Jazz meets the orchestra in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Marcus Roberts and his trio join The Philadelphia Orchestra for a ...

Founded in 1973, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra has been a force in the international jazz scene for more than 50 years. Aardvark is one of the longest-running large jazz ensembles in the world. The band ...

While it may be hard to believe, the reality is that the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is nearing the end of its first half-century together. Formed in 1966 as the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, it ...

The album, shaped by a halted Kyiv commission and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will arrive on Flexatonic Records, blending ...

The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO), the big band-in-residence of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a season of “Jazz ...

It started in 1966 as a three-week agreement among composer and conductor Thad Jones, drummer Mel Lewis and Max Gordon, the proprietor of The Village Vanguard in New York. And it continues, gloriously ...

David with SJMO in Egypt 2008 Photo courtesy of Teresa Kimery David with SJMO in Egypt 2008 Photo courtesy of Teresa Kimery Program cover from SJMO's 1996 Washington concert season. Courtesy of SJMO ...

In 1992, saxophonist Michael Brockman and drummer Clarence Acox led a “pickup group” of Seattle jazz musicians through some of Duke Ellington’s deep catalog at the University of Washington’s Meany ...

Jazz & Blues Market New Orleans will host a Sept. 12 benefit concert to fund venue improvements, education and local artist programs.

The U of A Department of Music invites all students to participate in Jazz Area Ensemble placement auditions for the fall 2026 semester! All instruments and all majors are welcome to audition Aug.

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...