Paquito D'Rivera and Wynton Marsalis
From the Times-Picayune:
WASHINGTON -- "That was cool," said Kyle Wedberg, interim president and chief executive of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, loosening his tie as he exited the White House into a saunalike spring day.
The White House fairly dripped of New Orleans on Monday, from the jamming of the jazz master Marsalis family inside to the hand of White House Social Secretary Desiree Glapion Rogers, who guided the opening of the White House Music Series.
The series, which will include days devoted to country and classical music, began with jazz, because, Rogers said, "it's America, it's the jewel." And then, she said, there was also that buzzing in her ear from "Mr. Wynton" -- Marsalis of course -- "with his 'Desiree, we got to, you know.'"
"America's indigenous art form was born in the great city of New Orleans just a century ago through the African-American experience," Michelle Obama, who is hosting the music series, said in brief remarks in the East Room.
Yes, yes, yes, I know that other cities claim to be the birthplace of jazz, but Michele Obama is right. And she comes from Chicago!
Sasha, Malia, and Michele Obama enjoy the music.
Photos from CBS News.
Now that I would have enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteI would have loved it. I did a jazz program on college radio eons ago and have loved it ever since.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe that I was not invited. I shoulda been, doncha know.
ReplyDeleteYes - you shoulda -- maybe your invite got lost in the bayou
ReplyDeleteYes, Ann, that must be it.
ReplyDeleteDistressingly, however, all those I saw on stage (both old-er and young) in the news clips were male. Girls and women play jazz, too, and they SWING w/ the best of 'em---where were they?
ReplyDeleteJCF, I don't know. You'll need to inquire at the White House about that.
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