SFJAZZ HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR ALUMNA
Sasha Berliner
"SFJAZZ is mindful of the barriers to music education."
MEMBERS SINCE 2016
WARREN DESOUZA & KIM NELSON
“Jazz is a true world language – supporting SFJAZZ is a point of pride.”
MEMBER SINCE 2014
DR. MARGIE BAKER
“I just love what SFJAZZ does for our city and local artists.”
SFJAZZ HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR ALUMNA
Aneesa Strings
“SFJAZZ gives young people, like me, opportunities we would never have.”
MEMBER SINCE 2015
MICHELLE “LANI” SHIOTA
“The artists get a chance to try something different – and float it.”
MEMBERS SINCE 2012
JOHN GORDON AND MARGO GOODWIN-GORDON
“Just looking at the different people in the audience – to me, that’s absolutely democratic. It mirrors how we should think about our culture.”
MEMBER SINCE 2011
JUANITA TAMAYO LOTT
“We need well-rounded people who have a love for music early in life. SFJAZZ speaks to different generations, and if they continue that, I think we’ll be okay as a country.”
MEMBERS SINCE 2013
JOE GRATZ AND DINAH SANDERS
“Bringing jazz into our daily life is one of the biggest, most transformative things that SFJAZZ has done for us. Being members was the line where that happened.”
MEMBER SINCE 2011
ELBA MCINTOSH
“The music keeps me close to my family. That’s why supporting SFJAZZ is so important to me. By doing so, I honor my upbringing and the people who have meant so much to me.”
MEMBERS SINCE 2013
DAMIAN FAGAN AND HEATHER MORRA
“You’re part of a community and joining up for a journey. I always know that I’m coming back to SFJAZZ.”
MEMBER SINCE 1998
LEWIS BYRD
“It's the difference between going to a concert and being part of a family. For me, it's just love.”
MEMBERS SINCE 2014
DARLA WATANABE AND CORTNEY ERIN
“We want to support the artists and foster what will always be a musical scene in the Bay Area.”
MEMBER SINCE 1999
JERRY STREET
“We were excited about the vision of Randall Kline. He had the courage to build a world-class organization. There was a commitment to expanding a musical galaxy.”
THE FIRST FIVE YEARS
In January 2013, SFJAZZ took the most audacious step in its evolution, opening the 36,000-square-foot, $64 million SFJAZZ Center on the corner of Fell and Franklin streets in the heart of San Francisco’s cultural corridor.
