Huntsville’s Tennessee Valley Jazz Society 27th Annu-

al Jazz-N-June Festival was one of the best in its brief

27 years history!

The success of Jazz-N-June was due to diverse attrac-

tions, diverse activities and diverse audiences!

This brochure is to serve several purposes to inspire,

inform and transform. As Anthony Cook the Com-

munity News Director for al.com/Huntsville Times

recently wrote “Huntsville is a great place to live”. I

will agree with him because of the success of the re-

cent Tennessee Valley Jazz Society’s activities includ-

ing: the commitment of NEA Jazz Master Ellis Mar-

salis, world renown educator and patriarch of the

famed Marsalis family, to help the jazz society develop

its jazz studies program: the milestone of presenting

Jazz Education-is-cool-in-the-schools to over 31,000

students, facility and staff and a successful Jazz-N-

June festival. Of course I have my concerns about the

negativity that’s associated with the state of Alabama

and the educational challenges that we face, but the

Cities of Huntsville and Madison continue to produce

good news headlines.

Enjoy and share this 27th Annual Jazz-N-June

Festival pictorial and narratives.

The successes were many, where 60 or more youth

and adult enjoyed a Bookin’ with Jazz at the Richard

Showers Center library with performances by the Val-

ley Conservatory; a group of 25 or more children with

their parents enjoyed and experienced Music &

Rhythm presented by Bobby McDonald at the main

library branch downtown. Over 155 adults attended

and some participated in Live Jazz & Poetry at the

IMPROV Entertainment Center. For the first time

JNJ Youth Science & Arts Symposium, ten vendors

setup booths and presented to the youth participants.

Vendors and participants included: WAFF Channel-

48; The Aviation and Missile Research Development

and Engineering Center and the U.S. Army Engineer-

ing and Support Center; Madison County 4-H Robot-

ics Club; UAH Office of Multicultural Affairs; Cal-

houn Community College; J.F. Drake State Technical

College; Space and Rocket Center; Oakwood College;

Upward Bound; NASA, homeschools and private

school students. Other project successes included:

Healthy Food and Healthy Music at EarthFare

Healthy Supermarket; Live Jazz Jam Sessions, a Jazz

clinic and the culminating event with Jazz on the

Mountain (in Monte Sano State Park Amphitheater)

which draw a diverse crowd of over 800. Before we

were able to present this ongoing project to the popu-

lation, TVJS implemented its media campaign. The

campaign included media PSA announcements on

WJAB 90.9 FM public radio, 99.1 Star, 1550 Sunny;

interviews on channel 19 with Robert Reeves and

noonday news on channel 31; numerous of publica-

tions in AL.Com and the Huntsville Times; in addi-

tion to social-media sources and flyers and posters.

The only challenges were to encourage more youth

serving agencies to participate.

The artistic excellence along with the diversity of art-

ists and activities is a signature brand of TVJS. Such

artist as Broadway actor/singer/dancer Eugene Flem-

ing perform with the TVJS All-star Jazz Band; Rocket

City Jazz Orchestra; the world famous U.S. Army Ma-

teriel Command Band's Four Star Jazz Orchestra and

the other fine musicians that participated!

In order to grow and continue the success of TV JS, we

ask for your love, support and donations!

Contact us: Tennessee Valley Jazz Society

604 Jordan Huntsville, AL 35816

Email: tennesseevalleyjazz@gmail.com / 256-886-0579

All donations are tax-deductible

Tennessee Valley Jazz Society is a

501 (C)(3) non-profit arts agency and youth development organization.

TENNESSEE VALLEY JAZZ SOCIETY HAS DONATED OVER $380,000 OF IN-KIND SERVICES TO EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT