More of what we do,
including jazz

We bring ancestral, cultural, spiritual, expressive arts & healing arts & also support services to jazz artists & the larger community!

Epidemic homelessness, gentrification, skyrocketing rents. illegal evictions, and the lack of "true" affordable housing, as well as, work stoppage, layoffs, police brutality, increased racial violence, severe stress from systemic racism and discriminatory norms, including the constant rolling back of civil and human rights fought for by our ancestors and elders, kept alive by deeply ingrained programming of false notions of white supremacy and justification for and perpetuation of white priviledge that creates and sustains inequalities in every aspect of life. These issues touch upon life quality and opportunity and autonomy in every life area, including(housing, education, banking, food, income, cultural capital & it's de-valuation, unless co-opted by others, spiritual freedom, etc. and the ensuing fallout of chronic health issues from the weight of all of this and more, have devastated our community, (including jazz artists and people of color), so that we have to address these social service and other racial and social justice issues, in addition to cultural and creative equity issues we face in the community. These issues have to be fully adressed and resolved for healing and peace within our communities and the world. We start by honoring our ancestral traditions and all things African, as well as Indigenous, previously distorted, ignoring the fact Africa was the first civilization and the cradle of all humanity and that it's Spirituality and Healing, Sciences, Music, Knowwledge traditions informed, inspired, and gave birth to those throughout the entire world. This is all prior to the wealth it's people and resources brought the West.

Some of our programs of focus:

Crisis Counseling, Coaching, & Consultation

We assist jazz artists and those in the larger community who are facing serious issues in areas of crisis, in areas of: health, housing, legal, financial, aaddiction, etc.  We act as Advocates and Liasons to agencies, connecting people to human and social services and also provide grief counseling and support, and coaching and consultation in other areas, such as: career, relationships, business, nonprofit formation, etc..  This includes creative coaching.

Ancestral, Cultural, Spiritual Healing Workshops, Summits, Videos, Blogs, Podcasts, & Lectures

We offer workshops, summits, videos, blogs,,  podcasts, and lectures  on various topics and areas in various areas of ancestral, cultural, and spiritual healing.

Jazz improvisation Coaching, Music Technology for Singers, & Support for Jazz Singers

Adding to the root of RSJ-“Really Singing Jazz”, the true African elements, art, craft, and tradition of the long lineage of our greatest jazz singers and the essential and inherent art of jazz vocalimrovisation (that is much more than scatting, which it may or may not include.  Paying homage to those true jazz singers , including Carmen mcRae and Betty carter, (who both expressed strong concern for the danger of the disappearance of those “really singing jazz” and all that it entails.  We assist also with Music Technology & Training for Jazz Singers.

Jazz Education, Promotion, Performance, Artistry, & (RSJ)-Really Singing Jazz Events

Jazz Education, Promotion, Performance, Artistry Development, and Preservation, including the Art of (RSJ)-Really Singing Jazz events, jams, concerts, and workshops, inspired by all of the great jazz singers, but especially, Betty Carter and Carmen McRae, who were concerned that the true jazz singer and the craft would be lost.

Emergency, Medical, Healing Crisis Support and Spiritual, Energy Healing Sessions

Healing Crisis Support & Spiritual, Energy Healing Sessions for
those unable to supplement those in need of healing support who are never turned away for the appearance of lack of funds

Annual Olokun Rising Water Ceremony (Healing the Sacred Waters of the Earth) in collaboration with it’s founder, YeYe Luisah Teis

Annual Olokun Rising Water Ceremony (Healing the Sacred Waters of the world.  We honor the importance and sacredness of the water for all life and all of humanity and the planet.  We offer prayers, song, dance, gifts, whatever is in our souls to show respect and honor to a major element in life and this universe without which there would be no life.

African Diaspora Medicine Woman Artists Association / African and Indigenous Healers Coalition Project and Support for those bringing Healing to our Communities

African Diaspora Medicine Woman Artists Association / African and Indigenous Healers Coalition and Support to bring Ancestral, Cultural, Spiritual Healing to our Communities

Annual Ancestral Water Ceremony For Healing, as directed by Queen Mother Winnie Mandela, (on behalf of Africa and the Diaspora)

#400 Years plus of African American History 1619-2019 onward): Comemmorating & Healing from the effects of the African Holocaust & it’s aftermath, from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade of human bondage (of our African ancestors), on stolen lands.  We honor our ancestor’s Black Lives, their cultural & spiritual traditions, & their unacknowledged contributions to the world (before Columbus) & to the wealth of the West, & the building of this nation’s wealth, in particular, upon our ancestor’s backs.  We focus now on healing from the effects of false notions of White Supremacy & perpetual oppressive systems & also mis-education about, erasure, devaluation,& demonization of all things African & it’s effects on we, (their descendents).  In this way, we are healing generational, ancestral patterns and honoring and elevating our ancestors and our ancestral, cultural, spiritual traditions.  This annual water ceremony was inspired by esteemed ancestor, Queen Mother, Winnie Mandela, wife of esteemed ancestor Nelson Madiba Mandela.