From the sound of it, the future of the large group ensemble is clearly in good hands with the New Jazz Composers Octet, a combination of old school horns and creative young jazz musicians. The NJCO ...

Fans of David Bowie will know of his deep love of Jazz. Though he never ventured into the genre in a literal sense, the inspiration is clear when you listen to his impressive body of work. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Metropolitan Jazz Octet and singer Paul ...

Acclaimed Chicago singer Dee Alexander is looking forward to sharing the Hey Nonny stage on Feb. 18 with The Metropolitan Jazz Octet. “It is fun working with a group of gentlemen who are stellar ...

Warren is considered the second-most prolific American songwriter of the 20th century, behind Irving Berlin. Berger’s latest CD, “I Had the Craziest Dream,” visits Warren’s “Jeepers Creepers,” “You’ll ...

Jazz saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman, who led his octet Saturday night at the Walker Art Center, creates his compositions using a compositional technique developed in France in the 1970s, called ...

On June 21, Tom Reese will present a new collaborative work that is actually a 48-minute composition played by a jazz quartet and a classical quartet merged into an octet. The piece, “Dark Moon Octet, ...

In 1963, the Beatles released their debut album in Britain, the first U.S. disco opened in Los Angeles and local Latin jazzman Joel Dorham put together his band. On Saturday — 46 years later — the ...

Eight players does not a big band make, but The New World Jazz Composers Octet is a light ensemble offering an assertive sound reminiscent of a big band production. Boasting a cadre of educators and ...

Even though Dave Brubeck had a stellar octet, the eight-person ensemble is an uncommon configuration in jazz. Saxophonist Dave Pell and his troupe of top-notch Hollywood arrangers also handled the ...