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Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra has been Northeast Ohio’s premier jazz voice since 1985. Led by award-winning composer and trombonist Paul Ferguson, the CJO promotes jazz in its historical and contemporary forms, through concerts featuring a stellar line-up of jazz luminaries, arrangers, composers, and educators. At a CJO concert, you will enjoy "the best jazz you've ever heard and the best jazz you've never heard." Through inventive, original music and effective, innovative Educational Outreach, the CJO shepherds young and up-and-coming musicians and provides our region with unique and important cultural experiences.
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Jazz in Cleveland: A Storied Past, Surviving Present, and an Optimistic Future
by Matthew Alec
Cleveland, Ohio. Having lived here for my entire life, the word city" does not quite describe what Cleveland truly is. There is of course a downtown urban area, one filled with noteworthy neoclassic architecture and an overall stately appearance that is often overlooked by those who live here. That said, most Clevelanders" don't actually live within ...
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra to Perform "The Grand Wazoo"
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will present The Jazz Unit Plays The Grand Wazoo--The Music of Frank Zappa" on May 2 and 3 at the Cleveland Bop Stop. The Jazz Unit won the Award of Achievement in Popular Music from Northern Ohio Live in 2003 for their last performance of Zappa's music. Some of the most accomplished ...