Jazz ao Centro Clube

JACC-Jazz ao Centro Clube is a Non for Profit Cultural Association. It was officially constituted on April 30th and has as it's main mission JACC's mission the promotion of musical culture, with a special emphasis on jazz.

With it's headquarters in Coimbra, JACC has been organizing since it's very beginning the Jazz Festival “ Jazz ao Centro – Encontros Internacionais de Jazz de Coimbra”.

From 2005 to 2012, the Assocation developed 3 projects that gave her a national scope:
- In June 2005, JACC launched a most ambitious endeavour for an association so young and working outside the big city centers: jazz.pt magazine. The only publication in Portugal dedicated to jazz , jazz.pt was printed until 2012 and today you can only find the magazine online;
- In 2007, after an intense period of preparation and development, Portugal Jazz – Festival Itinerante de Jazz came into being. It's objectives were closely associated with the task of building a strategic plan for the promotion of jazz on a nation-wide level. 214 musicians participated in the festival and more than 1200 children had access to workshops, masterclasses and other activities designed specially for them;
- In 2010, JACC started it's own record label with the mission to support the portuguese jazz musicians in the promotion of their work. JACC Records has already released 26 records, from up and coming artists like João Firmino and Desidério Lázaro, but also from key figures in the portuguese jazz scene, such as Maria João (OGRE), and João Paulo's NO PROJECT.

In August 2012, after almost 10 years looking for the right conditions JACC opened SALÃO BRAZIL, right at the heart of Baixa de Coimbra - the historical city center. With 3 days of concerts per week, the venue presents all kinds of music.. Since january 2015 Salão Brazil is also the place where most of the activities of the JACC's Educational Project take place.

Being a part on a cultural consortium called LINHAS (with Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra and Casa da Esquina), JACC keeps looking for news ways to develop meaningful artistic projects.