Jazz Primary Logo
The Utah Jazz Primary Logo has a long and fascinating history. Since the team's inception in 1974, they have had several iterations of its logo. The first iteration was designed by Salt Lake City artist Rondo Estes and featured an orange basketball with green stripes emanating from it that resembled a jazz note or clef symbolizing the city’s musical heritage. This logo lasted until 1996 when the team decided to update its image for modern times.
In 1996, they unveiled their new primary logo which features an abstracted version of Utah's state bird, the seagull flying over mountains representing both nature and music as well as incorporating blue into its color scheme for added visual appeal. This design still stands today although there have been some minor changes such as adding more shading to give it greater depth and detail or changing up certain parts like making the beak sharper or giving it more feathers on one side than the other depending on what year you look at this iconic piece of artwork from.
Overall, despite having gone through various changes over time throughout its 46-year existence, the Utah Jazz Primary Logo remains largely unchanged since 1996 due to how beloved this design is among fans all around the world. It has become part of who we are here in Salt Lake City not only because we love our local NBA franchise but also because it serves as a reminder of our unique culture surrounding music that makes us proud every single day!
2023 - Present
A “J” note with a basketball connected to a musical note and a wordmark “UTAH JAZZ” in blue.
No more multi-colors.
2016 - 2022
The Utah Jazz unveiled their new color scheme and the classic J-note logo, revealing a familiar look that is a throwback to the team’s early years in New Orleans and Salt Lake City. The team will now sport some old-school colors, including dark green and dark yellow as trim colors. Gray joins the darker blue, green and yellow tones as an official Jazz color. The Jazz wordmark – with the iconic music note “J” and the state’s name, will now be the team’s primary logo.
2010 - 2015
In 2010 the logo did not change expect for the colors. The ring is in dark blue and the mountains in green and white. The wordmark “JAZZ” is now in white with a yellow border. The wordmark “UTAH” in white on top.
2005 - 2010
The new color scheme, which the team used until the end of the 2009 – 2010 season, consisted of navy blue, powder blue, silver and purple. The team logo remained the same, with the exception of the new color variation and removal of the streaking wordmark.
1997 - 2004
For the 1996 – 1997 season, the Jazz drastically updated their logos, with a new color scheme of purple, slightly lighter from the previous shade, copper and turquoise. A wordmark “JAZZ” in purple and blue against mountains in a copper circle with a purple basketball. They added a streaking wordmark.
1980 - 1996
In moving to Salt Lake City the Jazz kept the same logo as was in New Orleans. They changed out the city name with the new state name Utah. Added a wordmark “UTAH” in purple.
1975 - 1979
This logo consists of a multi-color basketball forming the letter “J” note to begin writing the team’s nickname “JAZZ” and another wordmark “NEW ORLEANS” above the name Jazz.