The San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Society
San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Society group photo after a day of fun at one of our ‘Dixieland Jazz’ Sunday events!
The San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Society (SJDJS) was founded Sunday, February 4, 1979 in Stockton, California. Our club is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Dixieland Jazz music.
We hold monthly Dixieland Jazz Sunday meetings where audiences can listen and dance to live performances of Dixieland Jazz. Musicians young and old are invited to perform their art in front of a live audience.
SJDJS is also dedicated to cultivating and encouraging young musicians, thereby preserving our kind of music for the future. To help encourage our young musicians of the community, we provide several youth-musician scholarships. SJDJS actively promotes interaction between our club and other clubs dedicated to the performance and preservation of Dixieland Jazz.
The San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Society is a non-profit organization established under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the purpose of educating the public and members on matters concerning the preservation and promotion of Dixieland Jazz music.
Our History
The very first board meeting (as well as our current jazz sessions) was held at The Elks B.P.O. Lodge in Stockton, California on the 1st Sunday of February 1979. We’re still in the same place – after all these years!
The Founding Fathers were: Tom Castles, Bill Renwick, Bill Reinhart,
Otis Edmondson, Ed Huntington, Vince Marino and Raymond Walters.
At that first meeting, there were 359 initial Charter Members and they all joined the club!