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The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra: Volume VII, Live!
by Jack Bowers
The rapidly maturing Nebraska Jazz Orchestra continues on its upward path with Volume VII, a series of high–powered in–concert recordings made during its 2000–2001 season and featuring guest artists Kirk Garrison (trumpet) and Bobby Watson (alto sax). The NJO, formed in 1975, hit its stride with Volume V (1992–96) and followed that one in ’98 with another outstanding session, Christmas Jazz (Volume VI), which included seven memorable charts by guitarist Peter Bouffard who had made his arranging debut on Volume ...
read moreOne of the World's Most-Recorded Trumpet Players Visits the Lied Center; Wayne Bergeron with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Performs October 15 at 7:30PM
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Lied Center for Performing Arts
Lincoln, NECome experience a night of world-class music as Wayne Bergeron teams up with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra (NJO). Expect nothing less than swinging jazz, amazing ensembles, as well as one-liners, inside jokes and general hilarity from Bergeron in this concert featuring Waynard plays Maynard." Ed Love, music director for NJO, says that [the NJO is] thrilled to play with Wayne, a real legend among trumpet players and jazz lovers. His work with Maynard Ferguson's band endeared him to people ...
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