PRINTER'S NO. 3412
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
859
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, GAINEY, KINSEY, HENNESSEY, NEILSON,
PASHINSKI, STAATS, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, LONGIETTI, BARBIN,
YOUNGBLOOD, SCHLOSSBERG, WARD, MILLARD, MURT, CONKLIN,
JOZWIAK, EVERETT, SCHLEGEL CULVER, BURNS, KIRKLAND, MARSICO,
WATSON, HILL-EVANS, STURLA, CALTAGIRONE, ROEBUCK, D. COSTA,
McCLINTON, BIZZARRO AND SCHWEYER, APRIL 23, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 23, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of April 2018 as "National Jazz Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz music; and
WHEREAS, The history of jazz music is inextricably linked
with the history of African-American culture in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, Jazz has been called America's only true indigenous
art form; and
WHEREAS, Many musicians traveled north from New Orleans
during the World War I and brought the distinctive style of jazz
to Chicago, Washington, New York, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia;
and
WHEREAS, Langston Hughes, alumnus of Lincoln University,
extolled the virtues of jazz music in his famous poem, "Trumpet
Player: 52nd Street"; and
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