Jazz Articles about The St. Johns River City Band

The St. Johns River City Band: Swinging Up the River!

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 2001

Perhaps the day will come when every decent–sized city in America is home to a Jazz / dance band as good as Jacksonville, FL’s seventeen–year–old St. Johns River City Band. And perhaps the day will come when elephants fly. Until then, we’ll have to keep on praying for a change in the country’s musical climate as we thank whoever is responsible for at least raising the cultural bar on Florida’s east coast by establishing and continuing to support the River ...