Anaheim: Jazzy Christmas

New Hope Presbyterian Church invites all to our annual Jazzy Christmas.  Each year, several jazz giants come out to support her husband’s professional band, which supports the local school music program. Reggie Goodjoin, director of music and arts at the church, is a bassist and a Grammy-award winner.

Through the church, their Music Enrichment Program also provides scholarships for string lessons, and covers the cost of instruction and instruments for under-served students. They have also been mentored by several top names in the industry, among them Sheila E and her father, Pete Escovedo. They have jammed South African beats of Brazil and Argentina through the rhythm of Munyungo Jackson, who played percussion with Stevie Wonder and Sting.