NJO 2012 Artist Series Opens with Bob Mitzner on 2/10

NJO 2012 Artist Series Opens with Bob Mitzner on 2/10

Please join the Nashville Jazz Orchestra as we open 2012 with an “Artist Series” concert, featuring Grammy-award winning saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Details Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 8 pm Ingram Hall Blair School of Music 2400 Blakemore Avenue Nashville, Tennessee All tickets are cash only, at the door. VU students: $5...
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Last Performance at French Quarter Cafe | July 26

After a decade of hosting artists, bands, musicians and other performing artists, Nashville’s French Quarter Cafe is closing its doors. NJO has enjoyed the French Quarter Cafe stage for years, but is now excited to try new stages and venues and will continue its weekly club shows. This particular show will feature three-time Grammy Award Winner Jeff Coffin (from...
NJO named “MVP Ensemble of 2010″

NJO named “MVP Ensemble of 2010″

Visit the Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society’s web site for Ed Bigler’s review of the Nashville Jazz Orchestra. Scroll down their page for the article for the headline naming the Nashville Jazz Orchestra as the “MVP Ensemble” of 2010.
From the liner notes on Live at B.B. King's, featuring Annie Sellick

From the liner notes on Live at B.B. King’s, featuring Annie Sellick

It must by that every city wants a symphony, a chamber orchestra, a ballet, an opera, and a jazz orchestra… otherwise there wouldn’t be so many attempts at forming these musical treasures. Jazz orchestras (big bands), over the years, have met varying degrees of success. Many that are successful today have incorporated into non- profit...

Lou Marini joins the NJO on Tuesday, March 22, at 8:00 pm

Nashville Jazz Orchestra’s every Tuesday night at 7:00 big band jazz event at French Quarter Café welcomes guest artist, world renowned saxophonist, Lou Marini. Marini will sit in with the eighteen NJO musicians for an evening of jazz and pop standards in French Quarter’s relaxed, club atmosphere where patrons can also dine on the casual...