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Columbus Jazz Orchestra And Marva Hicks Reunite For "Home For The Holidays" (Nov. 29-Dec. 2)

Columbus Jazz Orchestra And Marva Hicks Reunite For "Home For The Holidays" (Nov. 29-Dec. 2)

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) returns to the historic Southern Theatre to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in “Home for the Holidays," November 29 – December 2. Broadway vocal sensation Marva Hicks makes a special return engagement to Columbus for the annual holiday spectacular. Each year promises a ...

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The Colors of Jazz

Label: Jazz Arts Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: Sweet Georgia Brown; 'S Wonderful; I Found A New Baby; Amazing Grace; Infant Eyes; Something To Live For; Topsy; The Preacher; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?; Shell Game; The Color Of Jazz: Primary; Byron Blue; Sax-hue-phone.

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra: The Colors of Jazz

Read "The Colors of Jazz" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Columbus Jazz Orchestra has passed its thirtieth anniversary with no visible sign of slowing down. On the contrary, the ensemble has gained new life and evinces a fresh spirit under artistic director Bryon Stripling, whose genial persona enlivens The Colors of Jazz and makes listening more fun than ever. The sense of merriment is immediately ...

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The Columbus Jazz Orchestra: The Colors of Jazz

Read "The Colors of Jazz" reviewed by David Rickert


It may come as a surprise, but the Columbus Jazz Orchestra has more season ticket holders that the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and it plays a series of concerts to packed houses every year. All this even in a town like Columbus, Ohio, which is not exactly known as a jazz mecca. What is the secret ...

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The Columbus Jazz Orchestra: Swingin' the Midwest

Read "The Columbus Jazz Orchestra:  Swingin' the Midwest" reviewed by David Rickert


When Kenny Drew Jr. came into town as a guest soloist with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, he couldn't believe he'd be performing six shows. He wondered who exactly the audience would be. In a similar fashion, when Byron Stripling took over as artistic director for the CJO, many people asked him which university had ...

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The Columbus Jazz Orchestra: Band at Work (Twenty-Five Years)

Read "Band at Work (Twenty-Five Years)" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Columbus (Ohio) Jazz Orchestra (formerly known as the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus), still spry and flourishing after 25 years — quite an accomplishment for a community–based Jazz ensemble — has produced marvelous recordings in the past with such eminent guest artists as clarinetist Eddie Daniels and saxophonist Benny Golson. On Band at Work, which ...


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