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The Jazz River Inspired by the Pandemic: Music from the Red Hot Organization Share
In 1989, while the world was being ravaged by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Leigh Blake and John Carlin, both involved in the downtown New York creative arts scene that was devastated by the AIDS epidemic, joined forces to create the Red Hot Organization. Its mission was to use popular culture to raise money and awareness to fight AIDS. With backgrounds in both visual and performing arts, the couple began enlisting high-profile musicians and producing records across an incredible diversity of genres and with an equally incredible list of performers. Over their 25-year existence, they produced 20 compilation albums, videos, television programs, and other multimedia, involving more than 500 artists, producers, and directors. Their efforts raised millions of dollars, supported other groups and organizations such as ACT UP and T.A.G (Treatment Action Group) and in doing so helped bring attention to