At the Columbia University Center for Jazz Studies, jazz becomes a music without borders that provides new models for innovative teaching and scholarly inquiry in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Our themes of internationalization, technology and community encourage excellence in research, in the teaching of music and culture, and in the presentation of public events. The Center views the interdisciplinary expansion of the intellectual conversation surrounding jazz, and especially its lifeblood practice, improvisation, as tracing a path toward the development of new knowledge that illuminates the human condition. Since its founding in 1999, the Center for Jazz Studies has been integrated into Columbia’s renowned Core Curriculum, so that the College’s students gain exposure to the study of jazz. The Center’s faculty offer at least four major courses per year on jazz, attracting about 500 students, and support a jazz studies special concentration. For more information on the Center for Jazz Studies, please visit www.jazz.columbia.edu.

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to perpetuating the legacies of Louis and Lucille Armstrong throughout the world.  Its mission includes fostering jazz music programs, performance training, workshops and lectures on the history of jazz. The foundation was founded and funded by Louis and Lucille Armstrong in 1969 to give back to the world 'some of the goodness he received.' 

 The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation has contributed to a myriad of organizations and programs dedicated to preserving, perpetuating and educating the general public about Jazz.  

 LAEF is a living legacy to "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong, the most important creative force in the early development and perpetuation of America's music, Jazz.  His influence, as an artist and cultural icon, is universal, unmatched and very much alive today. We invite you to visit our website at http://louisarmstrongfoundation.org/.