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The Athenaeum Friends of Jazz is a group of individuals who contribute especially to support the Athenaeum’s jazz music programming. The Athenaeum series has become widely known as one of the top venues for jazz on the West Coast.
We have another stellar year of concerts planned for you. While we wait for the Auditorium at Scripps Research to reopen for community events, the Athenaeum Jazz series will continue to bring some of the greatest artists in jazz to the Athenaeum’s Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room. We also have our Jazz at the Athenaeum and Athenaeum Jazz at Bread & Salt series’ concerts to look forward to. The coming year will include old favorites, like Billy Childs and Edward Simon, as well as those new to the Athenaeum, like Avishai Cohen, on trumpet, Thelonious Monk Institute first-prize-winning bassist Ben Williams, and Grammy-winning member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, saxophonist Ted Nash.
We would like to invite you to join the Athenaeum’s Friends of Jazz group to support the jazz music programming. The Friends of Jazz’s mission is to ensure that Athenaeum jazz concerts continue to offer a compelling mix of established performers and carefully chosen emerging stars. Your membership will play an important role in maintaining the quality and excellence of the jazz series. As a Friend of Jazz, you will not only support the jazz music community, but also access exclusive benefits based on your level of contribution. Friends of Jazz is an add-on to your regular Athenaeum membership. If you would like to update your regular membership, please visit ljathenaeum.org/membership.
The Athenaeum is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. Please contact the Athenaeum at (858) 454-5872 during normal library hours if you have any questions. We sincerely appreciate your consideration and support. Together, we will continue to enrich the lives of our community through jazz music.
Levels & Benefits
Current FOJ Members
(November 8, 2023–November 8, 2024)
Penny and Buck Abell
June and Daniel T. Allen
Anonymous
Anonymous
Daniel and Jennifer Atkinson
Dr. Charles Betlach II
Wendy Bowers
Wallace and Linda Dieckmann
Edward and Edith Drcar
Dr. Lawrence Gartner
Virginia Gordon
James Halliday and Kate Beckel
John Iammarino
Marilee & Peter Kovacs
Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner
George and Carol Lattimer
Sara Matta
Chandra Mukerji
Ellen A. O'Neal
Greg and Betty Pardue
Irwin and Maryanne Pfister
Mark Prebilic
Carol Randolph and Robert Caplan
Betsy Rudee
Patricia Shank
Bruce and Jane Silva
Marcia and David Sleet
Tatjana Soli and Al Spector
Kenneth and Julia Stone
Drew Ziegelbauer