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The unique thing about Jazz music is that that Jazz is best when it incorporates the art of improvisation.  Ultimately, Jazz is most influential when great Vibe is cultivated and transferred from the musicians to the audience.    The two groups ultimately become one with the beat as they move to the music.

Much like Jazz, our desire is to have the Unity Music Foundation be the catalyst or relational glue between musicians, audience members and the marginalized members of society.  Music really does act as the key to opening the doors to meaningful relationships.  

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The music business is not what those of us disconnected from it imagine it to be. It is far from being a life of glamor and glory. It is a hard road to journey. It can be lonely, demanding and full of more downs than ups. The applause from audiences often fade and promises from promoters and music executives never materialize. Musicians often go unpaid and unappreciated. Our foundation is as focused on our musical family as we are on the people and organizations that we help resource. The people they perform for are often the hungry, the lonely, the imprisoned, the addicted or the poor, marginalized students that have the music in them, but not the means to bring it out.

Our team at the Unity Music Foundation believes in a better world than what so many inner city indigenous families and individuals experience. We believe that every life matters to God. Every man, woman and child is valuable and has so much to offer. We believe that we can help each other discover what “instrument” we play in the music that our Creator inspires us to write and live.

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Do musical keys unlock unexpected doors?

It's a good thing

It started with recording Jamie’s solo production entitled, It’s a Good Thing, which was a success! It wasn’t long before we discovered that Unity Music could have a bigger impact as a non-profit, rather than a for-profit company. Our musicians began to provide concerts to help raise funds for school music programs, funding scholarships and other worthy causes. Two things were occurring simultaneously: We “played it forward” and we were creating opportunities to provide for our own musician family.

Then it happened. Our little production company was invited to go to prison. Literally.

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jazz in a world of despair

unity music goes to prison

In 2009 & 2010, we performed at Angola State Prison in Louisiana, once known for being the harshest prison in America.

Jamie and Greg were surrounded by the Basie Jazz Ensemble and other talented jazz musicians and singers. We poured ourselves into the 7,000 lifers that reside at Angola, including personally visiting death row inmates.

The engagement changed lives . . . including ours! We discovered that music possesses the keys that open hearts and minds (and even prison cells) where other approaches don’t work. Greg used his incredible expertise and from those two performances came a new recording coupled with a DVD documentary that we entitled, Free on the Inside. There are only a few copies left of this special edition recording. Contact us to purchase. 

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Jazz for all seasons

Partnering with the legends to continue our work

Most recently, we have co-produced the first ever Count Basie Christmas Album, co-sponsored the Ella Fitzgerald tribute at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York and are in the process of co-producing the upcoming 80th anniversary album for Basie. We continue to raise money for schools and nonprofit organizations and especially for deserving future musicians.

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