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a community center for Bronzeville residents during the war.it was Daves love of music that drew him to the projects subject.

who was incarcerated at Heart Mountain and drafted into the 442nd RCT.22) as part of the huge Grand Performance series in Downtown Los Angeles.Although J-Town/Bronzeville Suite is being performed later in the year (Aug.

when I did my first short documentary film on pioneering activist and author Michi Nishiura Weglyn.I realized he was willing to help low-budget JA filmmakers because he had that commitment to community that was rare among artists trying to make money in the big commercial world of entertainment.

a notable list of Los Angeles jazz musicians is slated to participate.

hearing the names of jazz greats and imagining myself transported to that era.Kuramoto recently received the 2024 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

including Okida and sisters Julia Carlblom and Eimie Des Marais.Dan Kuramoto and Francis Cullado.

June always brings music from a meaningful place in her heart.the nations highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.