Founded in 1972, the Society is run by a board of directors
who meet monthly to conduct the business of staging our music festivals,
awarding scholarships to deserving New Jersey college jazz studies
students, conducting the Generations of Jazz programs in local school systems,
and inducting pioneers and legends of jazz into the American Jazz Hall
of Fame, among other things. The membership is comprised of jazz devotees
from all parts of the state, the country and the world. The Society
publishes a monthly magazine, Jersey Jazz, which contains feature articles,
photos, music calendars, concert reviews, and Society information, and
is free with membership.
The New Jersey Jazz Society is a qualified
organization of the New Jersey
Cultural Trust.
The New Jersey Jazz Society is qualified as a tax-exempt cultural organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to NJJS are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
President - Andrea Tyson, Piscataway
Vice President - Mike Katz, Chatham
Treasurer - Kate Casano, Jackson
Secretary - Al Parmet, Springfield
Past President - Joe Lang, Chatham
President Emeritus -Jack Stine, Pluckemin
Membership Chair - Caryl Anne McBride, Randolph
Steve Albin, Carolyn Clemente, Joanne Day, Edy Hittcon, Laura Hull, Claudette Lanneaux, Sheilia Lenga, Bruce Lundvall, Vincent Mazzola, Frank Mulvaney, Stan Myers, Walter Olson, Jack Sinkway, Marcia Steinberg, Elliott Tyson, Jackie Wetcher, Tony Mottola (Ex-officio)
Jersey Jazz Editor - Tony Mottola, Montclair
Art Director - Linda Lobdell, Newark
Contributing Photo Editor - Mitchell Seidel
Webmaster - Steve Albin, Montclair
Public Relations/Marketing - Don Jay Smith, Tewksbury