This evening, the acclaimed faculty of the renowned jazz instructional program will be performing at the Little Gem Saloon to raise funds for the camp.
The concert also will feature the two artists-in-residence for 2013—former Tonight Show bandleader and guitarist Kevin Eubanks and jazz dancer Norma Miller.
The Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp was founded in 1995 with the support of the City of New Orleans. The camp has grown from a one-week affair serving 35 youth to a three-week intensive program training 100 young people, ages 10–21, in music and dance.
Instruction in brass, woodwinds, piano, acoustic and electric bass, drums, percussion, guitar, music composition, swing dance, and vocal music are offered.
The camp employs the services of leading New Orleans jazz educators and performers, and annually hosts a highly accomplished national jazz musician and swing dance icon as an artists-in-residence.
The Armstrong Jazz Camp is now independent of local government and operates under the auspices of the nonprofit New Orleans Arts & Cultural Host Committee.
The concert is from 7-10 PM and tax-deductible tickets are $40 at the door.
