Kuumbwa Jazz Donors
Annual Donors
(including Members, as of January 2021)
$50,000+ Donors (includes Armstrong Hot 5 Members)
Bill & Cloy Codiga – William J Codiga Family Foundation
$10,000-$19,999 Donors (includes Armstrong Hot 5 Members)
Elizabeth & David Doolin – Petrinovich, Pugh & Co., Brian & Patricia Herman, Carolyn Hyatt; Bill Merikallio & Cathy Conley; Dave Miner, Bill Putnam – Universal Audio Inc., Robin & Greg Sirakides
$5,000-$9,999 Donors (includes Armstrong Hot 5 Members)
Michael & Toby Alexander, Joe & Kathy Appenrodt, Leslie & Anne Barnes, Dan Blunk, Judy Boemer, John & Linda Burroughs, Val Cole, Debra Dunn & Randy Komisar, Jeff Farnsworth & Michele Taylor, Rachel Fresco – Bio-Botanical Research Inc., Teresa Green, Deidre Hamilton, Joe Hyatt & Anissa Novak, Hal & Jill Judd, David Kaun & Abigail Kaun, Tom Lafaille & Barbara Paul, Lee-Kahn Foundation, James & Suzanne McElwee, George Miller, Robin & Greg Sirakides, Ann & Rick Waltonsmith, Debra & Rayvon Williams, Robert & Suzanne Young
$2,500-$4,999 Donors (includes Trane Conductor Members)
Steven Baker, Ted Kirkiles & Janet Berry, Lighthouse Bank, Cheryl Cashman, Edan Cassidy & Lissa Daniels, Tom Ralston & Rachel Chatham, Daryl Dichek & Kenneth Smith, William Haerle, Harry Harrington & Sharon Hale, Jessica Heit, Judy & Erik Johnson, Fred & Jo Lynne Jones, Sheila Joyce-Kellerman & Bill Kellerman, Diane & Richard Klein, Kenneth Koenig & Lisa Rose, Andrew Mihalik & Lynda Langridge, Redtree Partners LP, Bridget Lippmann, Lawrence & Bridget Lippmann, Roy Martinez – Radiology Medical Clinic, Edward & Sumaya Miner, Jon & Patricia Minsloff, Thomas Thacher & Sue Nerton, Gayle & Joe Ortiz – Gayle’s Bakery & Rosticceria, Will & Martina O’Sullivan, Scott & Judy Owen, Danny Scher, Robert Stevens, Ron & Peppy Woll
$1,500-$2,499 Donors (includes Miles Circle Members)
George Badger & Barbara Beerstein, Kathleen & John Ballard, Thomas Bloink, Jeannine Bonstelle, Shona Brown & John Rohrer, Tim Jackson & Lori Chavez, Freny Cooper, David & Mary Alice Copp, Diane Craddock & David Hogye, Gerald Cummings, Steve Daddario, Charles & Sandra Eldridge, Ron Emrich, Howard & Rosalind Fisher, Lou & Mark Heine, Alan & Charlene Heit, Bill & Nancy Holmes, Greg & Lynn Howerton, Alejandra & Jack Kramer, Vance Landis-Carey, John Livingston & Fran Etow, Martin Manley, Robert McLain, Joyce Nordquist, Marge & Walt Petersen, Kenneth Koenig & Lisa Rose, Paul & Laura Stampleman, Barbara Thrasher & Rick Koffey, Sanjay & Susan Vaswani, Craig & Anat Wargon, Rachel Wedeen, Alice Weigel, Sylvia & James Yee
$1,000-$1,499 Donors (includes Ella Ensemble Members)
Nancy & V Altman, Susan Anderes & John Stern, Gabriela Arredondo & Bill George, Claire Biancalana & Bill Kelsay, Ted Black, John Bono, Willie Case, Cathy Chavez Miller & Mike Miller, Martin & Barbara Chemers, Tony Condotti & Barbara Choi – Atchison, Barisone & Condotti, APC, Mary Jo Walker & Kevin Collins, Susan & Ross Condit, Krista & Peter Cook, Scott Smith & Mary Culley, Hal & Karlene Dahlmeier, Laura Dowling & Doug Davis, Laura DeFreyne, Andrew Edwards, Peter & Nancy Fediay, Joel Ann & Mahlon Foote, Michael Parrish & Karen Giles, Alan & Susan Goldstein, Bette & David Harken, Grant Hartzog & Lily Shiue, Robert Holombo – Fitness Audio, Emily Honig, Henry Karpinski, Robert Kaswen, Stephen Kessler, Debbie King Consulting, Pat Lerman, Mateo Lettunich, Marilyn Male, Don & Carol Monkerud, Noel Murray, Gregory Nimz, Cori & Fane Opperman, Larry & Shelly Pearso, Halimah & Manuel Prado, Ben & Tamyra Rice, Jeff & Deb Roisman, Charlie Roskosz, Robin & Chris Sawyer, Clarke & Cathey Shultes, Dieter & Jennifer Siegmund, Dean Silvers & Ira Schwartz, David & Mary South, Julie Thiebaut, Frank Zwart & Julia Armstrong-Zwart
$500-$999 Donors (includes All Star Members)
Michael Tierra & Mark Agnelo, Georgene Ales, David & Sharon Allshouse, Nancy Alstrum & David Stihler, Ken Arconti, Robert Arko & Aura Oslapas, Bruce Ball, Alan & April Barclay, Glenn Bartz, Donald Bear & Lori Helman, Bill Benham, Tama Bistrian & Jon Hoech, Greg & Debbie Blackwell, Scott Bongiorno & Helen Nunberg, Gale Farthing & Jim Bourne, Louis Brogley, Gordon Brooks, Mark Wise & Judy Brose, Owen Brown, David Brundage & Susan Stuart, Jessi Butler & Allen Bushnell, Ceil Cirillo, Sarah Clark, Karen Cogswell & John Maenchen, Bruce Finney & Kathleen Condon, Helen Conway, Tim & Linda Craighead, Bruce Daniels & Barbara Graves, Stephen & Carmella Dautoff, Ken & Katherine Deaver, Joseph Denicola, William & Linda Desler, Warren Klausner & Gretchen Dokey, Lee Donnelly, David Egan & Emily DuBois, Zulah Eckert & Carlos Maltzahn, Eve Eden, Eli & Angela Eisenpress, E. Victoria Fabbri, Richard Fabrikant & Marty Finn, Gail Greely & Lowry Fenton, Reed & Lisa Flocks, Joel Ann & Mahlon Foote, Rob & Donna Franks, Tom Frey, Dan Frisch, Robin Garmann, Mark & Lisa Garrigues, Samuel Torres & Maria Gitin-Torres, Margaret Gordon, Sheila & Dean Gottehrer, Jeff & Ruth Griffin, Terry Wight & Bob Groppo, Jennifer & Hugh Grubb, Roberto Gwiazda & Christina Ravelo, Sue & Charles Hahn, Steve Hallgrimson, Penny Hanna & Slim Heilpern, Timothy Harrington, Bill Hart, Dan Heiser & Kathleen Richards, Alan & Charlene Heit, Ken Helms, Ken Herbert, Grace Laurencin & Gail Hershatter, Solomon Katzman & Lisa Hochstein, Michelle Hoffman, Joel Leivick & Terry Hogan, Peter & Cynthia Holmsky, Amy Honjo, Ernest Hudson, Vicci & Bill Hult, Matt & Kathleen Hur, Ken Johnson & Karen Jackson, Matthew & Amy Jackson, Lynn Johnson & Brett Taylor, Samuel Johnson & Katherine Moore, Thomas & Mary Anne Jorde, Eliot Kalman, Sheila Joyce-Kellerman & Bill Kellerman, Rich Kelso & Claire Wilson, Nick & Gail Kepler, Charly Kleissner, Madhur & Meenoo Kohli, Marty & Judy Krovetz, Laura Lancaster & Harry Noller, Bob & Marcia Lanz, William Lauster, Mimi & Matt Lawler, Susan Leach, James Lehman, Charles & Karen Leigh-Wood, Charles Levin, Laura Sutherland & Lance Linares, Bill & Roberta Lipson, Dane Lobb & Marianne Perhach, Gary & Judy Logan, Andrea London, Raymond & Laurie Love, Kristin Machnick, Jim & Barbs Mackraz, David Mader, Tom Manheim & Nancy Shanfeld, Suzi Markham & Terry Olson, Joe & Jean Marvin, Mandi & Tony Masri, Judy Mcafee, Megan McCaslin, Dolores & Hal McElroy, Laury McInerney, Steve & Kathy McNichols, Drew & Kathy Miller, David Miller, Joanna Miller, Tom Moellering, Vivian Moutafian, Napa Valley Jazz Society, Thomas Nash, Kelly & Maria Nesheim, James Newman, Jesse & Christine Nickell, Sam & Kathryn Nicolino, Michael Scott & Ellen Grace O’Brian, Robert Ockeloen, Rodney & Christia Ogawa, Jane Orbuch, Earleen Overend & Wayne Palmer, Lucy Saarni & Rex Page, Pacific Cookie Company, Stephen Pierce, Jim Potterton & Maria Mattioli, Kevin Raymond, Sally-Christine Rodgers & Randy Repass, Bill & Pamela Richter, Mark Rigler & Judi Yamamoto, Buz & Kate Roberts, George Pepper & Michelle Robin, Karl & Theresa Robinson, Richard Rosenthal, Eddie & Lori Scher, Olaf Schiappacasse, Scruggs, Spini & Fulton, Marc Seftel, Plaza Lane Optometry, Bill & Mary K Simpson, Colin Smith & Barbara Fagan-Smith, Anne Marie Sorcenelli, Sam & Paty Stevens, Bob & Phyllis Strickland, Michael & Michelle Suval, Marshall & Karen Sylvan, Robert Taren, Fred & Andrea Tio, Bernadette Wieland &, Francis Truntzer, Bill Underwood, Anina Van Alstine, Kimberly & Aaron Wainscoat, Melody Walsh, Katherine Welch, Jeffrey Werner, Robert Whitfield, Robert & Julie Wider, Steve & Sharon Willeke, Dennis & JoAnn Winter, Todd & Corinne Wipke, Keith & Mary Wood, Ken Wright, Bob Zufall
$250-$499 Donors (includes Bandleader Members)
Jim Anderson, Edward Hearn & Linda Arnold, Akin Babatola, Lawrence Baker, Ken Bame, Pedro Castro & Stephanie Barnes-Castro, Thomas John Batley, Murray & Sheila Baumgarten, Kent Benedict & Paula Gomez, Alice Benet, Bob Biggs & Sarah Marra, Chris Boman, Michael & Alex Boyd, Scotty Brookie & Andrew Purchin, Eileen & Neil Brown, Philip Castle, Jon Cavanaugh, Karen Chavez, Barbara Gerry & Mark Chetkovich, Jason Christian,m Ed & Margie Claxton, June & John Coha, Stephen Creagh, Maureen & Robin Davidson, James Dillon, Kevin Donnelly, Dan Dour, Tom Ellison & Larry Friedman, David Farberow & Sharon Heckert, Kenneth Welcher & Ilene Feinman, Allen Furst, Delia Gilligan, Robert & Marylayne Gregg, Colette Grey, Ed & Holly Guzman, Tiffany Hammer, Lynn Marcus Wyner & Ian Hardcastle, David & Kate Hartzell, Sue Hay, Pegatha Hughes & Paul Seever, Kent & Marie Imai, Roy & Karen Jackson, Lee Jacobs, Fred Jacobson, Kevin Jepson & Rebecca Kersnar, Dan Johnson, Gordon Kaplan, Alexandra & Jon Kennedy, Rick Linzer & Barbara Schatan, Anne Lober, Susan & Bryan Lovegren, Eric Rice & Patrice Maginnis, Robert Mahoney, Frederick Malouf, Gregory Marrone, Megan Martinelli, Billy Reed & Carroll Mayer, Donny McCaslin, Angelina McClellan, Daniel & Lauren McLaughlin, Alan Mertens, Mitzi Millan & Dustin Minor, Keith Milne, Shawn Novack, Paul & Sally O’Brien, Karen & Lynne Olesen, Janine Ortega, Rodney Ouse & Carolyn Wade, Roger & Kay Paine, Nick Pavlina, Steve Perry & Mike Pittroff, Linda Wilshusen & Rock Pfotenhauer, Julia & Todd Pinsky, Trenise Pot, Eric Schmidt & Ellen Primack, Michael & Sarah Ray, Barbara Riching, Grant & Pamela Ring, Maureen & Satish Rishi, Brenda Rogers, Cindy Rubin & Brian Rosenthal, Gene & Diane Sampson, Gil Sanchez, Mary Scheller, Jacob & Kris Sidman, Biff Smith, Kermit & Marc Sveen, Don Swanson & Aggie Morrow, Karissa Swift, Mark Teixeira, Alana Thompson, Bob & Rosemary Tintle, Bobbi Todaro, Howard Unkeles, Stacey Vreeken, Mary Wells, Gloria Williams, Jon & Jill Winston, Stacey Zones
$75-$249 Donors (includes Band Members)
Dana Abbott, Benjamin Abrams, James Hein & Lyn Ackley, Charles Ahern, John Speyer & Consuelo Alba-Speyer, Robert Albrecht & Nita Picchetti, Esmarelda Alderete, Bill Alderman, Geoff & Judy Alexander, Linda Aliberti, Ken & Sandra Anderson, James Anderson, Deborah Anderson, John & Lynn Archer, John Armstrong, Don Arnold, Abbey Asher, Mark Mander & Ruthanne Baker-Mander, Mary Ann Balian, Dwight & Beth Basilius, Harold Basquin & Jean Le Baron, Keshav Batish, Frank Bechert, Jeff Belden, Paul Bellina, Monica & Robert Bellizzi, Jeff Bennett, Cheryl Bentley, W. Scott Berry, Michael Bertoni, Gary Bianchi, Joya Birns, Linda Bixby, Donna Blitzer, Jane Boettcher, Bert Bonanno, DeAnne Boroff, Paul Bouwsma, Jack Bowers, Eric Braun, Hilary & Glenn Bridges, Judy Brock, Dan & Susan Brodsky, Laurie Brooks, Stephen & Margaret Brown, Jacqueline Brown, Thomas Brown, George Bunch, Edmund Burke, Lori & Jack Burkett, Barbara Burman, Debra Burnham, Tom Burns & Eileen Leary, Janice Caldarella, Louis & Nancy Calvisi, Jerry Cameron, Helen Hudson & Frank Capriotti, Timothy Carl & Joan Bosworth, Nancy Carr, Calvin & Jennifer Carr, Eileen Cavalier, Brian & Kathleen Cayton, Craig & Brenda Chadwick, Gil & Dee Chavez, Angela Chesnutm Nick Chiulos & Nancy Mouat, Maria Choy, Karen & Kurt Christiansen, Neil & Carolyn Christopherson, Richard & Ginny Clark, Niki Clark, Peter & Carne Clarke, Connie Croker, Monica Crump, Gail Cruse, Pat Da Silva, Ken Dalluge, Michele Davis, Paul & Anne Davis, Ralph Deadwyler, Mark Linder & Mary Dean, Kitty Dennis & Larry McFall, Gary Depp, Carolyn Dille, Tamara & Gerry Doan, Bernard Doherty, Roseanne Donner, Mark Drewry, Patricia Duffy, Paul Lawton & Patty Durkee, Nancy & Terrel Eaton, Tom Ehrlich, Beverly Emling, Vikki Erickson, Peter Gelblum & Michelle Estrin-Gelblum, Jessica & Stewart Evans, Judith Ewing, Frank Eynon, Dan Facciola, Bojana Fazarinc, John Fensterwald, Veronica Ferguson, Craig Ferguson, Alejandro Ferrer, David Ferri, Nancy Ficarrotta, Rick Fillman, Shirley & Anthony Fink, John & Bonnie FitzGibbon, Bruce Flatow, Joann Forbes, John Fowler & Debbie Lew, Cliff & Sara Friedlander, Karen Funk, John Gamman, Irene Garner, Paula Gibson, Janice Glasser, Alison & John Gold, Barbara & Mark Gordon, Andria Gordon, Paul Gratz, Shannon Tracy Greene, Waldo Griffin, Vernon Grim, Rose & Alberto Guarino, Peter & Jennifer Guilhamet, Joyce Gutstein, Elliot Halpern, Gayle & Michael Halpin, Meg & Don Harlor, Wanda Harris, Kevin Hasenauer, Janet Heger,Daniel Hildebrand, Gary Hillerson & Susan Parish, Christine Hirsch, Bruce Hodge & Elizabeth Weal, William Hoffman, Jim & Nancy Hopper, Joan Howe, Jenner Howland, Sonia Beatham, Andy Miller & Sybil Hudson, Bennett Jackson & Emilia LaPenta, Thomas & Pamela Jacobs, Kristen Jacobsen, Elizabeth James & Carlos Seligo, Kirk Jensen & Dennis Reagan, Pamela Johansen, David Kahn, David Kasle, Mike Kaspar, Elliot & Jerry Kay, Coeleen Kiebert, Kay Killmer,Ellen Kimmel, Ken & Linda Kishlansky, Gary Kittleson, Philip Koehring, Christine Kopecky, Susan Krivin & David Ohanesian, Patricia Lasich, Laurie Lee, Peter Spofford & Lou Ann Linford, Linda Locklin, Lee & Judy Loewy, Ilse & Benjamin Lopes, Barbara Lopez, Rachel & Rodney Lowe, Steve Wilson & Jessica Lowe-Wilson, Rosalind Ruth & Judy Luiz, Madeline Spencer & Mayrebelle Lukins, Alan Schlenger & Susan Lysik, Jeff Mallory, Jeanine Mamary, Andrew Markham, Bobby Markowitz, Lora Lee Martin, Janet Mastropietro, Glenn & Carol Maynard, Bill McDonald, Patricia McVeigh, Patricia Medrano, Jonathan Michael, Brian & Ann Miller, Kathleen Miller, Charles & Diane Molnar, Don Moonshine, Yoshie Morrissey, David Morton, John Munoz, Julie Murphy & Bill Manov, Susan Murphy, Jennifer Neal, Sandy Neuwirth, Jim & Denise Norris, Bob & Barbara Oberg, Lyle & Carolyn Older, Paul Stone &, Dana Olson, Eileen O’Shea, Michael Packer, Michiko Pane, Cynthia Rotwein & Craig Pappas, Vinayak Parikh, Alan & Lisa Peevers, Rich Peterson, Robert Phillips, Dan Phillips, Jack Phillips, Tom & JoAnn Pohorsky, Michael Poret, Eric Porter, Lon Price, Joe & Debbie Quigg, Doug & Leslie Rainforth, Dave & Mary Ramos, Kenneth Ranella, Annalisa Rava, Stu Reynolds & Pamela Baker, Nancy Richardson, Neil Richman, Warren Rider, Katherine Rockwood, Pamela Rose, Oren Rosen,Cindy Rubin & Brian Rosenthal, Carol Diamond & Howard Rowley, Nick Royal, Susan Sailow, Vikki Sanders, Sheldon Satnick, Lisa Schaechter, Roger & Kate Schafer, Stuart Schonfield, Paul Schusser, Mike Schwartz, Roberta Sears, Jude Seath, Jaclynn Shurtleff, Frederick Siff, Armando Silva, Esteemed Johnny Simmons, Nirvikar Singh & Inderjit Kaur, Maryjane Slade, Jeffrey Smedberg, Glenn Smith & LeAnn Bjelle, Andrew Smith, Phil & Sachi Snyder, Peter Snyder, John & Elaine Sorensen, Neil Sorochan, Doug Spitzer, John & Angela Steele, Suzy Stevens, Marla Stone-Lyons, Sig Storz, Peter Strype, Kevin Foisie & Diane Sturgeon, Howard Susman & Carolyn Baie, John Swartley & Debra Cohen, Diane Syrcle, Peter Szydlowski, Katherine Taplin, Paul Tarantino, Paul Tatsuta, Bunny Tavares, Jennifer Taylor, Ms. Lori Teller, Lawrence Terry, Sharon Terry, Mary Thomas, Bob & Rosemary Tintle, Julie Tokunaga-Fu & Albert Fu, Vince & Elizabeth Tornabene, Leslie Tremaine, Suzanne & Dan Tuchler, Jim & Jeri Vanderzwaan, Judith Webb, Cherie Weeland & Steve Hernandez, Joe & Carmella Weintraub, John & Liz Wesolowski, Claudia White & Marsha Isaacson, Ann Whittington, Pat Emard &, John Wiechman, Pete Wilde & Nadine Nemec, Gary Wilens, Lloyd Williams, Lamont Wiltse, David Winkler, Sylvia Winsby, Renee Winter, Ann & Albin Winters, Lynne Wittenberg, Matthew Wood & Frances Ruiz-Wood, Joanne & Tom Young, Guy Zahller, Donna Ziel, Brian Ziel
Annual Sponsors
Daphne & Stuart Wells; Dick & Diane Klein; Elizabeth & David Doolin – Petrinovich Pugh & Co LLP; Gayle & Joe Ortiz – Gayle’s Bakery and Rosticceria; Jeannine Bonstelle; Judy Boemer; Linda & John Burroughs; Michele Taylor & Jeff Farnsworth; Dr. Roy Martinez – Radiology Medical Group; Mari & Ryan Brandt; Swenson Buliders; Teresa Green – ArtWorkSpace; Tom Ralston Concrete; Val, Terry and Asha Cole; Kuumbwa Jazz Board of Trustees; Ten Sharps; Jazz Divas
Foundations
David and Lucile Packard Foundation; William & Flora Hewlett Foundation; Arts Council Santa Cruz County; Community Foundation Santa Cruz County; Bill Graham Memorial Foundation; Monterey Peninsula Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF); California Arts Council; Western Jazz Presenters Network (WJPN); The Aaron Copland Fund for Music; Live Music Society
In-Kind Contributors
Bagelry, Cabrillo College, Community Printers, Cruzio, Erik & Judy Johnson, Miner Family Vineyards, Steve Ornellas, Pacific Cookie Company, r.r. jones, Paul Schraub, Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company, Swenson Builders, Rachel Chatham – Tom Ralston Concrete, and our extraordinary community of volunteers!
Ellington Awards
Since 2005, Kuumbwa Jazz has honored individuals whose long-standing support has significantly contributed to the organization’s well-being. Like Duke Ellington wrote, we like to let them know that “we love you madly” by presenting them with an Ellington Award.
2019 – Kyle Goldman
2019 – Dave Miner
2019 – Danny Scher
2018 – Jeannine Bonstelle
2018 – Ted Kirkiles
2017 – Deidre Hamilton
2017 – Carolyn Hyatt
2015 – Drew & Kathy Miller
2015 – Cheryl Simons
2013 – Sharon Hale & Harry Harrington
2013 – Cathy Conley & Bill Merikallio
2012 – Robin & Greg Sirakides
2012 – George & Barbara Badger
2011 – Chris Tompkins
2011 – Kate & David Hartzell
2010 – Michael & Toby Alexander
2010 – Patti & Brian Herman
2009 – Bob King
2009 – Bob Young
2008 – Bill & Cloy Codiga
2008 – John Livingston & Fran Etow
2007 – Erik & Judy Johnson
2007 – Tom Cole
2006 – Bob Jackson
2006 – Esin Voskay
2005 – Bob Bickal
2005 – Ted & Pat Durkee