Jazz Jam helps raise scholarship funds for jazz camp

The Channel Cities Jazz Club hosted a jazz jam in the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard on Sunday afternoon.

The club invited students from local high schools to perform.

They included a soloist from Ventura High and the entire Oxnard High School Jazz Ensemble.

Jazz enthusiasts passed around a yellow bucket to collect cash for music scholarships.

All the money raised will help several students attend the Traditional Jazz Camp in Sacramento in July or August.

Camp tuition is $675 for a week.

One member recalled seeing Louise Armstrong when he was 17. He said it changed his life.

The goal of the Channel Cities Jazz Club is to keep jazz alive.

To learn more about the club visit www.channelcitiesjazzclub.org or venturacountyjazz.com.

To learn more about the jazz camp visit sacjazzcamp.org