Grantee Database
BAY AREA JAZZ AND ARTS INC
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$19,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Bay Area Jazz and Arts Inc will present ‘Boss Guitars,’ a series of 8 free masterclasses with renowned Oakland-based guitarists from the the Black and Latinx cultural traditions of jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, Latin music, and South American folk music. ‘Boss Guitars’ will be collaboratively developed with community members and address a community-identified need to create an accessible environment for intergenerational arts learning and to center Black and Latinx artists whose cultural traditions are threatened by gentrification in the Bay Area.
Organization Summary
Bay Area Jazz and Arts Inc is a volunteer-run non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art forms of jazz, blues, and world music through live performance and educational programs. Our performance space, The Sound Room, offer live performances featuring jazz, blues, and world music Thursday-Sunday weekly, totaling around 30 shows monthly. We feature local artists, touring artists, and emerging youth talent. We feature workshops and masterclasses with prominent artist-educators in our community. We contribute to our community, promoting fundraisers for local arts organizations and school bands. Our intimate listening room is all ages and features the music as the core experience, not a peripheral experience. The Sound Room was selected by DownBeat Magazine as 1 of the best places to hear jazz in the World 4 years in a row and was featured in the New York Times 36 hours in Oakland and in the Wall Street Journal ‘One of a Kind Experiences in Oakland.’ We have been named the Best Live Music Venue in the Bay Area for 2023.
Organization
The Sound Room
Address
3022 BROADWAY OAKLAND
OAKLAND
94611-0000
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 708-9691
Congressional District
District 12
State Assembly District
District 18
State Senate District
District 7
