The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra: The Best is Yet to Come
ALL ABOUT JAZZ
Published: June 24, 2009
By Barbara Salter Nelson
By Barbara Salter Nelson
"For many people, the bonds forged at college serve as the foundation for lifelong friendships; bonds that often keep like-minded friends committing to get together once in awhile to share passions.
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (JCO) was created along these lines, but instead of getting together for the occasional game of golf or fishing, whenever these guys get together they put down some great music. And now, the JCO is beginning to make an important mark on today's jazz scene.
Since its inception in '07, the JCO has performed for appreciative audiences in Florida, Georgia and New York. Earlier this year, the group debuted its first CD, The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (151 Records, 2009), at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. The disc is getting a lot of airplay and has generated rave reviews from jazz lovers, performers and critics.
All but one of the band members met while they were students in the Jazz Studies Program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, under the tutelage of the legendary jazz saxophonist Bunky Green."
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