Geraldine de Haas, who helped shape city's jazz scene, dies at 91
<p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Geraldine "The Jazz Lady" de Haas, who was the driving force behind the creation of the annual Chicago Jazz Festival, died July 28 from natural causes.</p><p>She was 91 and had moved from her South Side home to New Jersey 13 years ago to be closer to family.</p><p>In 1974, following jazz great Duke Ellington's death, Mrs. de Haas helped organize a tribute to Ellington in Grant Park that became an annual event and united the city's jazz community.
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<p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Geraldine "The Jazz Lady" de Haas, who was the driving force behind the creation of the annual Chicago Jazz Festival, died July 28 from natural causes.</p><p>She was 91 and had moved from her South Side home to New Jersey 13 years ago to be closer to family.</p><p>In 1974, following jazz great Duke Ellington's death, Mrs. de Haas helped organize a tribute to Ellington in Grant Park that became an annual event and united the city's jazz community. It evolved into the city's first Chicago Jazz Festival in 1979.</p><p>Programming of the event was eventually assumed by the Jazz Institute of Chicago, leading Mrs. de Haas to focus on creating the South Shore Jazz Fest — which was held at the South Shore Cultural Center from 1981 to 2012.</p><p>"My mother's legacy in Chicago is one of great fortitude and persistence in establishing America's original art form, jazz, and making Chicago a hub of that original art form," said her son, Darius de Haas.</p><p>Mrs.
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- <p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Geraldine "The Jazz Lady" de Haas, who was the driving force behind the creation of the annual Chicago Jazz Festival, died July 28 from natural causes.</p><p>She was 91 and had moved from her South Side home to New Jersey 13 years ago to be closer to family.</p><p>In 1974, following jazz great Duke Ellington's death, Mrs. de Haas helped organize a tribute to Ellington in Grant Park that became an annual event and united the city's jazz community.
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