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a rare opportunity to see, learn, and celebrate jazz traditions!</span></font></i></p>
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GLEN AVON LIBRARY presents </span></font></i></b></p>
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Poet Laureate Al Young on “The Jazz Idiom”</span></font></i></b><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></font></i></b></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Glen Avon Library</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> invites the
public to a special reading, discussion, and book signing by California
Poet Laureate <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Al Young</span></b> on Friday
evening, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. (9244 Galena
St., Riverside,
92509). A standing-room-only success when he appeared at the
library last year, Young is back in town to present his new book, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Jazz Idiom: Jazz Photography of Charles L.
Robinson with Poetic Takes and Riffs by Al Young</span></i>.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Glen Avon Regional Library manager <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tracie Carignan</span></b> says, “We are so
happy to have Al Young back here again. Our community really admires him.
It will be great to have another chance for people to meet him first
hand.” </span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Young’s new book, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Jazz Idiom</span></i>, is built around his friend
Charles L. Robinson’s photographs of famous jazz musicians – on
stage as well as behind the scenes. Charles Mingus, Earl “Fatha”
Hines, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rushing, Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Carmen
McRae, and many others appear in candid views. Al Young’s comments
riff, scat, and bebop along with his poetry, anecdotes, and insight into the
players and moments pictured. The book celebrates one of the most
exciting times in American music history.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Charles L. Robinson was the staff photographer of the
Monterey Jazz Festival for years. </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Al Young is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, fiction,
and nonfiction and has taught writing and literature at Stanford
University, UC Santa Cruz, and the University of Michigan. The recipient of Guggenheim,
NEA, and Fulbright fellowships, he lives in Berkeley and held the post of Poet Laureate
of California from 2005 - 2008. </span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Books and CDs will be available for purchase at the event.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">There is no charge for this program, which
is open to everyone. </span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font></p>
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jpg attached </span></font></p>
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<p><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">For more information</span></font></u></b></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Tracie Carignan, Manager, Glen Avon
Regional Library (951) 685 – 8121 <a href="mailto:tracie_gav@riverside.lib.ca.us" target="_blank">tracie_gav@riverside.lib.ca.us</a>
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Al Young, California Poet Laureate 2005-2008 <a href="mailto:alyoung@alyoung.org" target="_blank">alyoung@alyoung.org</a> </span></font></b></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Dawn Wasley, Zone Manager, Riverside County Library System (951) 369 –
3003 x 240 <a href="mailto:dawn.wasley@lssi.com" target="_blank">dawn.wasley@lssi.com</a> </span></font></b></p>
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