The Naples Jazz Society, Inc. was founded in 1995, for the purpose of sponsoring, preserving, and promoting jazz music in southwest Florida.

Our Immediate priority has been the survival of our local Dixieland Jazz bands. All of them would have disappeared without our sponsorship.

The Naples Jazzmasters has played free summer concerts at the Norris Center and the River Park Community Center for over 13 years. Again, these 24 performances each year would be lost without Society support.

Our musicians and their listeners love jazz and want this kind lot music to survive. But the Naples Jazz Society needs your donations to make all these things possible. Collections from happy audiences are the main source of income to the Jazz Society. We also receive generous donations from individuals and local businesses – the most important one being sponsorship of some of our activities by the Naples Daily News.

Our bands have performed pro bono for the Collier County -Lee County Honor Flights. We entertain the supporters of our veterans as they wait for the veterans to come home after visiting the military monuments in Washington D.C.

We’ll keep this American heritage alive and well in Collier County by supporting the bands and musicians that play the old tunes, and by encouraging young musicians to continue this tradition.