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The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) is Canada’s first community-based, non-profit professional jazz orchestra. Founded in 1997 (registered charity in 2000), the WJO has matured to become an important part of Winnipeg’s cultural landscape, reflected in the ongoing support the organization receives from the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Winnipeg Foundation, and other sponsors.

The mandate of the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is to be an instrumental force in the promotion and development of big band jazz in Manitoba and beyond, through performance, composition, recording and education.

The WJO has been fulfilling this mandate in the following ways: 1

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Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra & Sean Irvine: Forgotten Stories Suite

By Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra

Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1. Forgotten Stories 00:53 2. Prologue: Study In Shades Of Palo Santo 06:48 3. 2 Brothers 01:01 4. Movement I: Nightmare 07:23 5. Longing for Texas 02:02 6. Movement II: Texas 13:21 7. A King & His Castle 01:06 8. Movement III: A Perfect Castle 06:57 9. May He Rest 01:18 10. Movement IV: Harold 10:55

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From MacKelvie, Douglas, Meyer, Bernhard and More

by Bob Osborne
March 5, 2026

A mixed set of new releases with a broad selections of styles in play including a preview of the type of material likely to land on Record Store Day in April 2026 i.e. the ubiquitous “previously unreleased material." Early indications are that there will be a flurry of material from archives. Pending that here is a ...

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Connections - East Meets West

By Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra

Label: Chronograph Record label
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sounds of Joy; Hello Jean-Nicolas; Leave No Stone; Echoes From Within; The Healing Song; Halfway Point; Another Look; The Jaws of Defeat; The Great Return

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ballads, covers, orchestras, live recordings... and songs of unity and understanding.

by Andy Crowther
March 2, 2025

All new music, jazz from Leeds, London, Mexico, Manchester and more. Ballads, covers, orchestras, live recordings... and songs of unity and understanding. Playlist Noah Preminger “Someone To Watch Over Me" from Ballads (Chill Tone Records) 00:00 Bobi Céspedes “The Peanut Vendor" from Salsa De La Bahia Vol. 3 Renegade Queens (Patois Records) 06:16 Winnipeg ...

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Tidal Currents: East Meets West

By Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra

Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Inside the Wave; Crossing Lachine; Tidal Currents; Rock Skipping Under the Half Moon.

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Rock Skipping Under the Half Moon

April 4, 2024

Album: Tidal Currents: East Meets West
By Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra
Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 07:41

Article: Album Review

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra: Tidal Currents: East Meets West

Read "Tidal Currents: East Meets West" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 26, 2024

When it comes to appraising contemporary big bands, Canada's Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is on equal footing with the best of them. For its seventh album, Tidal Currents, the WJO has engaged two of that country's leading jazz composers, Jill Townsend and Christine Jensen, to present in musical terms impressions of places that have a special meaning ...

Article: Year in Review

Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

by Jack Bowers
December 19, 2023

2023 was another banner year for jazz of all shapes and sizes. It has been a pleasure to review so many splendid big-band albums along with wonderful enterprises by smaller groups, some of which were recording for the first time (hopefully, not the last). If this was a preview of things to come, we look forward ...

Article: Album Review

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra: Voices: A Musical Heritage

Read "Voices: A Musical Heritage" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 8, 2023

No matter where in the world one looks, there is musical history worth exploring and celebrating--which is what the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra sets out to affirm on its sixth album, Voices: A Musical Heritage. Winnipeg is the capital of Canada's Manitoba Province, and Voices pays tribute to the area's rich and expansive musical fabric via a ...