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10 This concurrent resolution celebrates the 100th birthday of Joe McQueen.
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12 This resolution:
13 ▸ recognizes Joe McQueen as a nationally renowned jazz musician; and
14 ▸ acknowledges Mr. McQueen's upcoming 100th birthday on May 30, 2019.
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18 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
19 WHEREAS, Joe McQueen was born on May 30, 1919, in Dallas, Texas and was raised
20 in Ardmore, Oklahoma;
21 WHEREAS, since the age of 16, Mr. McQueen has been playing the saxophone and
22 performing jazz music;
23 WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen traveled to Ogden, Utah in the 1940s and has resided there
24 ever since;
25 WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen was the first African-American in Utah to play at
26 previously white-only establishments and to have a mixed-race band;
27 WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen performed in Ogden with fellow jazz celebrities such as
28 Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Paul Gonsalves, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and
29 Dizzy Gillespie and toured throughout the rocky mountain west;
30 WHEREAS, in 2002, Governor Michael Leavitt declared April 18 as "Joe McQueen
31 Day";
32 WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen continues to perform live in Ogden's music venues; and
33 WHEREAS, on May 30, 2019, Mr. McQueen will celebrate his 100th birthday:
34 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the state of Utah, the Governor
35 concurring therein, recognizes Joe McQueen as a nationally renowned jazz musician and
36 celebrates Mr. McQueen's 100th birthday.