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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Sacramento Traditional Jazz
Society Collection
Date Range:
1950-2003 inclusive,
Collection Number:
2001/062
Collector:
Sacramento Traditional Jazz
Society
Extent:
57 linear
feet
Location:
See Finding Aid for exact location of
materials.
Abstract:
The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society (STJS)
began on Sunday May 5, 1968 with a group of local jazz musicians gathering at
the Orangevale Grange Hall to play for a small group of jazz fans. The
musicians included Dr. Bill Borcher, the Dean of Men at American River College
and trumpet player for the Delta Moonlighters, John Knurr, a local high school
music teacher, jazz trombonist Jerry Kaehele, and George Boyd and his Good Time
Go-to-Meeting Band. The non-profit organization holds an annual Jazz Jubilee
Festival on Memorial Day weekend and conducts jazz education programs and
community outreach. The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society is the largest
traditional jazz organization in the United States. The files date from 1952 to
2003, with the bulk of the material dating from 1974 to 1998. The collection
includes correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, meeting records,
grant applications, publications, directors files, photographs, programs, and
brochures.
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