassador organized the first integrated concert in Washington? Or that a Catholic chaplain at Lorton Reformatory organized a regular jazz series at the prison? Thanks to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, most residents probably know that the pianist-composer was born in Washington. The book suggests that jazz has grown up with Washington, through people and institutions who have seen the city through segregation and conflict to a community united by a common love of music. Ruble, of DC Jazz, a collection of essays that surveys the city’s long history with the most distinctly American musical form. Jackson is one of the editors, along with Blair A. “Music heals the soul,” Maurice Jackson said recently at Busboys and Poets in Takoma Park. ![]()
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