[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 641 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 641

 Expressing support for designation of April 28, 2012, as ``Jon Faddis 
   Day'', and honoring his contribution as both a jazz musician and 
                               educator.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

   Ms. Norton (for herself and Ms. Lee of California) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                         and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing support for designation of April 28, 2012, as ``Jon Faddis 
   Day'', and honoring his contribution as both a jazz musician and 
                               educator.

Whereas Jon Faddis was born on July 24, 1953, in Oakland, California;
Whereas Jon Faddis was mentored by jazz legends Lionel Hampton, Thad Jones, Mel 
        Lewis, and Dizzy Gillespie;
Whereas Jon Faddis is a jazz musician, composer, and educator;
Whereas Jon Faddis has released more than 10 albums as a musical leader of 
        several different ensembles;
Whereas Jon Faddis sustains and perpetuates a jazz trumpet tradition that dates 
        back to Buddy Bolden, Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, 
        Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis;
Whereas Jon Faddis has performed with many great musicians, including as lead 
        trumpet in Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra, which featured 
        jazz legends Slide Hampton, James Moody, Sam Rivers, Pacquito D'Rivera, 
        Arturo Sandoval, and Airto Moreira;
Whereas Jon Faddis, as a musical director, has led the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni 
        All-Star Orchestra, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and 
        Jazz Faddis Jazz Orchestra;
Whereas since 1999, Jon Faddis has served as Artist-in-Residence in the 
        Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, State University of New York, 
        and he continues to lead clinics, master classes, and workshops in New 
        York and around the world;
Whereas the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has 
        designated April as Jazz Appreciation Month, which is celebrated in 40 
        countries;
Whereas Public Law 108-72 expressed the sense of Congress that ``musicians, 
        schools, colleges, libraries, concert halls, museums, radio and 
        television stations, and other organizations should develop programs to 
        explore, perpetuate, and honor jazz as a national and world treasure''; 
        and
Whereas April 28, 2012, would be an appropriate date to designate as ``Jon 
        Faddis Day'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the 
designation of ``Jon Faddis Day''.
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