Jazz Articles about UMO Jazz Orchestra

Umo Jazz Orchestra: Umo Jazz Orchestra

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 1998

The Big Band at the End of the Century. There are several very fine and innovative Big Bands composing and performing right now. They include the bands headed by Carla Bley, Maria Schneider, Toshiko Akiyoshi, McCoy Tyner, and Bob Mintzer. To borrow from Downbeat magazine, a big band “talent deserving wider recognition" is the Finnish Umo Jazz Orchestra.

Scandinavian Swing. The Umo Jazz Orchestra was founded in 1975 by a group of Finnish Jazz musicians who had been working irregularly ...