Local Ski Titans Redford and Johnson Lend Support to Upcoming "Jazz for Peace" Concert.  What do Utah skiing and African Tribespeople have in common?

"Plenty!" says Snowbird co-founder Wilma Johnson, who has been traveling  to Kenya to aid the Samburu Tribe for the past 20 years.

Through her efforts to build drought-fighting water tanks and help  secure microcredit loans, educational services and more, the Samburu  Tribe of northern Kenya has made tremendous progress in their efforts to  integrate with Western Society while preserving their culture and  traditions.

To help the Samburu continue their progress, the world famous Jazz  Group "Jazz for Peace", featuring pianist/singer/and composer Rick  DellaRatta, will perform a benefit concert to aide this cause on  Thursday May 5th, 6pm  at the Tavernacle Social Club in downtown Salt  Lake.

Jazz for Peace has performed over 800 such benefits over the past 9  years to aide outstanding causes worldwide including a performance at  the Nairobi National Museum in Kenya this past February and having  performed with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Paquito D' Rivera, Rick  DellaRatta is now considered by many to be one of the finest  Singer/Pianists performing today and one of only a handful of Jazz  Artists who can make a successful musical presentation to a large  audience without having to abandon the true art form of Jazz. Rick  DellaRatta was included in the Book "Jazz Singers" as one of the top  Jazz Vocalists of all time and by The Foundation Center in their list of  the top musician philanthropists of our time along with Bono (U2),  Elton John, Peter Gabriel and Sting.

Kenya was also the setting for the movie classic "Out of Africa",  prompting one of it's stars Robert Redford to offer his "very best  wishes for a successful event".

For more information and to purchase tickets please visit http://www.JAZZforPEACE.org/ and http://www.tribaladvancement.com/> www.tribaladvancement.com