Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference, Northwest Division. Since 1991, the team has played its home games at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The franchise began to play as an expansion team in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz (as a tribute to New Orleans' history of originating Jazz music).