United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Woodruff Park, 33.75566, -84.38854Alexander, Jim1978-08"The NAC Big Band playing in Woodruff Park at the opening event for the Atlanta Free Jazz Festival"--Jim Alexander's annotations.Neighborhood Arts Center musician-in-residence and Life Force jazz band member Joe Jennings (front row center) and Life Force jazz band member Howard Nicholson (front row left) lead the Neighborhood Arts Center Big Band II at the opening event of the first Atlanta Free Jazz Festival held in Woodruff Park late in August 1978. Jennings, a saxophonist, worked at the Neighborhood Arts Center from February 1976 until September 1978 when he left to teach music at Morehouse College in Atlanta. In the early 1970s Jennings and Howard Nicholson formed the Life Force jazz band in order to perform original work and jazz classics. Although Jennings and Nicholson went on to join other groups, they continue to perform as Life Force.Title provided by Jim Alexander.image/jpegimage/x-mrsidhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander Collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.Community arts projects--Georgia--AtlantaAtlanta Free Jazz Festival (1st : 1978 Aug. : Georgia)Jazz festivals--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American jazz musicians--Georgia--AtlantaJazz musicians--Georgia--AtlantaBig bands--Georgia--AtlantaSaxophonists--Georgia--AtlantaDrummers (Musicians)--Georgia--AtlantaTrumpet players--Georgia--AtlantaBass guitarists--Georgia--AtlantaJazz--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th centuryNeighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.)Jennings, Joe--Performances--Georgia--AtlantaNicholson, Howard --Performances--Georgia--AtlantaNeighborhood Arts Center Big Band II (Atlanta, Ga.)--Performances--Georgia--AtlantaNAC Big Band IINeighborhood Arts Center Big Band IINAC Big Band 2NAC Big Band TwoNeighborhood Arts Center Big Band 2Neighborhood Arts Center Big Band TwoStillImage