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| Louis Armstrong House Museum & American Jazz Museum Bet on World Series The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, NY and the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, MO announce a friendly wager today on the World Series! Each museum is offering up its best of the best for the wager. If the Mets win, the American Jazz Museum will send over to the Louis Armstrong House Museum, a gift basket full of exclusive AJM goodies, including: the "People's Journey" DVD story of Kansas City's historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, framed photograph prints from the museum's archive, a signed copy of Kansas City author, Chuck Haddix's critically acclaimed book, "Bird: The Life and Times of Charlie Parker", among other unique titles. The American Jazz Museum gift basket represents a wonderful collection of American jazz related gems. "This is an excellent way to support our respective baseball clubs and support jazz on a grand level, states Ralph Reid, who is CEO of the American Jazz Museum. "I'm confident in our Royals' ultimate victory and look forward to the exclusive goodies from our friends at the Louis Armstrong House Museum." If the Royals win, the Louis Armstrong House House Museum will send over to the American Jazz Museum a gift basket full of exclusive Armstrong treats including: a series of Louis Armstrong's Ambassador CD's; giclee prints from the museum's Jack Bradley Collection; a number of notable books including Louis Armstrong: The Offstage Story of Satchmo written by the museum's Executive Director, Michael Cogswell and What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years written by LAHM Director of Research Collections, Ricky Riccardi. This gift basket is a fabulous collection of all things Armstrong right from New York City. Cogswell noted that, "This year's series is a classic matchup between Mets' pitching and Royals' hitting. But the Mets have everything it takes to win it!" About the Louis Armstrong House Museum The Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York City tells the story of the meteoric rise of one of the greatest musicians of our time through guided house tours. Since its opening in 2003, more than 100, 000 visitors from all over the world have been introduced to the wonderful world of Louis Armstrong. The museum's programs feature historic house tours, jazz concerts, and a wide variety of educational programs. The museum owns the largest publicly held collection in the world of a jazz musician including: over 17, 000 photographs; 700 reel-to-reel tapes; 500 hand decorated tape boxes; 240 leaves of autobiographical manuscripts; 4 linear feet of correspondence; 30 linear feet of personal papers; 85 linear feet of LP recordings and 78s; 55 canisters of 16 mm film; 120 paintings; posters and works on paper; 250 artifacts; 860 musical scores on sheet music; 5 gold plated trumpets and 14 trumpet mouthpieces; and objects d'art, paintings, and furnishings of the Louis Armstrong House. The Louis Armstrong House Museum is a National Historic Landmark and a New York City Landmark. Thanks to the vision and funding of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, the Louis Armstrong House Museum welcomes visitors, six days per week, 52 weeks per year. The museum is a cultural center of Queens College / CUNY and constituent of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. About the American Jazz Museum Opening in 1997 as the anchor to Kansas City's 18th & Vine District Redevelopment, the mission of the American Jazz Museum is to celebrate and exhibit the experience of jazz as an original American art form through performance, exhibition, education, and research at one of the country's jazz crossroads – 18th & Vine. Operating with a budget of approximately $2 million, a staff of 25 full- and part-time associates and a large corps of volunteers, AJM is the only museum in the world solely focused on the preservation, exhibition and advancement of jazz music. More than a single-site visitor destination, AJM is a multi-faceted organization that allows children and adults, alike, to learn and experience jazz and American jazz heritage through the Museum's Blue Room, Swing Shop, Changing Gallery and the historic Gem Theater. AJM has garnered numerous awards and recognition, including repeated recognition by Downbeat Magazine and the Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association, for Top 100 Jazz Clubs in the World, Best Jazz Club, and Best Jazz Festival. - write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |