Walt Disney World has announced The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure as a brand new exhibit. The company is using Soul as a jumping off point to explore the larger impact of the American contributions of Jazz music. African American people had significant output during the formation of the genre and Black History Month seems like the perfect time to announce this kind of exhibit. As viewers were treated to Joe’s adventure through the afterlife in Soul, they clearly saw how much the music affected his life and the experiences of his family. Disney actually got Jon Batiste to talk about the upcoming exhibit and what it entailed on their YouTube page. Carmen Smith of Walt Disney Imagineering also explained the link between the film and the music of Jazz pioneers on Disney Parks Blog.
“The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure” opens today at EPCOT! This new exhibit celebrates the distinctly American musical art form, originated by African Americans and fusing the influences of many different cultures. 🎵 Learn more: https://t.co/xRDyNsVr78 pic.twitter.com/T9mIjujp1S
