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The Central New York Jazz Orchestra (CNYJO) is an award-winning, all-star, regional “big band” that comprises the region’s finest jazz musicians. Led by internationally acclaimed Music Director Bret Zvacek, CNYJO performs concerts in the OnCenter Carrier Theater featuring the world’s finest guest soloists. Formed in 1996, CNYJO has made it possible for Syracuse to claim a national caliber regional not-for-profit jazz orchestra, one of a few cities capable of this accomplishment. The CNYJO is the flagship program of the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation, whose mission is to preserve, support and advance the art of jazz by presenting events in concert, cabaret, festival and educational settings. The big band includes many S.U. graduates, including Luttinger, who has also directed S.U. Jazz Ensembles, Angelo Candela, Joe Colombo, John Delia, and Jeff Stockham. Associate Music Director Rick Montalbano has taught jazz piano and directed the S.U. “Windjammer” Vocal Jazz Ensemble. The entire trombone section has studied with distinguished professor of trombone Bill Harris.

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CNY Jazz Orchestra: Then, Now & Again

Read "Then, Now & Again" reviewed by Edward Blanco


The Central New York Jazz Orchestra (CNYJO) is a sixteen-piece big band led by Musical Director Bret Zvacek, providing year-round concerts to the general public and performing in schools within the entire Upstate New York region. The musical arm of the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation (CNYJAF), a non profit educational organization established twelve years ago, Then, Now & Again is the group's debut and chronicles the band's development through those years. The album is part of a CD/DVD two-disc set ...

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Joe Locke and the CNY Jazz Orchestra

Joe Locke and the CNY Jazz Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz

The 10th Anniversary CNY Jazz Orchestra Concert Series draws to a close in a concert with featured guest Joe Locke, said to be “set to become the pre-eminent vibraphonist in jazz" (London Times). The concert will be held in the Oncenter Carrier Theater on Friday May 19th at 8:00pm. Ticket prices are $19.50, $23.50 and $26.50, and are on sale now at the Oncenter War Memorial Box Office (435-2121).

The event will be preceded by a free and open to ...

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