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Valley Jazz Orchestra: Free Food?
by Jack Bowers
It's unusual, to say the least, to encounter a big band album whose opening five-movement suite is dedicated to a local park. But such is the case with Free Food?, on which the Pennsylvania-based Valley Jazz Orchestra pays its respects with Village Green, in Blue," a musical portrait of Bellefonte's Talleyrand Park written and arranged by the orchestra's co-leader, tenor saxophonist Rick Hirsch.
The VJO, a semi-pro ensemble that has been performing weekly for the past six years at the ...
read moreWest Valley Jazz Orchestra Renamed San Jose Jazz Orchestra
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All About Jazz
San Jose Jazz and West Valley Jazz announced a collaboration to provide enhanced performance and education programs to music fans throughout Silicon Valley. As part of the collaboration, the West Valley Jazz Orchestra will be renamed the 'San Jose Jazz Orchestra' and will continue under the leadership of Artistic Director, Gus Kambeitz. San Jose Jazz will run the group as one of its programs and assume production of West Valley Jazz's existing concert series. The partnership was first announced at ...
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