JAZZLAND CAFE, INC.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

As a Jazz Club and Florida corporation, based in Jacksonville. JAZZLAND'S mission is to help Jazz musicians stay afloat in this edgy economy by encouraging the local performance and appreciation of Jazz music, America's greatest original art form. Our collaboration includes business and professional people, musicians, educators, students and just plain "listeners". We share a common focus: to help Jazz and jazz musicians thrive in Jacksonville by sponsoring live Jazz performances and by encouraging Jazz education through our lecture series and through the support of community members who share these interests. It's hard today, but Jazz still has fans, and popular young stars are rising and they attract audiences. We know how gray and bald heads dominate jazz audiences but a vibrant younger audience is emerging. Still, with jazz clubs closing or on life support, there are few jobs and more musicians. We want to help jazz musicians earn a living. knows that despite the tough economy, young musicians have some advantages older musicians did not. Today's artists must play many styles of jazz well, they use the Web to reach audiences, and know that a new requirement of being a musician is learning the business of music since long-term touring opportunities no longer exist for younger artists. Today it is difficult to book a two-week tour. There used to be clubs up and down the coasts and in the middle. Now finding club work is difficult. Conversely, younger artist have the advantage of social networking. My Space and Facebook pages keep them in touch with fellow musicians, showcase their videos and update fans about tours. Moreover, younger musicians see great value in playing with multiple bands during a year. It is all they know and for them it provides experience equivalent to working with an older artist for months or years at a time. Providing good service means taking the time to listen. We will work with you every step of the way by bringing outstanding musicians to make sure you enjoy great music and receive the services you deserve. Our business is musician-patron oriented as we maintain strict conformance to Jazz music. We hope you'll enjoy this site and the efforts of our company together with the music services we provide. We look forward to seeing a lot of you! To provide the best customer service possible. Our Jazz partners offer the benefits of years of experience gained from previous positions. We are members in good standing of multiple professional organizations. , we’ll give Lester Young his due. You’ll hear the words and phrases he created along with some exciting saxophone jazz. Lester never made much bread—certainly as not as much as his homeboys—or lived in a cool crib. But he had more impact on American society than any other jazz musician. Almost no one knows his name, but we are still listening to and quoting Lester Young. You dig? It can justifiably be said that Kelsey and Gabriel are masters of the intricate melodic lines and breakneck tempos of bebop classics like "Hot House", "Anthropology", "Confirmation", songs penned by the likes of Charles "Bird" Parker, Dizzy Gillespe, Tad Dameron, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and more! BeBop! The revolutionary music and movement of the 1940s seemed destined for a short life but continues and is nothing less than "the lingua franca of jazz. The principal style and language of thousands of jazz musicians and a jazz-lover's dream.