Our Favorite Links

Please Support the Yosemite High School Band
Register on-line and designate the YHS Badger Band as the benefactor

• Yosemite High School Music Department - Band and choir performances and fund raising events
• eScrip - Register and whenever you use your Vons Club Card, donations are made to the YHS Band
• Quality of Life Card - Present your registered card when you shop at Raley's and the YHS band receives a donation

Jazz Clubs

• Fresno Dixieland Society - Jazz Hotline: 559.292.3999
• The Sierra Traditional Jazz Club - From Three Rivers, California
• Modesto Traditional Jazz Society
• Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
• Monterey Hot Jazz Society
• Central Coast Hot Jazz Society - The Basin Street Regulars from Pismo Beach
• West Coast Traditional Jass Club - High atop Rincon Mountain in Ventura County

Our Favorite Bands
...besides our own, of course!

• Smiley Mountain Band - Jeff's Bluegrass Band from North Fork (the geographic center of California)
• Oakhurst Community Concert Band - Randy Hyatt, Director... and our own "Chops", Assistant Director
• Blue Street Jazz Band - Recently celebrated their 25th anniversary
• High Sierra Jazz Band
• Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band
• Night Blooming Jazzmen
• Black Swan Classic Jazz Band
• Cell Block 7 Jazz Band - They have three... count them, three double-belled euphonia! "Chops" has one!
• Bob Ringwald Online
• Fulton Street Jazz Band

Local Area Information

• Oakhurst Weather 7-Day Forecast - National Weather Service (NOAA)
• Pizza Factory- Hear us perform every Thursday evening through the summer - 559.683.2700
• Sierra Star - Local newspaper for Eastern Madera County
  • Community Links - A list of local businesses in our area
• Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau - See our photo on Page 13 of the 2008 Visitor's Guide
• Welcome to Oakhurst - Historic Hwy 49 - Things to do in Oakhurst
• Coarsegold.com - An on-line community resource for the Coarsegold area
• The Forks Resort - Ya gotta have a Forks Burger!
• Sierra Vista Studios - Thanks for the July 4th Photos
• State Route 41 - Caltrans road conditions report for Hwy 41
• State Route 49 - Caltrans road conditions report for Hwy 49
• Badger Pass Ski Area - Ski in Yosemite!
• Yosemite Unified School District

And they call it "Jazz"

• The Mississippi Rag -The voice of Traditional Jazz and Ragtime
• The American Rag - America's Largest Traditional Jazz and Ragtime Newspaper
• The Red Hot Jazz Archive - A history of jazz before 1930
• Jazz Roots - An overview of the early history of jazz
• Smithsonian Jazz - Serves to preserve and promote jazz
• The Big Band Database
• Louis Armstrong
• Hoagy Carmichael
• Jack Teagarden
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Jelly Roll Morton
• Adolphe Sax - The inventor of the saxophone
• Wikipedia - List of Musical Events
• Jazz Instruction Downloads - So, you want to play jazz!
• Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns - From PBS, explore the history of jazz music.
• Promo Kit - Download the band's promotional kit

Jazz Internet Radio Stations

• Dixieland Gumbo - From Modesto, hosted on Live365.com Internet radio
• KFSR - Live audio from California State University, Fresno
• KJAZZ - America's jazz and blues station from California State University, Long Beach
• WWOZ - New Orleans' jazz and heritage station

Our Favorite Instruments

• Getzen Trombones
• Buffet Crampon R13 Clarinet
• Henri Selmer Paris Saxophones
• Vega Banjos - The Deering Banjo Co
• Pearl Drums
• Zildjian Cymbols

• The Horn Shop - Where our horns are serviced. Say hi to Bob and Harry!

Fun Stuff

• Instrument Jokes - Stay away from the clarinet jokes!
• Hosaphone(tm) Headquarters - Just for "Chops"..
• Studio Quinn - Webmaster's Sister who specializes in watercolor artestry!
• Phoenix Mars Mission - Future performance opportunities?
• Sierra Nevada Web cams - Enjoy seeing our scenic area from your computer!