Like the Wasatch Range itself, the jagged mountains that graced the front of the Utah Jazz’s uniforms from 1996-2004 are truly iconic. The logo marked major shifts for the franchise on a number of fronts. The design represented a change in geography, the first time the team’s aesthetic shifted from its Mardi Gras roots to its Salt Lake slopes. It would soon come to represent a shift in fortunes, as the Jazz broke through a postseason plateau to reach the NBA Finals in back-to-back seasons in the late ’90s. And, eventually, the mountains would mark the end of an era, when the Hall of Fame careers of John Stockton and Karl Malone came to a close in Utah.
Majestic Moments in the Utah Jazz's Classic Mountain Uniforms
