WINNIPEG JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Debut CD

“On its self-titled debut album, the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra offers the listener the best of two possible worlds—a thinking person’s big band that also swings. There’s a lot happening in these ten original compositions, but the elaborate charts seldom interrupt the band’s essential purpose: to present high-caliber music that is not only aesthetically pleasing but viscerally captivating as well.” (Jack Bowers, All About Jazz).

Steppin' Out

“ON their second release, the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) has decided to tackle the Great American Songbook. Throughout the CD the playing is tight, agile and full of energy… after 11 years the WJO shows no signs of slowing down and, as this recording proves, they have matured into a solid and confident big band”
* * * * (Michael Wolch, Winnipeg Free Press).

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