Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame

The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame is part of a US-based non-profit organization (The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame Foundation^[1]) that began operations in 1978 and continues to the present (2022) in San Diego County, California. David Larkin is current president.^[2]

The board Vice President in 1997 Daniel Del Fiorentino.^[3]

The foundation's musical ensemble - the Big Band Jazz Hall of Fame Orchestra - continues to perform each year - primarily in the summer months in the San Diego North County area. Concerts scheduled in 2020 and 2021 were postponed and canceled due to the Covid Pandemic. Its first concerts back took place August 27, 2022 at the Willowbrook Concert Series in Vista, CA. Numerous Big Band/ Swing Era and Jazz artists have been guests with the ensemble over the years including: Herb Jeffries (Ellington & Earl Hines vocalist), Bill Watrous (trombone), Kevin Cole (piano) and Tad Calcara (principal clarinet of the Utah Symphony). The foundation continues to support local public school students with its yearly scholarship program.

^ ProPublica, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Ken Schwencke, Alec Glassford. "Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2019-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame - About Us". bigbandjazzorch.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "Paid Notice: Deaths CHEATHAM, DOC". The New York Times. 1997-06-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

[1] ProPublica, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Ken Schwencke, Alec Glassford. "Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2019-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] "Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame - About Us". bigbandjazzorch.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[3] "Paid Notice: Deaths CHEATHAM, DOC". The New York Times. 1997-06-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

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