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Composed
of
Chicago’s top musicians, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra is Chicago’s oldest
professional jazz orchestra in continuous operation and one of the
oldest jazz repertory orchestras in the country.
Conductor
and
Artistic Director Jeff Lindberg is one of the foremost transcribers in
jazz. As a result, the Orchestra’s repertoire draws upon his vast
library, which includes the works of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Benny Carter, Oliver Nelson, Ray Charles,
and many others.
The
CJO is
recognized internationally, having been the resident orchestra for The
Kennedy Center Honors for the past sixteen years. The orchestra
has toured Europe twice, including performances in Italy, Spain,
Denmark, and Sweden.
The
CJO’s recent
compact disc Clark Terry and Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra:
George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (Americana Music) has received
widespread critical acclaim, including a rare “FIVE-STAR” rating from
Downbeat magazine, and a nomination as “Jazz Album of The Year” by the
Jazz Journalists’ Association. Clark Terry was recently voted
Trumpeter of the Year by the Jazz Journalists’ Association for his work
on the Porgy and Bess CD.
Jeff
Lindberg
represents a new breed of American conductors who are equally adept
with the literatures of the American jazz orchestra and the European
symphony orchestra. As well as holding the position of Artistic
Director of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Mr Lindberg is Music Director
of the Wooster Symphony Orchestra, now in its 90th season. Mr.
Lindberg has received numerous commissions from the Smithsonian
Institution for transcriptions of original jazz recordings. His
transcriptions have been performed by such artists as Joe Williams,
Clark Terry, Gunther Schuller, David Baker, and by such orchestras as
the Count Basie Orchestra, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra,
the Woody Herman Orchestra, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.
Honorary
board
members are Ramsey Lewis, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Harold Jones,
Studs Terkel and Clark Terry.
Downloads
>
Chicago
Jazz Orchestra Biography (pdf)
>
2010
- 2011 Programs Available (pdf)
>
Chicago
Tribune Review April 2009
>
Chicago
Tribune Review Buddy DeFranco with The Chicago Jazz Orchestra
>
Chicago
Tribune of Ahmad Jamal with The Chicago Jazz Orchestra
> Ravinia Festival Battle of the Bands Review
(pdf)
>
Downbeat Review of Clark Terry and The Chicago Jazz Orchestra (pdf)
Audio Samples
"I
Loves
You, Porgy" from "Progy & Bess" - Clark Terry with Jeff
Lindberg's "Chicago Jazz Orchestra" (mp3)
"Jeannine"
featuring
Kurt Elling from "Keeping My Composure" - Charley Harrison
with Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra" (mp3)
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