The Jazz June

The Jazz June is an American emo band from Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

History

The Jazz June was formed in 1996 by students attending Kutztown University.^[1] The group recorded its first full-length album in 1997, and in 1998 issued the first of three releases for Initial Records. They disbanded in 2003 after four full-length albums, but reunited for benefit shows in 2006 and the release of an outtakes-and-rarities compilation the following year.^[2] In 2014, the group announced they were reforming and releasing new material on Topshelf Records.

Members

• Justin Max - drums
• Andrew Low - vocals, guitar
• Bryan Gassler - guitar
• Adam Gerhart
• Daniel O'Neill
• Nathaniel Duncan

Discography

• They Love Those Who Make The Music (Workshop Records, 1997)
• The Boom, the Motion, and the Music (Workshop Records, 1998)
• Breakdance Suburbia EP (Initial Records, 1998)
• The Medicine (Initial Records, 2000)
• Better Off Without Air (Initial Records, 2002)
• The Scars to Prove It compilation (Universal Warning, 2007)
• After the Earthquake (Topshelf Records, 2014)

References

1. The Jazz June biography at Allmusic
2. Review of The Scars to Prove It, PopMatters, January 21, 2008.