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Jazz concert coming to John A. White Park

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May 3, 2011

Atlanta City Councilmember Keisha Lance Bottoms will host a Neighborhood Jazz Concert at John A. White Park on Saturday, May 14 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The concert features a mix of the new and the classic.

Jodi Merriday, an up-and-coming jazz vocalist and spoken word artist, will perform along with Julie Dexter, a world renowned, classically trained, award-winning British vocalist.

Bottoms is presenting the concert in partnership with the 34th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival, a musical showcase that celebrates jazz in venues throughout Atlanta in May.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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