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https://lasentinel.net/barbara-morrison-jazz-blues-festival-marks-second-year.html

“Our goal with this festival is to always do a fundraiser for the California Jazz and Blues Museum to keep operations going,” said Timothy Morganfield, co-owner of The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center and CEO of the California Jazz and Blues Museum. “This year we want to raise funds in order to re-open the California Jazz and Blues Museum within Leimert Park on Leimert Boulevard. We do have a location ready to go.”

https://www.dailynews.com/2022/03/16/la-jazz-legend-barbara-morrison-dies-at-72/

LA jazz legend
Barbara Morrison
dies at 72

Beloved vocalist performed on a pair of Grammy-nominated albums, produced another and founded a performing arts theater and jazz/blues museum in Leimert Park.

Barbara Morrison Square To Be Unveiled at Leimert Park Jazz Festival

On the occasion of her 73rd birthday, this DCA festival commission commemorates the late Barbara Morrison, international empress of jazz and blues, community activist, educator and entrepreneur, with the unveiling of Barbara Morrison Square at 43rd and Degnan, officiated by the 10th District Council Office.

https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2022/08/23/barbara-morrison-leimert-jazz-festival/41220

https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/city-angels-loses-two-guiding-jazz-spirits#

The City of Angels Loses Two Guiding Jazz Spirits

Morrison (Sept. 10, 1949 – March 16, 2022) was far better documented during her career than Andrews, recording some two dozen albums of her own while appearing as a guest artist on projects with everyone from Johnny Otis and Jimmy Smith to Doc Severinsen and Kenny Burrell. A jazz-informed blues singer who could swing with authority, she thrived in the expansive Venn diagram terrain where jazz and blues overlap. An L.A. institution for five decades, she was dedicated to building the Southland scene, creating the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center in Leimert Park as a crucible for nurturing rising talent and the neighboring California Jazz & Blues Museum.

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Barbara Morrison, Legendary L.A. Jazz & Blues Singer, Dies at 72

Barbara Morrison, a legendary singer in the Los Angeles jazz and blues music community, has died. She was 72.Morrison passed away on Wednesday (March 16), according to her brother Richard Morrison. A cause of death was not disclosed.

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/barbara-morrison-dead-jazz-blues-singer-dies-obit-1235046288/

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1st Annual Barbara Morrison Jazz and Blues Music Festival | Photos-Look!

The joyous occasion was the unveiling of the intersection naming of Barbara Morrison Square (43rd and Degnan in Leimert Park). Elected officials, family members and community stakeholders spoke about Barbara Morrison’s life, legacy and career on this overcast day in Los Angeles. Heather Hunt, Los Angeles City Councilwomen, CD-10, Robert Sausedo, President/CEO, Community Build, Inc., Albert Edmund Lord III, V.P. of Government Relations and Arts Program at Community Build, Inc., Tim Morganfield, Co-owner, Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center, CEO-California Jazz & Blues Museum, CEO, Morganfield Entertainment Solutions, and Yvonne Farrow, Arts Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs addressed the crowd the during the intersection naming ceremony.

https://eurweb.com/2022/1st-annual-barbara-morrison-jazz-and-blues-music-festival-photos-look/

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