Houston International Jazz Festival

From Houston International Jazz Festival Website:

Since its inception, in association with August Jazz Month Houston, the Houston International Jazz Festival has placed Houston in the spotlight as the site of the nations only Jazz Festival focusing on international Jazz musicians. The mission of the Festival is to provide a unique cultural program that exposes Houstonians to musicians from outside the United States of America. All proceeds from the festival go toward funding Jazz Education Inc.'s educational programs, Jazz & Poetry Series and Summer Jazz Workshop. The Jazz and Poetry Series serves more than 20,000 elementary school children, and through two locations, the Summer Jazz Workshop trains over 100 teenage musicians yearly.