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• - A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Big Band Jazz, supporting the Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra and the Mike Vax Big Band.
  
• - a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the general public about the historical significance of Arkansas' musical heritage. It sponsors jazz performances by musicians with Arkansas connections and educational clinics for high school and college m
  
• - Online project dedicated to promoting Latin jazz music and artists. Contains news, reviews, events, interviews, and artists' profiles.
  
• - New York based organization led by artistic director Wynton Marsalis. Includes recordings, broadcasts and performance schedule for the resident Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, information on guest performers and educational programs, and essays by Stanley
  
• - NEJA promotes jazz in New England and has created the New England Jazz Hall of Fame, a travelling roadshow in search of a permanent home. The organization is a resource for area performances and outreach programs.
  
• - Australian, non-profit organisation whose aim is to promote jazz and have lots of fun.
  
• - UK-based organisation dedicated to the preservation of Boogie-Woogie piano playing. Features events, players and links to related sites.
  
• - Its mission is to offer the world's most promising young musicians college level training by America's jazz masters and to present public school-based jazz education programs for young people around the globe.
  
• - A musician-run, non-profit organization dedicated to presenting original music by forward-thinking composers. The Collective presents a concert series in New York City and publishes a newsletter.
  
• - Enthusiasts meet to enjoy music and swap recordings. Events are planned.
  
• - Australia-based organization promoting jazz bands and individual musicians. Features mp3s and event links.
  
• - A non-profit presenting arts organization dedicated to advancing the art of jazz through concerts, education programs, discussions, listening parties, and cultural events.
  
• - OJI initiates programs which nurture and promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz and its heritage, provides leadership for educational outreach programs, assists teachers and practitioners with information and resources, and provides learning o
  
• - A non-profit society devoted to preserving, encouraging and promoting the playing of traditional /dixieland / ragtime jazz.
  
• - Platform for jazz musicians of international standing. Includes concert dates, ticket information and links.
  
• - Dedicated to the promotion of jazz recordings and jazz history, the IAJRC maintains a searchable catalog and lending library. The association also publishes a quarterly journal and holds an annual convention.
  
• - An Illinois community big band made of high school students. Features recordings, event calendar, photos.
  
• - Promotes jazz as an art form with education and performances. The organization sponsors an instrument loan program, scholarships, workshops and lessons.
  
• - IAJE publishes the Jazz Educators Journal, sponsors an annual conference, produces awards for outstanding artists, provides scholarships, commissions artists and composers, trains teachers, offers workshops, and helps support jazz festivals.
  
• - Based in Portland; sponsors jazz festivals and workshops, offers CD reviews in its Jazzscene Magazine, and a jazz calendar of events.
  
• - A non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of jazz music in Chicago. The JIC promotes and programs the annual Chicago Jazz Festival, the Winter Jazz Fair and other events.
  
• - SEMJA, supporting jazz and jazz education in SE Michigan. With monthly newsletter, local calendar, and reviews of concerts and recordings.
  
• - Belgian organization promoting modern jazz music. Produces quarterly magazine, CD recordings, concerts.
  
• - Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the musical legacy of the Gennett Record company, which recorded some of the earliest and most significant jazz records in the 1920s and 30s.
  
• - PSTJS provides information on traditional jazz concerts, bands, musicians and radio shows in the Seattle area. The PSTJS also sponsors area events and CD compilations.
  
• - Concert schedule, educational programs, history, and booking.
  
• - A ten-year initiative to research, preserve, and present the history of jazz through exhibitions, performances, recordings, radio, publications, and educational programs at the Smithsonian and across the nation.
  
• - a Canadian learning centre dedicated to the arts, leadership development, and mountain culture. The Centre hosts an International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music and the Hugh Fraser Jazz Orchestra Workshop.
  
• - An organisation by and for Dutch jazz musician playing progressive jazz. The English-language site features homepages for musicians like Yuri Honing, Tony Overwater, Maarten Ornstein and Joost Lijbaart.
  
• - Founded in 1993 by James Ketch and Gregg Gelb to promote jazz awareness in the state and present performances by the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra.
  
• - Group founded in 1948 to preserve traditional jazz publishes Second Line magazine and presents concerts and events.
  
• - Non-profit group of club owners, musicians, educators and fans working to promote the local music scene and honor its history. List of Hall of Fame inductees, links to jazz venues.