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After Ed's notable "Black
Frontier Spirit Series," at the behest of the National
Park Service in St. Louis, he began to explore the history of
Jazz in America, as a significant Black contribution to the
culture of America. He studied the African culture and ancestral
imagery and found that an African's life in America was music
as an art form. This led to Ed's study of his next major series
of bronzes, "Jazz: An American Art Form". This series
depicts the evolution of jazz music from its roots in Africa
to the contemporary jazz superstars of the jazz era, and focuses
on this style as a pure American musical idiom. Elements of
the Jazz series are on display at major galleries and museums
throughout the U.S. and has received critical acceptance internationally.
This series of over 70 bronzes features many works focusing
on the African tribal contributions, then presents such great
jazz performers as Mile Davis, Charlie Parker, "Satchmo"
Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman.
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