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July 4,2012- July 10,2012 • Vol. 41 No. 18 • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Ben Tucker Honored with
Don Redman Heritage Award
Ben Tucker
On Saturday, June 30,
2012, Harpers Ferry
National Historical Park
hosted Eleventh Annual Don
Redman Heritage Awards &
Concert. This year’s event
featured master jazz alto sax
ophonist Lou Donaldson and
legendary bassist Ben
Tucker.
Ben Tucker was bom
in Nashville, Tennessee. At
12-years-old he began to
dive into music with the
trumpet and eventually the
bass. He performed with
Herbie Mann, Billy Taylor,
Buddy Rich, Peggy Lee,
Quincy Jones, Gerry
Mulligan, Ellis Marsalis, and
Sam Cook. He wrote more
than 300 compositions.
Tucker has been rewarded
and nationally celebrated by
his appointment to the
Advisory Committee of the
Kennedy Center for the Arts
by President Jimmy Carter.
Tucker stays busy with his
career as an artist and busi
nessman. He has been regu
lar player in Savannah,
Georgia and is active in the
city’s artistic, cultural, and
economic scene. Tucker has
played an integral role in
business and other matters
affecting the minority com
munity in Savannah and
making the national and
international festival scene
with the excellent Ben
Tucker Trio.
Lou Donaldson’s was
introduced to the clarinet by
his mother. His mother real
ized Donaldson had a sharp
ear for music. He played in
high school, college and for
the U.S. Navy, and eventual
ly transferred to the alto sax
ophone. Donaldson was
inspired by Charlie Parker
and was encouraged to
invent his unique style.
Donaldson moved to new
York City and worked as a
bandleader with Blue Note
Records in 1952.
The Don Redman
award is named after Don
Redman of piedmont, West
Virginia who was a well-
known musician and came to
Harpers Ferry to study music
at Storer College.
Graduating in 1920 Redman
went out into the world
where his talent was instant
ly recognized. He became
known as “The Little Giant
of Jazz,” the first great
arranger in jazz history. Until
his death in 1964, Redman
continued to have a profound
influence on the evolution,
direction and development
of this uniquely American art
form.
The Don Heritage
Awards are presented annu
ally and is based on contri
butions in jazz education and
music as well as individual
musicianship, humanity and
dignity that illuminate the
spirit of Don Redman.
Critz Tybee Run Fest Contributes $75,000
to Savannah Community Foundation
The 2012 Grant recipients: SCAD, Savannah State University, Lady Bamford Learning Center, Tybee Post Theater,
Tybee YMCA, and Fresh Air Home at Tybee / Froebel Circle
The 2012 grant recipi
ents were recognized, with
all 2012 sponsors present,
during a breakfast ceremony
on June 28, 2012 at 10 AM
at the new CRITZ
Mercedes-Benz Facility.
The Critz Tybee Run
Fest contributes proceeds of
$75,000 to Savannah
Community Foundation and
requests distribution to
organizations helping foster
the spirit of health and edu
cation.
The Critz Tybee Run
Fest, one of the major run
ning events in the greater
Savannah area with partici
pants from the Southeast and
across the United States,
announced it has contributed
its proceeds of $75,000 to
Savannah Community
Foundation who will mange
the fund which grants money
to Tybee, Savannah and
coastal region organizations
who provide services that
support education and a
healthy lifestyles. These pro-
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The Supreme Court
Upholds
The Affordable
Health Care Act
President Barack Obama
By George Curry ing vote, the United States
NNPA Editor Supreme Court gave
With conservative Chief President Barack Obama a
Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. major victory Thursday by
providing a surprise support-
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The Montford
Marines Receive
Congressional
Gold Medal
Sergeant John White was
Marines
The Montford Point
Marines were honored by
the Marine Corps and
Congress with the
Congressional Gold Medal
at the Marine Barracks in
Washington, D.C. on June
28,2012. 400 of the
first black Marines were
honored.
one of the Montford Point
honored
The Congressional
Gold Medal, is the nation's
highest civilian honor.
Savannah’s Sergeant John
White and Samuel
Berksteiner were among the
Montford Marines who were
honored. The Montford
Marines broke the final color
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