FL H9139

Designates April 2013 as "Jazz Appreciation Month" in Florida to honor the cultural history and heritage of jazz

Recognizes jazz as an art form with roots in the African-American community created in the early 20th century that played a major role in American cultural and social history

Acknowledges Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Florida State University jazz studies departments and Florida Jazz Initiative efforts to train musicians and expose youth to jazz

Notes that April is the birth month of jazz legends including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Tito Puente, and Bessie Smith

References the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and partners including the National Endowment for the Arts, National Association of Music Education, and Grammy Foundation designation of April as "Jazz Appreciation Month"