602 Arizona Magazine

APRIL JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH WAS THE TURNING POINTA

A sell-out crowd enjoyed the music of Mark Whitfiled, Nayo Jones, Jesse McGuire and Neamen Lyles

By: Max Rumbaugh

Photo By: Bob Rink

In the Valley of the Sun, Jazz initiated the turnaround of the absence of live performances after fourteen months. Scottsdale led live music awakening on April 6 with "The Nayo Jones Experience" from New Orleans performing on the Fountain Stage lawn along side of the Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts. Another live performance was held on April 30^th, which concluded Jazz Appreciation Month in Scottsdale, with a star studded Scottsdale Jazz Festival.

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Jazz can bring people together from all walks of life, and the spread of Jazz throughout the United States has taught countless individuals lessons of peace, freedom, and solidarity through music. This is exactly what Doc Jones and Alfredo Molina have also aimed to achieve, with their collaborative efforts to unite the state of Arizona through the International Jazz Day festival.