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General Information
The Jazz Studio Orchestra is the top performing large jazz ensemble at Western Illinois University. The group performs contemporary music from jazz composers such as Jim McNeely, Chuck Owen, Maria Schneider, Mike Crotty and other well-known composers including WIU jazz faculty composers John Cooper and Stephen Anderson. The JSO performs annually with national jazz artists at the Macomb, Illinois Al Sears Jazz Festival held in September and the WIU Jazz Festival held in February.
Former artists and groups include, Urbie Green, Ernie Watts, Louis Bellson, Bunky Green, Nick Brignola, Marvin Stamm, Steve Houghton, Diane Schuur, Snooky Young, Frank Mantooth, Ed Sarath, Howie Smith, Bill Porter, Willie Thomas, Danny Barber, Rich Matteson, Don Menza, Willie Perkins, Bob Bowman, Robert Sly, Ruben Alvarez, Bernd Konrad, Jim McNeely, Gunnar Mossblad, Arturo Sandoval, The Manhattan Transfer, and Jon Faddis.
The JSO tours the Midwest annually and has toured Europe. Among its many awards is a Grammy nomination for Jazz At The Cross Roads, as well as four-star recognition from Downbeat magazine for CD release The Third Degree.
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