The International Jazz Federation has recently opened its American branch office in New York City. It was done according to the resolution of the IJF board at its conference in Budapest, Hungary, on March 14, 1976. The branch office is established as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the New York State. Its board of directors comprises John Lewis, president; John Hammond and Willis Conover, vice-presidents; Jan Byrczek, secretary; William Krasilovsky, assistant secretary; and John Carrico, Wilma Dobie, Leonard Feather and Stella Marrs, board members.
Jan Byrczek, co-founder and secretary general of the International Jazz Federation, was appointed executive director of the branch.
The Federation's headquarters remains in Vienna, Austria. The executive editorial office of Jazz Forum, the official journal of the IJF, has moved from Vienna to New York. However, its publishing will continue in Warsaw, Poland.

The main purpose of the IJF is to bring together organization and individuals who share its aim of promoting all forms of jazz. Improving communication between jazz people in all countries is the Federation's most important task. Musicians need help in organizing tours. Producers of records and publications seek more orders. And individual jazz enthusiasts hope for better attention toward their wishes.
American branch office of the IJF will bridge the oceans with communication to benefit music and musicians and their audiences.
Contact: International Jazz Federation, Inc. Branch Office in America, 1697 Broadway, Suite 1203, New York, N.Y. 10019, U.S.A., tel (212) 586-6971.