Saturday Night Bath is dedicated to the performance and continuation of the art of American Jazz and Blues. Our mission is to write and perform contemporary compositions by our ensemble of musicians–and to educate, improve and impact the lives of youth, passing this art form on into the 21st century. We aim to encourage our young audiences–now totaling over 43,000 teenage students since 1986–to finish high school, and to seek, study and enjoy music throughout their lives. We hope some of them will become apprentice musicians too. By promoting this American multi-cultural music to Los Angeles County youth, we hope to motivate students to study music, understand basic math and numbers, and speak and write English well. Our music is understandable, using simple three-chord progressions that are the basis for most song construction in Western music. We tie traditional and contemporary popular songs to classroom subjects such as Language Arts, Math, History, and Social Studies. We point out the mix of music, rhyming and poetry in songs, and explain the interconnection of counting and math in popular music; the history and literature behind the composition of song lyrics is emphasized. At our concerts, we explicitly cover the basic tenets of the new CA/LAUSD Standards, including nearly 100% of the history and theory standards. Signs are held up for reference. Much of our program’s impact can be attributed to consistent follow-up. We send each school our Creative Student Survey, which tracks student performers, as well as an extensive list of opportunities for further study and scholarship contacts. We have developed our own 38-page Handbook; we have donated the file to interested schools for 15-years. Both school staffs and students appreciate and use our referrals; many students do go on to pursue music studies, poetry or related art forms like dance.