The Jazz June
The Jazz June is an American emo band from Kutztown, Pennsylvania. In 2016, "Rolling Stone" placed the band's album "The Medicine" at number 33 on its list of the 40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time. History. The Jazz June was formed in 1996 by students attending Kutztown University. The group recorded its first full-length album in 1997; their first two albums were recorded through Canadian record label Workshop Records. In 1998, the band signed with Initial Records and went on to release three albums through the record label. 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. In 2014, the group announced they were reforming and releasing new material on Topshelf Records. Name. The band's name is derived from a passage in the Gwendolyn Brooks poem "We Real Cool."