In the five years that the Jazz Association (Singapore) (Jass) has been around, the music industry has witnessed and felt its positive impacts to elevate the standard of the genre in the region. Outstanding budding jazz musicians have also been given the opportunity to further nurture their talents, while notable international jazz musicians have been invited to take the spotlight for Singapore-based audiences to enjoy.
Yet despite the adversities faced by the arts industry in the past year, the onset of the pandemic did not see the association falter in their objectives as they continually strived to support the jazz ecosystem through and through. During then, we saw an effort to bring the joy of jazz to folks in the comfort of their homes: the release of their first digital album