Selected Events in 2005

America says Thank You, Germany

November 7, 2005.

To say "Thank You" to Germans for their generous support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Marlon Jordan Quartet of New Orleans, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy, gave a jazz concert on November 7, 2005 in Berlin at the Rotes Rathaus. The Marlon Jordan Quartet performed before an audience of 350 invited guests, including representatives of relief organizations, businesses, schools and other institutions that so generously helped the people of New Orleans in their time of need. After the concert, U.S. Ambassador William R. Timken hosted a reception for all invited guests.

During this tour, the Marlon Jordan Quartet will also perform in Romania, Lithuania, and Ukraine to say thanks for the support from those countries. The quartet’s performance in Germany is part of the “New Orleans Jazz Heritage Tours” sponsored by the U.S. State Department and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. The project gives musicians from the New Orleans area, who have lost their usual venues, an opportunity to share the music that so vividly expresses the region’s melting of cultures.

	Trumpet player Marlon Jordan	Singer Stephanie Jordan	The Marlon Jordan Quartet
	Stephanie and Marlon Jordan with Ambassador Timken and his wife	Stephanie and Marlon Jordan with representatives of the organisation "Berlin gibt zurück".	Stephanie and Marlon Jordan with helpers of the Technisches Hilfswerk.

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