Thank you!

Thank you for adding your name to the growing list of musicians and fans who support Justice for Jazz Artists! You are helping guarantee that NYC jazz musicians can retire in dignity.

Please attend our Rally and March on the Clubs

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2pm
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South (West 4th Street), New York City

We’re holding this rally to put public pressure on the clubs, so that they do the right thing. After the rally, we will march to the clubs and deliver our petition with 1500 signatures of professional musicians, demanding that the clubs direct the forgiven tax dollars to musicians’ pension payments — a tax break that we lobbied for, and that the clubs are now enjoying.

Justice for Jazz Artists! Rally and March on the Clubs

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2pm

Judson Memorial Church

55 Washington Square South (West 4th Street)

Greenwich Village, New York City

Musicians: Bring your instruments for our march to the clubs!

Spread The Word

Our campaign depends on your help. Here are a couple simple ways you can promote to the cause.

Send an email to your friends and contacts telling them about the petition… give them a link to our website. A sample message is below.
If you have a website, blog, MySpace page, Facebook page or Twitter Account, post a link to the Justice for Jazz Artists website. We also have logos available for your use.

Yours in Solidarity,

Jimmy Owens, Bob Cranshaw, Bernard Purdie, Carline Ray, Sue Terry, David Berger, Kenny Davis, Janet Lawson, Gene Perla, Junior Mance, Benny Powell… and 1600+ others!

Sample Email to Forward to Your Friends

Dear jazz musicians and listeners,

We need your help. Our country has recognized jazz as a "national treasure", yet in many cases, prominent and well-established jazz artists spend their retirement in poverty -- or never retiring at all.

Two years ago in New York, Justice for Jazz Artists! (a project of AFM Local 802) succeeded in getting a tax break passed, benefiting NYC jazz clubs like Birdland, the Blue Note, Iridium and the Jazz Standard. The savings were supposed be directed into pension payments for the musicians that perform at these clubs.

In other words, at NO COST to the clubs, musicians can receive pension contributions for retirement.

Unfortunately, despite early support for the tax break, the club owners have since refused to even discuss the issue with the J4JA! campaign.

Visit the website below and SIGN OUR PETITION to force the clubs to sit down and discuss how to put this money to its proper use -- pension payments to jazz musicians.
http://www.justiceforjazzartists.org/

Thank you,
[Your name here]