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Performance / Tour

Westchester Jazz Orchestra Performs Greatest Hits On December 1st -- Multi-grammy-winner Alan Broadbent To Guest Conduct

Source: Emily Tabin
October 19, 2012

Westchester, NY – The 16-piece Westchester Jazz Orchestra has risen to prominence for their “stunning performances” and “brilliant ensemble playing” (Jazz Journal) — and for the 150-plus new arrangements commissioned by the group. On Saturday, December 1, WJO will treat fans to the best of these works in “10th Season Retrospective: Our Greatest Hits.” Jazz radio personality Gary Walker will host the concert, which begins at 8pm at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, Irvington, NY. While Artistic Director Mike Holober ...

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Performance / Tour

Westchester Jazz Orchestra Begins Milestone 10th Season On September 29th -- West Side Story Inspires Opening Concert In Dobbs Ferry

Source: Emily Tabin
August 24, 2012

Westchester, NY: A runner up for “Best Big Band” in the national JazzTimes readers’ poll, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra has made its mark creating and performing their engaging and exquisite repertoire. To kick off the group’s milestone 10th season, WJO will put a big band spin on Leonard Bernstein’s musical “West Side Story." Jazz radio personality Gary Walker will serve as MC for the September 29th performance, which begins at 8 PM at the Masters School, 49 Clinton Avenue, Dobbs ...

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Event

Westchester Jazz Orchestra To Perform Bossa! Tango! Flamenco! On January 28 In Irvington

Source: Emily Tabin
January 6, 2012

Music of South America and Spain showcased by world-class group Westchester, NY—The Westchester Jazz Orchestra—"the best we've had since those wonderful aggregations headed by Duke Ellington, Count Basie" (JazzScan.com)—will perform Bossa! Tango! Flamenco! on Saturday, January 28 at 8 PM at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY. WBGO's Gary Walker is set to host the concert. “Two years ago, WJO performed a program of South American music. The band played to a packed house and standing ...

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Performance / Tour

Westchester Jazz Orchestra To Perform Piano Masters Concert On December 3 In Irvington

Source: Emily Tabin
October 18, 2011

"You must make it your business to see . . . WJO . . . this year," concluded the Huffington Post's review of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra's season opener in September. Music fans will have an opportunity to follow that directive as the sixteen-piece big band continues their season with Master Keys: The Music of Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal and Herbie Hancock on Sat., Dec. 3, 8pm, at the Irvington Town Hall Theater. Gary Walker, Music Director and Morning Show ...

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