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Jump City Jazz Orchestra

The Jump City Jazz Orchestra is comprised of eighteen of the Delaware Valley's finest musicians and vocalists. Since its founding in 1994 under the name "Audubon Jazz Explosion", the Jump City Jazz Orchestra has delighted audiences of all sizes with its entertaining and exciting performances of the 20th Century's greatest music.

With a repertoire of hundreds of songs, JCJO faithfully recreates the magic and excitement of over seventy years of big band and swing music. Our roots take us back to the traditional big band sounds of the World War II-era bands like Glenn Miller and Woody Herman. Our development expands our horizons through the concert pieces popularized by the Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich and Stan Kenton Orchestras. Our energy brings us to the modern-day jump swing sound of the Brian Setzer Orchestra and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.. Our Style leads us to the vocal classics of the Rat Pack, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, Louis Prima and Ray Charles.

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Album Review

Jump City Jazz Orchestra: Live at Chris' Jazz Cafe

Read "Live at Chris' Jazz Cafe" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The subtitle of this trim and engaging album by the Philadelphia-based Jump City Jazz Orchestra is “A Tribute to Maynard Ferguson, and seven of its eighteen selections are from the Ferguson band's library including one of the late high-note maestro's most crowd-pleasing showcases, “Danny Boy, admirably performed here by guest trumpeter Matt Gallagher.

Also from the Ferguson songbook come Joe Zawinul's “Birdland, Bill Holman's “Dancin' Nitely, Slide Hampton's “Frame for the Blues, Mike Abene's “Knarf, Willie Maiden's ballad “Bittersweet, and ...

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Jump City Jazz Orchestra: Night and Day

Read "Night and Day" reviewed by Jack Bowers


I know nothing about the Pennsylvania-based Jump City Jazz Orchestra except the obvious: this is an ensemble whose mission is to entertain, created in the image and following the lead of the storied dance bands of the Swing Era--Miller, Goodman, the Dorsey brothers, Harry James, Charlie Barnet, Ray Anthony and other kindred souls.

The question thus becomes, how well does it succeed? The answer, based on this overview of the band's work, is quite well indeed. In other words, if ...

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Jump City Jazz Orchestra Announces 2008 Summer Tour

Jump City Jazz Orchestra Announces 2008 Summer Tour

Source: All About Jazz

Philadelphia's hottest big band, the Jump City Jazz Orchestra, announces it's 2008 summer tour. Consisting of eight performances covering three states, JCJO promises to entertain audiences with a unique blend of big band classic and contemporary hits. Highlights of the tour include guest performances by international recording artist Grant Stewart, American Idol contestant and top 24 finisher, Nicole Tranquillo, and Tenor Sax Legend Larry McKenna. JCJO begins with a performance at Covenant Fellowship church on Tuesday July 15 to help ...

"The nineteen-piece ensemble...is tidy and proficient, and...the music is...well-played."

—Jack Bowers
Senior CD Reviewer
www.allaboutjazz.net
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"Night and Day adds one more outstanding big band to the recorded output from the Philadelphia area"

—Robert Robbins
USA Secretary
Big Bands International
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