The Straight Outta Sharpstown series will highlight locations where Lightstormz was born and raised.
Jazz Education Inc. was founded in 1970 by Jazz artist Bubbha Thomas, who saw a need to fill a void where music education and youth were concerned. With a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts, he started an 8-week “Summer Program for Youthful Musicians” at St. James Episcopal Church. Seventy students attended the first, free session. Since then, JEI has grown from a part-time-one-program project to a daily operation with full and part-time employees. The roster of activities ranges from mini-performances featuring national artists to annual programs which include an in-school educational program serving more than 10,000 elementary school children, a five-week workshop serving more than 150 teenagers, and an international Jazz festival.
Congrats to NanoBanana for the FTF