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UCF Flying Horse Big Band

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The UCF Flying Horse Big Band is one of the top recording and touring college jazz bands in the United States. Originally known as the UCF Jazz Ensemble 1, the band was renamed in 2013 and has been one of the key artist groups performing on the new Flying Horse Records label of the University.

The student band received credible professional accolades when "Jazz Town," their debut album, hit 43rd on the JazzWeek chart in 2011. Their 2012 release, "The Blues is Alright," topped out at 35th on the JazzWeek chart in March 2013.

The Flying Horse Big Band: A Message From The Flying Horse Big Band

Read "A Message From The Flying Horse Big Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
January 3, 2024

The Message on the Florida-based Flying Horse Big Band's sixth album comes straight from the “messengers" themselves-- drummer Art Blakey's legendary Jazz Messengers, whose music is admirably presented here, and to whom the album is dedicated. Its ten songs were composed by members of the Jazz Messengers--Wayne Shorter, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Benny Golson--and two were re-scored for a large ensemble by former Messenger Michael Philip Mossman, with other charts by Mark Taylor (four), Harry ...