Safety net tears: E*Trade ends emergency funds for jazz musicians

Housing is only a part of the JFA's larger mission, which also includes pro bono health care, employment assistance, instrument provisions and jazz education. Despite the series of crisis facing jazz musicians and the jazz recording industry over the past eight years, the JFA has maintained a high profile and raised millions of dollars, spending very little on administration (it keeps small offices in the Musicians Union building in midtown Manhattan). Oxenhorn and Lilien have been joined by a not so small and still growing number of other exceptionally generous individuals -- most notably Agnes Varis and a retinue of doctors associated with Englewood Hospital and Medical Center -- to expand activities in the face of increasing need. In another paragraph of her email, Oxenhorn writes,    Subscribe by Email
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