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Joe Jennings Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Hero Award Presentation at Atlanta Jazz Festival at Sound Table

Courtesy of Susan Brink | Posted on April 21, 2014

Where

Sound Table
Atlanta Jazz Festival

483 Edgewood Ave SE
Atlanta, GA
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When

Fri, April 25, 2014
7:00 pm

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About

The Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Jazz Journalists Association and the Sound Table present a special evening celebrating jazz heritage featuring a FREE screening of “Straight, No Chaser,” a documentary portrait of the legendary jazz great Thelonious Sphere Monk, featuring previously unseen footage from the 1960s.

Joe Jennings, Coordinator of the Jazz Studies Track at Spelman College and founder of the largest and most acclaimed all-female college jazz band in the United States will be honored with the 2014 Jazz Hero Award presented by jazz journalist, John H. Armwood.

The Sound Table mixologists will present a special menu of jazz-themed cocktails throughout the evening. Following the screening, enjoy the eclectic music mix that the Sound Table is known for, with a distinctly jazzy twist....

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