Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra is the Rocky Mountain region’s premier jazz orchestra. This 18-pc “big band” features male and female vocalists as well as Musical Director/MC.

Featuring many of Denver’s finest jazz musicians, the MJO performs the toe-tapping, finger-snapping big band hits of the ’40s and ’50s all the way to present day NY/LA sizzling big band tunes. Enjoy classic charts from Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman to Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich to the vocal stylings of Harry Connick Jr., Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra and Ella to the sultry bossa novas of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Arturo Sandoval. Classic swing, rock, pop, and Latin, as well as traditional and holiday programs are available.

MJO has been active in the support and promotion of jazz in our schools. Each month during the school year we collaborate with a different high school jazz ensemble performing at Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver (twice per month, the second & third Mondays). Through our Guest Artist Program, MJO has brought in a professional musician to come to Denver to provide clinics (Master Classes) including trumpeter Wayne Bergeron, trombonist Andy Martin and Eric Marienthal on alto sax. The most current project for MJO is the release of our first CD, titles “Skharks & Manatees”. You can find MJO online at www.metropolitanjazzorchestra.org as well as Facebook and Twitter.

Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
303-521-8206
www.metropolitanjazzorchestra.com