History and Purpose of the SFTJF
Created in 1981 as an archive of several thousand items relating to the jazz revival begun in San Francisco about 1939, the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation helps foster live, high quality traditional jazz, regionally and worldwide.
What Does the Foundation Do?
Current activities include archival preservation, supporting live events and broadcasts, collaboration with other jazz and educational institutions, and developing new products and media applications.
Although the Foundation lacks the funding to open its archive to the general public, other means are being found to make its resources available. For example, historic recordings and documents are being made available to radio stations; and consumer products such as posters, books and tapes are being publicly offered. The San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation (SFTJF) endorses and supports high
quality traditional jazz through events, recordings, an historical archive, and
publications including a quarterly newsletter, The Frisco Cricket.
Rooted originally in the styles pioneered by the musicians in and around the Lu Watters band, SFTJF
continues to evolve historically and organically with the music and musicians.
Our base is regional, but our membership is worldwide. |
