Downtown Campus to host exhibit on jazz’s masters

March 12, 2012

Downtown Campus will host a month-long exhibit of photographs of some of the world’s greatest musicians as they traveled the globe playing that most American of art forms, jazz.

The exhibit features photos of musicians who, as part of a U.S. State Department initiative, were international “ambassadors of jazz” in the 1950's-1970's – everyone from Louis Armstrong and Count Basie to Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.

The photos will be on display at the second-floor lobby of the CC Building at Downtown Campus. The exhibit kicks off Tuesday, April 17 from 6-8 p.m. with a reception in the Amethyst Room at Downtown featuring light refreshments and the PCC Jazz Ensemble.

The exhibit is sponsored by PCC, the Tucson Jazz Society and the Meridian International Center, a partner of the U.S. State Department.