HR531 Summary

• Commends jazz as an original American art form that affirms individual discipline, perseverance, and innovation.

• Recognizes the Smithsonian Institute Museum's Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), launched in 2001 as an annual tribute to jazz as both a historic and living American art form.

• Acknowledges organizations in Alabama such as Youth Empowered for Success, the Alabama School of Math and Science, and the Mobile Arts Council for organizing jazz education programs like "JazzIn' the Schools" in Mobile.

• Designates the month of April as Jazz Appreciation Month in Alabama, emphasizing jazz's role as an international language that bridges cultural, racial, and generational differences.