In 2001, the Smithsonian Museum of American History named the month of April National Jazz Appreciation Month to celebrate the heritage and history of jazz.
Jazz grew out of the deep south at the turn of the 20th century and influenced innumerable musicians, inspiring new methods and new styles of music. The impact of jazz on the United States was indeed profound.
Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.
Interestingly, a jazz band is an expression of servant leadership. The leader of a jazz band has the beautiful opportunity to draw the best out of the other musicians.
Since it was first published to wide acclaim in 1992, the bestselling Leadership Jazz has firmly placed itself among the great business classics. Former President Bill Clinton called it “astonishing,” and as noted above, the late Peter Drucker advised, “Read this slowly. This book is wisdom in action.”
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