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Message from Dr. Jimmy
By James Goldrich, M.D.

The California Jazz Foundation was established to help jazz musicians in need. I have recently joined the Board of Directors to help the Foundation fulfill its goals.

As a retired OB-GYN who has delivered approximately 8,000 babies, and as a jazz musician who played trumpet with the Mel Lewis-Thad Jones Orchestra in the 1970s, it seemed that my medical and music skills are a perfect match for the Foundation.

Before I joined the Board of Directors, a medical referral system had been set up and, since taking my position, I have continued to enlist the services of physicians and diagnostic centers who are available to our qualified applicants on a sliding fee scale basis. Included are cardiologists, dentists, family practitioners, auditory specialists, internists, orthopedists, neurologists, podiatrists, urologists, a diagnostic laboratory, and MRI and Diagnostic Imaging Centers. Our Foundation now has a nurse practitioner, a social worker, and a person to screen and facilitate applicants’ requests for services.

To date we have helped ten jazz musicians who have various medical and/or financial problems and we look forward to helping others.

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