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Jazz Orchestra of the Delta

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Years active
  
1999-present

Active from
  
1998

Genres
  
Jazz, Big band

Labels
  
Members
  
Jack Cooper

Associated acts
  
Jack Cooper, Marvin Stamm, Kathy Kosins, Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Past members
  
Ken SpainBill FloresJeff HuddlestonAndre MatlinJohn KennedyLarry JonesTim GoodwinReid McCoyKerry MovausoghJames Sexton

Origin
  
Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Similar
  
Marvin Stamm, Kathy Kosins, Berlin Jazz Orchestra, The Jazz Knights, Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Jazz orchestra of the delta


The Jazz Orchestra of The Delta is a 17 piece concert jazz orchestra based primarily out of Memphis, Tennessee. The group was founded in 1998 and had their first commercial CD release in 2003, "Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter" on Summit Records featuring vocalist Sandra Dudley and jazz trumpeter Marvin Stamm which received numerous reviews and four out of five stars in Allmusic Guide. Their recording is also included as the third CD in the three disc box set, the Memphis Jazz Box.

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The group features studio musicians in the Mid-South region (Memphis and Nashville) of the United States and has performed numerous concerts to include artistic collaborations with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Memphis, and Mahogony jazz artist Kathy Kosins. The group primarily features the music of composer/arranger Jack Cooper, who is the musical director and co-founder of the JOD. More recent performances were on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Levitt Shell Amphitheatre Concert series in Memphis, Tennessee and Saturday March 7, 2015 at the Michael D. Rose Theatre to premiere the Origin Records release of the CD Time Within Itself.

Discography

  • 2000 Live at Harris Concert Hall (JOD 001)
  • 2003 Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter (Summit Records)
  • 2004 Memphis Jazz Box (Select-O-Hits Records)
  • 2004 Summit Jazz Sampler (Summit Records)
  • 2011 Live at the Levitt Shell Concert Series (JOD 002)
  • Songs

    Love For SaleBig Band Reflections of Cole Porter · 2003
    Two in LoveBig Band Reflections of Cole Porter · 2003
    Ev'rything I LoveBig Band Reflections of Cole Porter · 2003

    References

    Jazz Orchestra of the Delta Wikipedia


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