WJO Reviews

WJO CD & CONCERT REVIEWS

All About Jazz (Feb 14, 2015)

Winnipeg Free Press (Dec 14, 2014)

Winnipeg Free Press (Dec 11, 2014)

Winnipeg Free Press (Dec 8, 2014)

Winnipeg Free Press (Nov 10, 2014)

Suite Messiah, recorded in 2012 and 2014, is the third and most recent album produced by the excellent Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra from central Canada, while Steppin' Out was recorded in 2007 to mark the orchestra's tenth anniversary. Whereas… read more

SUITE Jesus, what a show!
A big band interpretation, and reinterpretation, of Handel's Messiah adds a secular, jazzy touch to the oratorio composed in 1741 while maintaining its religious core in Christ's life. And the… read more

The offering: A jazzy take on Handel's Messiah with the trademark delightfully quirky arrangements the WJO is known for, as well as some charming singing by Erin Propp in a more conventional vein. Classic chestnuts: If you like your chestnuts to sound like… read more

It's December and that means Handel's Messiah will be performed throughout the city.But it gets a twist -- a big band twist -- in two concerts Sunday by the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, which coincides with the release of the band's third CD, Suite … read more

The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra swung like mad Sunday afternoon, in the second of three weekend concerts, through Ellington staples such as I'm Beginning to See the Light, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Caravan and, of course, It Don't Mean a ThinG… read more

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Funding assistance provided by the Manitoba government. Aide financière accordée par le gouvernement du Manitoba.

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The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra welcomes and shares its performance and creation of music - a universal language to all people irrespective of culture, race, sexuality, ability, language and gender.

Music is an agent of hope. A dynamic and valuable device that helps us to heal and to bring us together. The First Peoples of Canada understood this and used music to reunite, resolve and reconcile. In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that WJO activities take place on Treaty Territory – land that was maintained and earnestly cared for by Indigenous peoples before European settlement. Manitoba is the original lands of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and is the homeland of the Métis Nation. We acknowledge that Winnipeg benefits daily from Treaty 3 water that comes from Shoal Lake 40. It is with sincere sentiment that we recognize the mistakes of our recent and distant past. In working towards a Canada that benefits us all, we commit to seeking a greater understanding of Canada’s diverse cultural relationships through continued work with Indigenous communities; we commit to live in ways that honour and respect the treaties that were made on these territories; and we commit to stewarding the land in harmony for all who will come after us.

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