River City Jazz Orchestra

Of The Twin Cities Minnesota

In the business of preserving the traditions of live Big Band Music!

We are 17 musicians who are dedicated to bringing to life, the sounds, and ideas of composers like Aaron Copland, Alan Baylock, Andrew Neu, Andy Clark, Andy Farber, Arturo Sandoval, Benny Carter, Benny Golson, Benny Goodman, Bill Holman, Billy Stayhorn, Bob Curnow, Bob Lowden, Bob Mintzer, Bill Chase, Buddy Rich, Chick Corea, Cole Porter, Denis DiBlasio, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Sebesky, Duke Ellington, Eddie Harris, Elton John, Erroll Garner, Frank Mantooth, Freddie Hubbard, George & Ira Gershwin, Glen Miller, Gordon Goodwin, Henry Mancini, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Jerry Nowak, John LaBarbera, Lalo Schrifrin, Lennie Neihaus, Lennon & McCartney, Les Brown, Les Hooper, Lester Young, Louis Prima, Mark Taylor, Marty Paich, Marvin Hamlisch, Mel Torme, Miles Davis, Nat Adderley, Neal Hefti, Oliver Nelson, Oscar Pettiford, Pat Metheny, Patrick Williams, Quince Jones, Rafael Hernandez, Richard Rogers, Rick Rueckert (our own), Rob McConnell, Rogers & Hart, Sammy Nestico, Sonny Rollins, Stan Kenton, Steve Allen, Steve Wright (MN Local), Thelonious Monk, Tom Kubis, Tommy Newsom, Urbie Green, Van Morrison, Wes Montgomery, and Woody Herman, and this is only a partial list! There are so very many more!

There are many more writers, composers, and arrangers in this age, who fall into a contemporary list, which we try to bring to the fore! Our work to try learning new material will make your listening and exploration of BB Jazz, always fresh!

So, it you are an afficionado of big band jazz artists, we will help you become more informed about their stories, and also to introduce you to the new composers in this oh-so-very American musical genre. The big band jazz genre became so popular as it was more understood by listeners, that it has spread beyond the shores of America. It has become accepted in nearly every continent, and country on this big blue marble we call home.

The composers in this corner of music have yet not reached the limit of experimentation. The variations of complex chordal structure, progression, color, and rhythms, continue to capture interest, and the ear of even the young listener! This music genre brings out so very many moods for us all, all the way from emotions like passion, and reflection, nostalgia, to exhilaration, and frenzy, joy, ecstasy, and bliss!

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