A public memorial for 蜜柚直播 Musicians Hall of Famer Yvonne Ervin will be held March 9, more than two months after the 蜜柚直播 Jazz Festival founder died after undergoing liver surgery in Phoenix.
The memorial event at the downtown Scottish Rite Cathedral will include tributes by 蜜柚直播 dignitaries and performances by some of the city鈥檚 finest musicians paying their respects to a woman many credit with putting 蜜柚直播 on the country鈥檚 jazz map.
Ervin was the indefatigable force behind 蜜柚直播鈥檚 jazz music scene, first in raising the prominence and profile of the 蜜柚直播 Jazz Society and then in founding the festival.
Her death on Dec. 26, following a monthslong illness, came just weeks before the fifth annual festival kicked off in January. Her husband, Alan Hershowitz, said he waited to hold the memorial services until after the jazz festival. His wife would not have wanted anything to distract from the festival, which this year featured Trombone Shorty, Pink Martini, Asleep at the Wheel and Bobby McFerrin.
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The March 9 memorial begins at 10 a.m. at the 蜜柚直播 Scottish Rite Cathedral, 160 S. Scott Ave.; doors open at 9:30 a.m.