Jazz Heritage Orchestra: Lab Band Residency
Wed, Jul 15
Join us every Wednesday, July 15th for the kick off of our big band residency, featuring the Jazz Heritage Orchestra! Under the musical direction of Dennis Reynolds, the JHO will assemble there every Wednesday in July & August for a reading band format where we'll perform a series of new and exciting tunes throughout the summer. You'll also see some new faces on the bandstand as we'll be welcoming in some talented young musicians who will be sharpening their large ensemble skills alongside us.
We hope you'll join us and admission is FREE!!!
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
About:
The Jazz Heritage Orchestra was formed in 1998 in residence with the Cleveland State University Black Studies department. Under the artistic direction of Dennis Bradley Reynolds, the mission of the JHO was to preserve and perpetuate the heritage of the great African American jazz masters through educational programming coupled with elite performance. This mission carries on today through a new partnership with OpenTone Music. From our new home base in Akron, The JHO visits public and private schools to hold open rehearsals, master classes as well as jazz history lectures and performs throughout the Northeast Ohio community. The JHO has performed with many local, national and international artists such as Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Nancy Wilson, John Morton, Evelyn Wright and Vanessa Rubin.
"In a thoroughly contemporary twist on the classic jazz lore tradition of the territory band, the Jazz Heritage Orchestra reflects the contributions of an impressive range of musicians from several points on the midwestern map."
Willard Jenkins, Journalist (Jazz Times, Downbeat, BET on Jazz, WPFW)