Composed of
Chicago’s top musicians, the Chicago
Jazz Orchestra is Chicago’s oldest
professional jazz orchestra in
continuous operation and one of the
oldest jazz repertory orchestras in the
country.
Conductor and
Artistic Director Jeff Lindberg is one
of the foremost transcribers in
jazz. As a result, the Orchestra’s
repertoire draws upon his vast library,
which includes the works of Duke
Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie,
Lionel Hampton, Benny Carter, Oliver
Nelson, Ray Charles, and many others.
The CJO is
recognized internationally, having been
the resident orchestra for The Kennedy
Center Honors for the past sixteen
years. The orchestra has toured
Europe twice, including performances in
Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Sweden.
The CJO’s recent
compact disc Clark Terry and Jeff
Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra:
George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
(Americana Music) has received
widespread critical acclaim, including a
rare “FIVE-STAR” rating from Downbeat
magazine, and a nomination as “Jazz
Album of The Year” by the Jazz
Journalists’ Association. Clark
Terry was recently voted Trumpeter of
the Year by the Jazz Journalists’
Association for his work on the Porgy
and Bess CD.
Jeff Lindberg
represents a new breed of American
conductors who are equally adept with
the literatures of the American jazz
orchestra and the European symphony
orchestra. As well as holding the
position of Artistic Director of the
Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Mr Lindberg is
Music Director of the Wooster Symphony
Orchestra, now in its 90th season.
Mr. Lindberg has received numerous
commissions from the Smithsonian
Institution for transcriptions of
original jazz recordings. His
transcriptions have been performed by
such artists as Joe Williams, Clark
Terry, Gunther Schuller, David Baker,
and by such orchestras as the Count
Basie Orchestra, the Smithsonian Jazz
Masterworks Orchestra, the Woody Herman
Orchestra, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz
Band.
Honorary board
members are Ramsey Lewis, Benny Golson,
Jimmy Heath, Harold Jones, Studs Terkel
and Clark Terry.
Downloads
> Chicago Jazz
Orchestra Biography (pdf)
>
2014
- 2015 Programs
Available (pdf)
>
New 2014/2015 Program: CJO presents
"A Tribute to Ray Charles"
>
New 2014/2015 Program: CJO and
Paquito D'Rivera present Nelson Riddle's
"Cross Country Suite"
>
Chicago
Tribune
Review April 2009
>
Chicago
Tribune
Review Buddy DeFranco with The Chicago
Jazz Orchestra
>
Chicago
Tribune
of Ahmad Jamal with The Chicago Jazz
Orchestra
> Ravinia Festival
Battle of the Bands Review (pdf)
>
Downbeat
Review of Clark Terry and The Chicago Jazz
Orchestra (pdf)
Audio
Samples
"What
A Little Moonlight Can Do" with Cyrille
Aimee from "Burstin' Out (Origin 2013) mp3
"A
Night In Tunisia" with Cyrille Aimee
from "Burstin' Out" (Origin 2013) mp3
"Sometimes
I'm Happy" with Cyrille Aimee from
"Burstin' Out!" (Origin 2013) mp3
"Them
There Eyes" with Cyrille Aimee from
"Burstin' Out!" (Origin 2013) mp3
"I
Loves
You,
Porgy" from "Progy & Bess" - Clark
Terry with Jeff Lindberg's "Chicago Jazz
Orchestra" (mp3)
"Jeannine"
featuring
Kurt
Elling from "Keeping My Composure" - Charley
Harrison with Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz
Orchestra" (mp3)
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