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Sentimental Journey Orchestra

Through the years, the SJO has played for audiences of all sizes; from a small wedding reception of 75 persons, to a major corporate event with an audience of 5,500. We've played country clubs, hotels, resorts, charity balls, anniversary parties, retirement parties and charity/fundraising society affairs. We've played on the edge of a meadow, a huge convention center, and the historic stage of Atlanta's Fabulous Fox Theatre, and been through the back doors of more hotels than a cheap detective.

We do what we do because we love the music and the sound of the Big Band. We are rehearsed once a week, year round by our rehearsal conductor, Rick Bell, a music professional, who earns his bread playing jazz on the Atlanta area scene. He rehearses us with enthusiasm, and any quality we have achieved is a direct result of his consummate musicianship.

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Sentimental Journey Orchestra: On the Bandstand

Read "On the Bandstand" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Sometimes the name says it all. The Atlanta-based Sentimental Journey Orchestra plays music from the Big Band Era in a pleasant, danceable style. It wouldn't have been out of place On the Bandstand, when big bands held sway throughout the land more than half a century ago.

As it is, the SJO has been on the scene for more than a few years itself, as On The Bandstand, recorded in april 2006, marks its thirtieth anniversary. Any ensemble has to ...

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