Jazz Bear

Jazz Bear is the mascot for the Utah Jazz, a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[1][3] In 2006, Jazz Bear was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame.

[4] The Bear has suffered many injuries while performing, including tearing his bicep and rupturing a tendon in his calf.

[5] On October 19, 2018, it was reported that Jon Absey, who had performed as the Jazz Bear for twenty-four years, was fired due to unspecified disputes with management.

[6][7] Shortly before the 2024–25 NHL season, the expansion Utah Hockey Club of the National Hockey League (NHL) announced that Jazz Bear would also serve as their temporary mascot for their inaugural season, ahead of their permanent mascot's reveal the following season.

A bear is standing on a chair spraying silly string onto many children and parents watching.
Jazz Bear in 2015 at the Sorenson Multi-Cultural Center in Salt Lake City .