mark izu has dedicated his life to nurturing the chinese jazz performance to others like frances wong also honored by the asian festival earlier but mark has been there from the very beginning to the present and always supported other artist and he's the driving force behind the asian american jazz festival. it serves as the genesis for other artist movement in many ways. george sam's was the trumpeter and anthony brown and other pioneers. united front was unique because it was the record label and were you supporting other locals to have their own label as well and pioneering as well. this marked the professional debut for many professions. as i mentioned frances wong and of course anthony brown and you led at another time support of younger african american musicians like 12-year-old who performed many many years ago with you as well. i was attracted to asian -- improvisational music because with different japanese instruments as well and filipino musicians using percussion as well and really a great time in the 80s. mark was the curator of that time. mark's vision that sustained th

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