Chicago Jazz (synchronized skating team)

Chicago Jazz was a synchronized skating team from Rolling Meadows, IL, a northwest suburb of Chicago.

Chicago Jazz
Chicago Jazz in 2007.
Team information
Country represented	United States
Formed	1987
Retired	2019
Home town	Rolling Meadows, IL, United States
Skating club	Chicago FSC
Level	Junior, Novice
World standing	20 (2018–19) 19 (2017–18) 14 (2016–17) 13 (2015–16) 19 (2014–15) ? (2013–14) 23 (2012–13) 12 (2011–12)
ISU team best scores
Combined total	155.42 2016 Spring Cup
Short program	56.60 2016 Spring Cup
Free skate	98.82 2016 Spring Cup

The Chicago Jazz began in 1987, as the Jazz Babies under the direction of Coach Lisa Darken. With a team of 22 skaters, the Jazz Babies began their climb in 1991 and became the U.S. Figure Skating Bronze Medalists in the Intermediate Division at the U.S. National Precision Skating Championships held in Anchorage, Alaska. The team continued to grow and in 1994 earned entry for all four divisions with a total of 80 skaters in the U.S. Figure Skating National Precision Team Championships in Providence, Rhode Island. Every year from 1994 to 2019, the Chicago Jazz was represented in the U.S. National Championships.

In 1996, the Jazz Babies merged their precision skating program with the Rolling Meadows Rockettes Precision Ice Skating Club. This new family of over 160 Skaters, representing 8 divisions, became known as the Chicago Jazz Precision Ice Skating Club. Utilizing skating facilities in Rolling Meadows, Park Ridge, Buffalo Grove, and Glenview, Chicago Jazz represented the Chicago area both nationally and internationally.

In 2006, Head coach Lisa Darken was awarded the PSA Synchronized Skating Coach of the year award.[1]