About

President -  John Soulis (non-voting)

Vice President -  Ashok Kumar

Treasurer -  Linda Allison

Secretary -  Sharon Soulis

Board-  Sue Kumar & Sriram Dandapani

Website -  Tina Lim, Jinghua Hu and Jaxon Lim

EBTJS Board Emeritus-  Barbara Erickson, Mike Messier, Vi Vuong, Debbie and John Ratto.

The East Bay Traditional Jazz Society has been successful over the last 20 years. Through our festival fundraisers we have accomplished several youth jazz programs: 

• • Spring School Jazz Festival in Fremont – Coordinated with local school calendars – (2001 through 2025)

  • Scholarships to intensive Jazz Camp (over $38,745.00 in 14 years/63 youth musicians)

  • In-school jazz presentations – if your elementary school would like us to present Traditional Jazz to your group – please contact us; The Society will pay 1/2 of the presentation.

  • Community youth jazz band (The Jazzinators began in the fall of 2004)

  • Our Annual Youth Traditional Jazz Festival (scheduled for last Saturday in January) began January of 2007.

 Traditional Jazz is America’s own music with it’s own storied history

America’s MUSIC!

Educate our youth,

Introduce this genre of JAZZ to our local communities,

Provide opportunities for musicians of all ages to learn/play traditional JAZZ,

Provide school age student/musician (4th-12th grade) an opportunity to learn and play traditional Jazz,

Provide more opportunities for listeners/dancers to enjoy our American Treasure.

The East Bay Trad Jazz Society is dedicated to educating, promoting, preserving, and enjoying live traditional jazz. We wish to promote and expand interest in this art form among people of all ages. For a great overview of our Society, see our Introduction.

We shall endeavor to develop a sense of community through an increased awareness of the historical significance of traditional jazz music. It is our firm desire to see the East Bay Traditional Jazz Society continually strive to provide funds, donations & contributions for youth scholarship programs and continue to serve communities in the East Bay.

We have learned that when we bring OKOM (Our Kind Of Music) to where people congregate, it not only benefits the community, but also our student musicians. We hope you follow us on our website and join us at many community events to support the educational benefits of our programs! 

• Invite your friends, especially young prospect musicians and their families, to one of our performance events!

• Book our Youth Band - Jazzinators for a performance: Please call (510) 657-0243 or email: jssoulis@att.net

• Schedule a Trad Jazz presentation with MGJB: Contact John Soulis at (510) 657-0243 or email jssoulis@att.net

• Make a donation to EBTJS and help get corporate gift matching: Find instructions on this page

• Join the EBTJS or Jazzinators and volunteer for the programs!