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| 10th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival by Ronaldo Oregano,Jazz Police The 2005 Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival (AAJF) will celebrate its 10th year by exploring the history and development of Asian American music over the past decade. The AAJF will run through October 2005 at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Chicago Cultural Center, the HotHouse and Links Hall. Initiated in 1996, the Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival was created in order to meet the needs for a venue to present creative works that address the Asian American experience. Inspired by the San Francisco Asian American Jazz Festival, the Chicago AAJF has grown into the largest event of its kind and is a greatly anticipated highlight of Chicago's vibrant cultural landscape. Though international in scope, the Chicago AAJF is committed to its Chicago roots, presenting resident Chicago artists as well as artists of national and international acclaim whose work advances the understanding of the Asian American cultural perspective. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |