Show is Co-Presented by Legacy Recordings and Coincides With Davis'
Birthday Month and Santana's Forthcoming 2-CD Compilation Multi Dimensional
Warrior
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 -- On May 15, the special fine art
and memorabilia exhibition "A Tribute To Miles Davis and Carlos Santana"
opened at the Lush Life Gallery, part of The Jazz Heritage Center (JHC) in
the Fillmore. The gallery specializes in jazz-themed art mediums, and is
partnering with Legacy Recordings -- Sony BMG Music's award-winning catalog
division -- to honor these two music legends with a one-of-a-kind show
coinciding with Davis' birthday month (May), and Santana's forthcoming
Legacy release Multi Dimensional Warrior. Santana will also perform two
rare club dates at The Fillmore on May 20-21 in celebration of the album, a
career-spanning 2-CD set.
"A Tribute To Miles Davis and Carlos Santana," which runs through July
30, was curated by JHC Executive Director Peter Fitzsimmons in association
with Legacy. The exhibition features multi-media works of art including
limited edition photographs and sculptures and original paintings. Rare
artifacts and memorabilia related to music legends Miles Davis and Carlos
Santana will also be on display.
Show highlights include original oil paintings of Miles Davis and
Carlos Santana from the Jazz Master Series by world renowned portrait
painter BRUNI, whose work is in the collections of museums including the
Smithsonian Institution, where her canvas of Duke Ellington hangs. Renowned
sculptor Ed Dwight -- who was American's first African American astronaut
trainee -- will be represented with mixed media images and limited edition
bronze pieces capturing Davis. JHC Resident Artist and "Youth Jazz N' Art"
instructor Rhonel Roberts will also exhibit original paintings.
Photographically, the exhibition will include limited editions of rare
silver gelatin prints of Miles Davis from the archives of ICON Collectibles
-- The Art Of Music and Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Additional images of
Davis will be provided courtesy of the estate of Jerry Stoll and JHC Public
Art Panel contributor Mark Brady. Carlos Santana photographs, memorabilia,
artifacts and collectibles will be on display courtesy of Santana
Management.
Lush Life Gallery (1320 Fillmore St., SF, CA 94115) and the Take Five
Gift Shop help financially sustain the educational outreach components of
the non-profit Jazz Heritage Center organization. Based in the hub of the
city's historic Fillmore Jazz Preservation District, the JHC will also
launch JazzGenesis: San Francisco and the Birth of Jazz, the first
permanent exhibition space showcasing San Francisco as an origin of jazz.
JHC's mission is to promote and preserve jazz while celebrating its
presence as an active, living art form.
For more information, visit http://www.Jazzheritagecenter.org
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SIRIUS Satellite Radio Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day With Exclusive 'Radio Mom' Channel
SIRIUS' renown hosts and listeners conjoin together to make the world's
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Al Green returns with new album, summer dates
Al Green returns with new album, summer dates
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