Jazzgiving™ was born in December, 1995 when a fire at George Washington Preparatory High School destroyed their instruments, music library and uniforms. The band was the current winner of the L.A. Citywide Band Competition. The Los Angeles Jazz Society presented a Christmas Jazzgiving Concert for the purpose of acquiring instrument donations from individuals, manufacturers and musicians. The program successfully replaced the loss, raising over $215,000 worth of new and used instruments. The Society also arranged for ASMAC to replace a major portion of their music library.

Jazzgiving™ is now an ongoing project that acquires, restores and distributes new and used instruments for donation to needy jazz music programs in the Los Angeles School District. Instruments are accepted throughout the year. Contact the LAJS if you wish to donate an instrument to this worthy cause. Your gift is tax deductible! Donations to the Los Angeles Unified School District now exceed $280,000.

To donate used instruments, contact: merle@in-housemusic.com