Photographs by Bill Johnson, Greenville, MS
Ron Myers (left in above photo), tickles the keys
Friday afternoon during a jazz reception at Mid-Delta
Regional Airport terminal. He is accompanied by Lane
Rogers (background),
Derrick Brown and Billy Smiley.
Not pictured is drummer
Hal Holbrook. The reception
was a preview of the Mississippi Delta Jazz & Heritage
Festival, which was held Saturday at Antwone´s Cafe in
Greenville.
At left,Yazoo City's own
Chuck Lawson,
a master jazz bass player, is shown with Myers.
Lawson, the honored
guest at the reception, is the recipient of this years
Mississippi Jazz & Heritage Festival Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Photographs by Bill Johnson, Greenville, MS
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Chuck Lawson, (from left) this year´s recipient of
the
Mississippi Jazz & Heritage Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, along with events director Ron
Myers, spoke with Coleman Middle School band students
during a jazz workshop on Sept. 1.
Lawson and Myers
instilled and shared with students the importance and
influence jazz has had on the world, and its Delta history.
