Mwata Bowden - Chicago’s Jazz Hero 2013

For Immediate Release

Elastic Arts Foundation

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The Jazz Institute of Chicago in partnership with Elastic Arts Foundation announces the selection by the Jazz Journalists Association of Mwata Bowden as Chicago’s Jazz Hero 2013. This announcement coincides with the world-wide celebration of April as Jazz Appreciation Month following the lead of Smithsonian Jazz, creator of Jazz Appreciation Month, UNESCO, the Thelonious Monk Institute, sponsors of International Jazz Day (and producers of a jazz-star-studded concert that will be live streamed from Istanbul, Turkey on April 30) and the Jazz Journalists Association.