Pasadena Jazz Institute

The Pasadena Jazz Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, comprised of music educators, musicians, and jazz music lovers, dedicated to promoting jazz education, preservation and participation. The Institute was founded in 2000 by Paul M. Lines who serves as the Institute's executive director.

Currently, the Institute has three main divisions:

The Educational Division promotes jazz education in the Pasadena Schools by providing musically-themed workshops, such as Celebration of the Blues. Children are taught songs rich with the history of blues and are given a chance to perform live during the workshop. The power of music, as a teaching tool, is tremendous.
In addition we offer "Jazz Camp for Kids" every Summer. This last Summer we had 5 week-long sessions with over 80 participants.