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Charleston Jazz sets out to reveal the rich, untold story of the evolution of American jazz in one of its major cradles: Charleston, South Carolina. The text and images show that what happened on the Gullah coast of South Carolina in terms of history, culture, and entertainment had a huge impact on jazz as we know it today. By all accounts, jazz is America's classical music. It now stands at the dawn of its second century and is poised to take its place as one of the more meaningful cultural phenomena ever to come along. Since Charleston was the gateway for enslaved Africans into the United...

On March 8, 2008, a historic concert was held at the Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The concert Gullah Expressions was a visual and aural experience designed to celebrate the work of Gullah artist Jonathan Green and his painting Seeking, a metaphor for spiritual quest and personal discovery. In true Gullah fashion, the resulting concept is an extension of that seeking for spirit and purpose in life.In Messages, composer Trevor Weston of the College of Charleston paints a sound picture of the seeking experience that Green captured on canvas. Weston's work, while...