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The Concert Series
Carson Jazz Live
Year-round live jazz in Carson, with local artists on the bill and free seats for students and seniors at every show.
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Four programs. One ecosystem.
Education and performance are one program, not two. The artist on Saturday's stage teaches Monday's masterclass. Students open the shows. The elders who built this music get recorded and exhibited. Each program feeds the others.
02Arts Education & Youth Development
Next Generation Jazz
Instruments, instruction, and mentorship for Carson's young musicians, free of charge, taught by working professionals.
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03Visual Art & Oral History
The Legacy Project
Documenting and exhibiting the artists, stories, and visual culture of jazz in Carson, before they're lost.
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04How the Work Reaches People
Community Partnerships
Schools, the City of Carson, CSU Dominguez Hills, faith communities, senior centers, and local business, the network that carries every program.
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Support the music
A student is waiting on an instrument that has not been bought yet.
That is not a metaphor. It is the actual state of the lending library. Donations pay working musicians, hold free seats for students and seniors, put instruments in young players' hands, and record the elders while there is still time. In that order.