San Jose Jazz is a 20 year old public benefit corporation dedicated to promoting jazz through performance and education to enrich the lives of the people in our community.

San Jose Jazz is…
- One of the best Festivals in the nation
- Year-round performances
- Music education programs for all ages and abilities:

• In-school workshops
• Youth Festival
• Youth Orchestra
• Jazz Camp
And more…

San Jose Jazz celebrates Jazz
- bringing jazz legends to Silicon Valley
- bringing music to schools
- supporting local musicians
- promoting emerging musicians and new jazz forms.

San Jose Jazz enriches lives
- serving community needs
- linking community members
- improving quality of life with education, music and fun.

 

"What's always impressed me about San Jose Jazz and their Jazz Festival is how wide reaching and broadly embracing it is. There are concerts, performances and educational events which appeal to both the very casual music fan and the hardcore jazz head."
-Yoshi Kato, journalist for Downbeat, SJ Mercury News and Metro Silicon Valley,

Header Image taken by: Walter Wagner